Unearthing Florida: Narcisuss

Throughout the Civil War, Union steamships like the U.S.S. Narcissus played a crucial role in Florida by blockading the coastline, transporting troops, and raiding salt work operations.

Commissioned in 1863 by the U.S. Navy, the Narcissus served as a tugboat ...

Hammock Landing

In the summer of 2010, archaeologists investigated a Civil War cannon emplacement in Florida’s Torreya State Park along the Apalachicola River.

In 1862, the Confederate government of Florida made it a priority to defend the Apalachicola, which led to the ...

Westview Cemetery World War Casualties Memorial

In Memory of World War Casualties

War No. I

Thomas Adjer

Scott Hill

Ollie Rutledge

War No. II

James Joyner

Johnnie M. Leroy

Frank Lewis

John M. McBride

Mayor

Richard A. Shirley

City Manager

John R. Moore, Jr.

Public Works Director

M. Anthony Norris

City Council Members

Beatrice R. Thompson

Thomas W. Dunaway III

James A. Stewart

Dennis H. McKee

Blake ...

Salem Village Witchcraft Victims’ Memorial

In memory of those innocents

who died during the

Salem Village Witchcraft Hysteria

of 1692

Back Monument:

“I am an innocent person. I never had to do with witchcraft since I was born. I am a Gosple woman.”

Martha Cory

“The Lord above knows my innocencye . ...

Aiken County Farmers' Market

The Aiken County Farmers’ Market, founded in 1951, was originally an open air market sponsored by the Edisto Grange. This building, which opened on May 21, 1954, was designed by Woodrow Jackson and built by the Aiken County chain gang. ...

Caney Memorial Street

This brick street was laid in 1907 using bricks from Caney plants that were part of the early industrial expansion.

This street has been preserved as a memorial to the citizens of Caney who were major contributors through oil and gas ...

Caney School District No. 34

Organized April 13, 1871

First School Board

Dr. A.M. Taylor, Treasurer

C.H. Smith, Clerk

S.H. Ridgeway, Director

J.W. Hodges, Director

Berryman Smith, Director

First Teachers

Mrs. Omer M. Smith

Miss Billie Smith

Mrs. Adda Barrington

Marker is at the intersection of 4th Avenue and Wood Street, on the left when traveling ...

Washburn Lumbering Days / The Hines Lumber Company

(side 1)

Washburn Lumbering Days

Washburn begins on the shoreline of Chequamegon Bay. The city rises gradually 75 ft. above level of the water. In 1884, the town was created, born of the necessity of the railway (Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and ...

California – Oregon Trail / California – Oregon Road

About 60 feet above this marker a line of rocks marks the old Trappers and Emigrants Trail from Trinity River to Scott Valley. This route may have been used as early as 1829 by Hudson’s Bay trappers and others prior ...

Memorial to Commercial Fishermen of Bayfield

Past—Present—Future

Dedicated in 1981 to the hard working commercial fishermen whose indomitable spirits will not be forgotten.

Commissioned by Edwin Erickson,

Mayor of Bayfield, 1970-1976 & 1980-1988

Designed by Harold Kerr (1909-1981)

Constructed by Brian Kerr and Erickson Marine

The pilings were salvaged from the steamer ...