The Founding of Dothan

Side A

In the late 1700s and 1800s, horse and ox-drawn covered wagons from Charleston, Savannah, and Jacksonville traveled across the South as pioneer families searched for a place to build new homes and to start a new life. Those pioneers, ...

Site of Fort Defiance

About one eighth mile south east on Elk River, American forces here and at Fort Hollingsworth (Elk Landing) repulsed the British under Admiral Cockburn in their attempt to capture Elkton, April 29, 1813.

Marker is on Old Field Point Road 0.1 ...

Tribute to Greer Firefighters

"The Fire Boys Team"

Presented to:

The Greer Fire Department

In recognition of the dedicated service

provided by the Greer Firefighters

and in tribute to firefighters everywhere

"The Hero is commonly the simplest and abscurest of Men"

Henry David Thoreau

Marker is on W. Poinsett Street (County Route ...

Count de Rochambeau’s Troops

Crossed the Susquehanna River in five divisions and made their 23rd camp here at the end of August 1782 on the return from Yorktown victory to the north.

Marker is on Main Street 2 miles west of River Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

William Gordon Huff

E Clampus Vitus Wall of Comparative Ovations

William Gordon Huff

1903 ~ 1993

Sublime Nobel Grand Patriarch

Grand Clamp Artist

Visionary • Artist • Sculpture

Bill conceived, named, and created

E Clampus Vitus Wall of Comparative Ovations

as a memorial to portray early legends of the Grand Council ...

General John A. Sutter

February 15, 1808 – June 18, 1880

Swiss Immigrant

Founder of New Helvetia

The beginning of Sacramento

Builder of Sutter’s Fort

A man of vision and compassion

who deserves the respect

and gratitude

of Americans and Swiss

Marker is at the intersection of 28th Street and L Street, on ...

Brookland

Land Grant by Lord Baltimore, 1732

To present log wing, believed built in 1735, George Gale added fieldstone section c. 1781. Further additions to house were made in 19th century. Gale, born in Somerset County in 1756, served in Continental Army ...

Grant’s Headquarters

Site of hq. of Gen. Ulysses

Simpson Grant in June,

1862. In mid-July Grant

removed to plantation

home of F. E. Whitfield, Sr.,

about 1 mi. S. of Corinth.

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

Courtesy hmdb.org

Johnny Mack Brown

Side A

Johnny Mack Brown, an outstanding athlete and western movie star, was born in Dothan on September 1, 1904. Johnny Mack was one of nine children born to John Henry and Hattie McGillivray Brown. The Brown family home was located ...

The Playwicki Farm Labyrinth

This Labyrinth was inspired by an ancient symbol for harmony and unity, the Vesica Pisces. Two symmetrical circles overlap forming an eye-shaped center enclosing the Common Ground shared by the circles. Following the events of 9-11, designer Connie Fenty, ...