Joe DiMaggio's Birthsite

Old Town Martinez - Site of Historic Interest

Joe DiMaggio was born here 11/25/1914. The 8th of 9 children to parents Giuseppe and Rosalia. Later moved to San Francisco, but returned often to this neighborhood to visit family. The home burned ...

"this day being...the 4th of July"

The U.S. Army expedition led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark camped in this vicinity on July 4, 1804. In honor of the nation's 28th birthday, expedition members fired the swivel cannon on the bow of their keelboat once ...

Adrian "Addie" Joss

Tall and lanky, Wisconsin native Adrian "Addie" Joss became one of baseball's greatest pitchers, praised for his terrific speed and accurate control. Born in nearby Woodland on April 12, 1880, his family moved here to Juneau in 1886, where he ...

Samuel Jordan Kirkwood

1813 – 1894

Kirkwood is the only Iowan to serve as governor, U.S. senator and as a cabinet member. He came to Iowa in 1855 to operate a grist mill in this vicinity. Elected governor in 1859 as a Republican, Kirkwood ...

The West Jersey Proprietors Rule

Between 1674 and 1702, the province of West New Jersey was owned and governed by a group of men collectively known as the West Jersey Proprietors. The first proprietors were two Quakers, Edward Byllynge and John Fenwick, who acquired rights ...

Quakers Lead the Settlement of West Jersey

In the 1670s and 1680s, most of the proprietors of the Province of West Jersey were Quakers. Quakers were attracted to the new colony by the promise of economic prosperity and religious freedom as well as the opportunity to raise ...

Major Gallie's Gun

In this emplacement, chosen nearest the enemy, was the gun, an 8-inch columbiad, commanded personally by Major John B. Gallie.

Marker can be reached from Fort McAllister Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Jacob Vosseller House

Circa 1753

18th century home and

General Store of Jacob Vosseller.

19th century Stage Coach Inn and

Tavern known as Allen Inn.

Marker is on Foothill Road near Allen Road, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Gen. Jacob Jennings Brown

Born May 9, 1775, Bucks County, PA. Appointed Brig. Gen. U.S. Army July 19, 1813. Distinguished himself in War of 1812 at Ogdensburg, Sackett's Harbor, Was severely wounded at Niagara. Senior officer of U.S. Army at war's end. First commissioners ...

Julius Rosenwald High School

Originally known as Northumberland County Training School, this institution opened in 1917, under principal John M. Ellison. Local African Americans raised more than $7,000 to build the school and received additional funding from the Rosenwald Fund. Julius Rosenwald, chairman of ...