John C. McKinney Memorial Stables

Named in honor of CW4 John C. McKinney

Caisson Platoon Leader

3d U.S. Infantry (The Old Guard)

June 1959 to May 1974

Marker is at the intersection of Jackson Avenue and Sheridan Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Jackson Avenue.

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Jefferson Davis Memorial

Jefferson Davis

[Confederate States of America Seal]

President

Confederate States of America

1861

(West face)

Presented to Preserve the

Memory of the sacrifices of

the people of the South

as exemplified by our President

(Emblem)

Sons of Confederate Veterans

Camp #918

Local Confederate Units

Appling Grays, Company I, 27th Georgia Infantry ...

The Majestic Theater

opened in 1925 as a vaudeville and silent movie theater. It was the site of many important White House Press conferences during the Administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, as well as the world premiere of the movie "Gettysburg." The ...

The John Allen House

Quaker John Allen constructed this log dwelling circa 1780 in nearby Snow Camp. The State of North Carolina moved it here in 1966, restored it, and opened it to the public in 1967 to illustrate colonial life in the backcountry ...

Restoration of Jackson Place and Lafayette Square

White House Conference Center

[Sketch of townhouses along Jackson Place, NW - the western border of Lafayette Square - behind which the White House Conference Center was constructed in the 1960s & 70s.]

Dedicated to those whose spirit and vision ...

El Dorado County Jails

Coloma’s first jail was made of logs and was located around the corner on High Street. The second jail, built in 1855, quickly proved to be too small, and this stone-block prison was erected. It was used from 1857 until ...

St. Jerome Sesquicentennial / Elisha John Durbin, 1800-1887

(obverse)

St. Jerome Sesquicentennial

Site of first St. Jerome, completed 1836 by the Rev. Elisha Durbin; first Catholic Church in the Jackson Purchase. Second church dedicated, 1858; present church in 1893. St. Jerome settlers were mainly descendants of Maryland Catholics from Washington ...

James W. Marshall

Discoverer of Gold

“Boys I believe I have found a gold mine” so said James W. Marshall to his millworkers on January 24, 1848, after he discovered gold in the tail race of Captain John A. Sutter’s sawmill at Coloma. This ...

Cabin of James Marshall

This cabin was erected by Marshall and occupied by him from 1856 : 1870. Born in New Jersey October 8, 1810. Came to California in 1845 – Died at Kelsey, this state, August 10, 1885. The discovery of gold by ...

Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District

Christian / Sangamon Counties

Abraham Lincoln

traveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District

1847 - 1859

Marker is on Consolidated Road (County Road E 2300N) west of County Route 29, on the right when traveling west.

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