James Finley

(1756-1828)

In 1808 Finley obtained the first US patent for a suspension bridge. His first rigid chain bridge, which once spanned nearby Jacob’s Creek, exemplified the ingenuity of Finley’s design. Bridges following his patented design were built in several other states, ...

James Montgomery Ballot Box

Free Stater claimed voters deceived on slavery issue by Pro-slavery forces Jan. 1858 smashed ballot box scattering votes.

Marker is on Main Street, on the right when traveling east.

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St. James Hotel, 1912

Now dwarfed by the city’s modern skyscrapers, the ten-story St. James was once the tallest building in San Diego. In 1914, the San Diego Union extolled it as “first class in every respect, with excellent service.” The hotel featured 146 ...

Vallejo’s Petaluma Adobe

? 6 Miles

Built by General M.G. Vallejo, 1834–1844, and known as Casa Grande. According to General Vallejo, “building was of immense proportions with different departments for factories and warehouses.”

Marker is on Adobe Road near Old Redwood Highway.

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Major General Samuel Smith

1752–1839. Under his command the attack of the British upon Baltimore by land and sea Sept. 12-14, 1814 was repulsed. Member of Congress forty successive years, president U.S. Senate, Secretary of the Navy, Mayor of Baltimore.

Hero of both wars ...

Schoharie Junction

Site of

SCHOHARIE JUNCTION

Schoharie Valley Railroad

Reg. Run 1-4-1867 - Last Run 9-17-1942

Length of Railroad - 4.2 Miles

Middleburgh & Schoharie Railroad

First Run 10-19-1868-Last Run 9-24-1936

Length of Railroad - 5.7 Miles

Schoharie County Bicentennial 1995

Marker is on Junction Road (County Route 27), on ...

Benjamin Wells

Nearby was the house of this collector of excise tax on whiskey. In the summer of 1794, after the Whiskey Rebellion had turned violent, his house was burned down by an angry crowd. Wells had spurned previous warnings by excise ...

Tuolumne County Jail

1857 – 1960

Following a Grand Jury indictment terming the current county jail a “public nuisance,” this site was acquired by the Board of Supervisors and a new jail constructed in 1857. The original building burned on December 20, 1865, taking ...

Jedediah Strong Smith

Through this region passed

In May, 1827

Jedediah Strong Smith

and his mountain men. The first

recorded crossing of the

Sierra Nevada by white men.

Marker is on West Bradford Avenue west of Lower Sunset Drive, on the right when traveling west.

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Jackson’s Headquarters

I am quite comfortable.

Confederate Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson, commanding the Shenandoah Valley military district, lived in this house from mid-November 1861 through early March 1862. Here he planned a winter campaign against Union forces at Romney and Bath (present-day ...