Florence Graded School

Florence Graded School was named for Florence Bowser, a noted educator who was instrumental in having the school constructed. It was built in 1920 with state and local funds and a grant from the Julius Rosenwald Fund which had been ...

California Road

First Crossed Here 1849

Near here on May 28, 1849, was the camp of a large party of gold seekers en route to California with a military escort under the command of Captain R B Marcy. The California Road was used ...

Buffalo Springs

On the Old Chisholm Trail. 1/3 mi West

From this noted watering place came the name of "Bison," 1 mi. so., "Buffalo Springs" was the camp site of Pat Hennessey and his men just before they were massacred, 7 mi. so., ...

Frenchman's Creek

In an effort to regain the initiative lost at Queenston, the Americans planned a general invasion for 28 November 1812. Before dawn advance parties crossed the Niagara River to cut communications between Fort Erie and Chippawa and to silence the ...

Overfield Tavern

Benjamin Overfield (1774-1831), son of a Revolutionary War soldier, opened his tavern in this log house on September 13, 1808. Never moved, it is the oldest surviving building in Troy. The tavern provided food, lodging and space for business and ...

Fort Nichols

7 mi S.W.

Established in May 1865, by Kit Carson, hero of Valverde and Brig. Gen., New Mexico Volunteers, to guard Santa Fe Trail and furnish escorts for caravans engaged in Santa Fe trade. Santa Fe Trail crossed this highway here ...

Bellfield Plantation

The Bellfield house site and graveyard are located some 300 yards to the east. This was the home of two early Virginia governors, Captain John West in 1632 and Edward Digges who bought the property from West in 1650. Here ...

Battle of Great Bridge

In this vicinity, in 1775, was the southern end of a causeway, with bridges, by which the swamp and stream were crossed. Here William Woodford's Virginia riflemen defended the passage. When Lord Dunmore's British regulars attempted to cross the swamp ...

Run of '89 North Boundary

At the opening of "Old Oklahoma", April 22, 1889, this was the north line for the Run starting at 12 o'clock noon. Prairies and hills in the 2,000,000 acre tract, south, were peopled by tens of thousands, homes were planted ...

Figures and Medallions of the Library Wing of Parliament Buildin

[Medallions, top row]

Milton – Sophocles – Shakespeare – Socrates – Dante – Homer

[Statues, anti-clockwise from the top left]

Colonel R.C. Moody

1813-1887

Commander of Royal Engineers in 1858, erected New Westminster as capital of B.C., planned the Cariboo Road.

David Thompson

1770 – 1857

Greatest ...