Jacob Hamblin Home

The Jacob Hamblin Home was built in 1862-1863. The home's construction materials were obtained locally-ponderosa pine from Pine Valley and rock from nearby hillsides. Pioneer craftsmen from Cedar City laid the stone in what is know as a coursed rubble ...

John George and Susette Bosshard Hafen Home

This 1 ½ story Victorian, eclectic crosswing home is believed to have been built in 1881. The adobe bricks that form the walls were made on the property from sand and clay from the backyard and the nearby hill to ...

Lieutenant James Simmons Timothy

This tree was planted May 24th 1919 by the Catholic Children of Nashville in grateful memory of Lieutenant James Simmons Timothy of the 80th Company, 6th Regiment U.S.M.C.who was killed in action at Belleau Wood, France,June 14th 1918, aged 25 ...

Praying John Horrigan

The kneeling figure of Ellis folklore who stumped the curious

Though little is known of John's life prior to his arrival in Ellis during the 1870's, it is known that he worked as an Army muleskinner and also spent some time ...

Wartime Jail

Asheville's Prisons

During the war, many large buildings such as schools, warehouses, and churches became temporary prisons in Southern cities. After Asheville's jail on Pack Square overflowed with Confederate draft evaders, deserters, Union prisoners of war, and runaway slaves, the adjacent ...

Site where James Dickey Wrote Deliverance

Friends of Libraries U.S.A.

Literary Landmarks Register

University of

South Carolina

Site where

James Dickey

Wrote Deliverance and other

major works from 1969-1997

is designated a Literary Landmark

by Friends of Libraries U.S.A.

Friends of South Carolina Libraries

April 17, 1999

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James Lane Allen

(1849-1925)

This Transylvania honor graduate, who later taught there, won an international audience with his nostalgic stories and novels of Bluegrass region. Allen was born near Lexington. By 1893, after his work became popular, he moved to New York City. He ...

Jonesville Veterans Monument

Front

Dedicated to those who served World War I Apr. 6, 1917 ~ Nov. 11, 1918

Right Side

Dedicated to those who served World War II Dec. 7, 1941 ~ Dec. 31, 1946

Back

Dedicated to those who served Korea June 27, 1950 ~ Jan. ...

John Branch

Governor of N.C., 1817-20, and of the Florida Territory, Secretary of the Navy, U.S. Senator. Home was four blocks, grave is ½ mile, west.

Marker is at the intersection of North McDaniel Street (U.S. 301) and East Franklin Street, on the ...

Colonia Jaurez

Established in 1923 with six streets on lots sized 50 by 300. A complete community with stores, recreation facilities, and churches. (Holy Family Mission still exists).

Marker is on Ward Street, on the right when traveling south.

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