The Telegram Building, 1922

This property has been placed on the

National Register of Historic Places

by the Untied States Department of the Interior

National Parks Service

and is subject to the provisions of the

Oregon Special Assessment Program

ORS 358.475-.565

Marker is at ...

Thar’s Gold in Them Hills!

You might think the discovery of gold led to instant success, but that was not the case.

Early miners lacked the capital to develop the mines. The Sierra Buttes Gold Mining Co. Ltd. bought the mines in the 1860’s and developed ...

The Founding of the Lilly Family in Greencastle, Indiana

It is fitting that we pause to remember that a long time ago some most unusual people came out of the East into the wilderness of Indiana to settle in the backwoods town of Greencastle. Here, these pioneers would give ...

The Clough/Braden Home

Built in 1879, this was the home of Plumas County Judge and State Assemblyman Greenleaf Greeley Clough and his family for nearly a half a century.

In 1927 it became the home of Louis Archibald “Arch” Braden, elected to nine consecutive ...

Curly Lambeau's Office Northern Building

Packers Heritage Trail

Curly Lambeau occupied an office in the Northern Building for nearly 20 years while he was coaching the Packers, but visitors might have been taken aback by the sign on his door. It read: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance ...

The Greater Mount Moriah

Primitive Baptist Church

The congregation first met in home of Mrs. Betsy Key. Organized as "Fairgrounds Church" in 1896 at nearby site of early Florence Racetrack and Fairgrounds, with Andy Sloss as pastor. Later, the church was moved to Irvine Avenue ...

The Fireman’s Plot

“First in Danger

and Always Ready”

This inscription, engraved on a silver trumpet presented to Engine Company No. 3 in 1853, a token of appreciation, perhaps best describes Sacramento’s gallant volunteer fire department as a whole.

As almost every other city whose ...

The Hurricane of September 21st 1938

Top Marker

The Hurricane of September 21st 1938 driven by a wind velocity of 95 MPH max caused tidal waters to reach a new level as indicated below

13 feet 8½ inches

above mean high water

one foot eleven and one fourth inches higher ...

The Bowerman Barn

This barn was built by the Bowerman family in 1878 as part of their ranch operation. Much of the barn was handcrafted and it serves as a fine example of the skills of that time.

The Bowerman’s are an early pioneer ...

The National Monument to our Forefathers

Was added to the National Register of Historic Places by the National Parks Service, the Department of the Interior in September 1974. The monument, designed by Hammet Billings of Boston, was erected by the the Pilgrim Society in 1889. It ...