Thoreau’s Cabin

Site of

Thoreau’s Cabin

Discovered

Nov. 11, 1945

by

Roland Wells Robbins

Also, on a nearby fieldstone (see Fig. 3):

Beneath these Stones

lies the Chimney Foundation

of Thoreau’s Cabin 1845–1847

“Go thou my incense upward

From this hearth”

Marker can be reached from Concord Pike.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Bi-Metallic Aerial Tramway

The tramway was constructed in 1889 to carry ore from the Blaine Shaft in Granite to the Bi-Metallic Mill in Kirkville, near Philipsburg. The Bi-Metallic aerial tramway was 9750 feet long with a vertical drop of 1225 feet, and was ...

Ruby Shaft

Most of the ore that brought tremendous riches and fame to Granite was brought out of the Ruby Shaft, operated by the Granite Mountain Mining Company. Several tunnels outside the Ruby Shaft were also important in producing the silver (and ...

Columbus Penn Evans

(1824 - 1854)

Side One:

Columbus P. Evans

A Citizen of Delaware

Born in Pennsylvania

September 6th 1824

Died at West Chester

February 19, 1854

Side Two:

Editor of the

Delaware Republican

1843 – 1854

Mayor of the

City of ...

Bannack

Lewis and Clark Trail 1806

First important gold camp 1862

Scene of vigilante activities 1863

First capital Territory of Montana 1864-1865

First county seat of Beaverhead County 1864-1881

In grateful memory of the early pioneers who founded our Commonwealth

Marker is on Bannack Road.

Courtesy ...

United Building

Built 1887

Completed in 1903, this building once was owned by T.E. Dewey and was known as the Brady Building. In 1904, following a disastrous flood, the building was sold to Cleyson L. Brown, Abilene entrepreneur whose many enterprises provided employment ...

Albert Gallatin Willis

A Life Laid Down for a Friend

This is the burial site of a Mosby Ranger who sacrificed himself for a friend. By the autumn of 1864, Confederate John S. Mosby’s Rangers had so harassed Union troops, supply lines, and railroads ...

Presbyterian Meeting House

Near this memorial stood the Presbyterian Meeting House, first place of worship in Camden after that of the Quakers. It was built about 1774 on land given by Col. Joseph Kershaw and confirmed in his Will dated 1778. The first ...

Strawberry Capital of the World

In the early 1940's, Paducah-McCracken County was known as the strawberry capital of the world. Schools excused students to pick berries. Entire families were involved in this agricultural event. Freight cars carried thousands of crates of berries were shipped from ...

Broadway, Paducah's Main Street

This scene shows Broadway, Paducah's main street, in the 1940's when the downtown area was the center for the community's retail, business, and entertainment activities. Such downtown landmarks as the Guthrie Building, 1937 Post Office, Palmer House Hotel, Citizens Bank ...