The Neighborhood / Mysterious Departures

The Neighborhood

You can see Montezuma Castle and Castle A from here. If you look closely at the Cliffside, you might spot other ledges and caves used by the Sinagua.

The Sinagua people who made their homes here may have been a ...

Calvary Episcopal Church

106 Line Street

Calvary Church was founded in 1847 to establish a special church for slaves in the Charleston community. Father Paul Trapier held services in March 1848 for the congregation in the basement of St. Philip's parsonage and in mid-July ...

The Old Hull Road

"The Old Hull Road"

over which

The American Troops

were driven by the

English & Indian Allies

Jan. 22, 1813

Marker is at the intersection of Kentucky Avenue and East 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south on Kentucky ...

Philip Simmons

Philip Simmons, renowned Charleston

blacksmith, designed these wrought iron

entrance gates and they were fabricated

at the Simmons Blacksmith Shop by his

apprentices Joseph Pringle (cousin) and

Carlton Simmons (nephew). The men

forged the gates into shape using

hammers and an 18th century anvil.

The design displays the ...

Douglas County World War II Memorial

In Commemoration

of Douglas County men who gave

their lives in World War II

Franklin Mack Andrews ? Semore Arnold ? Donald Cornbread ? Giles Cornbread ? Wilber Frank ? Harlan Fricke ? Walter Leehman ? Howard G. Park ? Charles N. Roberts ...

Site of Old Cathedral Cemetery

In May 1852, this parcel of land was purchased by Bishop (now Saint) John N. Neumann of Philadelphia. From the early 1850s through the late 1870s, this was the primary cemetery for Wilmington’s Catholics. Those buried here represented all walks ...

1st Drive-In Filling Station

At this site in Dec. 1913, Gulf Refining Co. opened the first drive-in facility designed and built to provide gasoline, oils, & lubricants to the motoring public. Its success led to construction of thousands of gas stations by different oil ...

Dowden's Ordinary: The Elephant Comes to Clarksburg

"This elephant, a female, is ten Years old, 8 feet 6 inches high. Her tusks have been broken off, but are growing again, having lengthened about an inch in the last 3 Months. . . . She takes a whip ...

Cool Spring Park

With the completion of Cool Spring Reservoir in 1877, an adjoining parcel of unused land was reserved for park purposes. Formally designated as Cool Spring Park, the grounds were managed by the Wilmington Water Department until 1967, when the City ...

Mecklenburg County Confederate Monument

To the

Confederate Soldiers

of Mecklenburg

From Bethel

to Appomattox

1861-1865

Marker is at the intersection of Washington Street (Virginia Route 96) and Madison Street (Business U.S. 58), on the right when traveling south on Washington Street.

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