Taylorsville Cemetery

This picturesque cemetery dates to the 1850s. Within it’s hallowed grounds sleep many pioneers of Plumas County and particularly Indian Valley, some of whom are:

Jobe Terrill Taylor, founder of Taylorsville; Abbie Fort, African-American beekeeper and land owner; Dennis & Jerome ...

John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams

Sixth president of the United States

Lived in a house which stood on this site

Here his son

Charles Francis Adams

Was born in 1807

Minister to Great Britain

During the Civil War 1861-5

Marker is on Boylston Street, on the right ...

Kinderhook Creek

Prior to 1667

known as “Major Abram’s

(Staats) Kill” and “Third

Falls.” In 1823 called

Stuyvesant Falls” and after

1845 “Kinderhook Creek”

Marker is on Hudson Avenue (County Route 25A), on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Church Hill

This name was given to the large settlement here because of its many churches. Shiloh Baptist, still active, was constituted in 1835. Smyrna Presbyterian, constituted July 28, 1838, was active until 1925. Church Hill Methodist was here from 1838 until ...

Anchorage Cemetery

The family of William and Mary Allen Stiggins emigrated here from Prince Edward Island, Canada, in 1882. Included in the group were their daughter Mary Jane (1855-1935), who had studied medicine, and her fiancé Thomas Whittet (1838-1913), a former sea ...

Teacup Mountain

Named for its peculiar formation. Probably used as a lookout post by both whites and Indians in pioneer days. Near here occurred the Indian killing of pioneer James Bradberry, Sr., 1872; and the capture of a wanted man by LT. ...

Emerson Majestic Theatre

The Emerson Majestic Theatre is the only Boston building designed by nationally prominent architect John Galen Howard. Completed in 1903 for merchant an music patron Eben Jordan, it has been used for movies, opera and musical theater. Its monumental Beaux ...

Site of First Church in Norton

Site of First Church in Norton

Built 1710

This post ordered by the town in 1889

Marker is at the intersection of West Main Street (Massachusetts Route 123) and Taunton Ave (U.S. 140), in the median on West Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Jackson's Mill

Site of boyhood home of Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. The first mill was built about 1808 by his grandfather, Col. Edward Jackson, who became a leader in border affairs. It is now the site of the W. Va. 4-H ...

1st Kansas Colored Infantry

The 1st Kansas Colored Infantry, a regiment that included many former Arkansas slaves, was formed in August 1862, the first black unit recruited during the war. Ist Kansas troops were the first black men to see combat, losing 10 killed ...