A. Brosemer Building

1889

Andrew Brosemer followed his

childhood sweetheart, Elizabeth Huberty,

from Belgium. She came with her family

from Luxembourg to Calaveras County

in 1886 to join her uncle who had

homesteaded a ranch in the 1850’s.

Andrew properly courted and married her.

Their eight children were all born in ...

First Ruritan Club

The first Ruritan Club was founded here in

Holland, Va., on May 21, 1928.

Ruritan is an organization of rural

leaders striving through community

service, fellowship and good will to

make the rural community a better place

in which to ...

Von Schmidt State Boundary Monument

This marker commemorates the iron column erected in 1876 at the southernmost tip of the boundary survey line run by Allexey W. Von Schmidt, U. S. astronomer and surveyor. The line dividing Nevada and California was based on preliminary geodetic ...

Oatman Drug and Health Club

This property has

been placed on the

National Registry of

Historic places of the

U.S. Dept. of Interior.

(Formally

Oatman Drug and

Health Club)

Marker is at the intersection of Oatman-Topock Highway and Rock Hound Road, on the right when traveling north on Oatman-Topock Highway.

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Independent Order of Odd Fellows Building

1887

Home of

Hope Lodge No. 33

Est. 1854

Gold Quartz Rebekah No. 219

Est. 1896

Calaveras Encampment No. 18

Est. 1859

Ladies Encampment No. 18

Est. 1950

Princess Parlor No. 84

Native Daughters of the Golden West

Est. 1895

Marker can be reached from South Main Street.

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Tolling Bell

This tolling bell originally hung on a dam near Prairie du Sac, WI. and was manned by "Cap" Dinsmore, (father of Lee Dinsmore) during World War II to warn against flooding or sabotage. It has been donated to our cemetery ...

Buckhorn Quarters

One mile north was

the estate of Major Thomas Ridley. In the

servile insurrection of August, 1831, the

houses were fortified by faithful slaves

and made a place of refuge for fugitive whites.

In this vicinity Nat Turner, the leader ...

Bird Cage Theatre

This structure has been

recorded by the

Historic American

Buildings Survey

of the United Stated Department

of the Interior for its

archives at the Library of Congress.

Marker is on East Allen Street, on the right when traveling east.

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William ("Bill") Goyens

Texas' First Black Capitalist

Stone Marker:

Born a slave in South Carolina, 1794

Escaped to Texas in 1821

Rendered valuable assistance to the Army of Texas, 1836

Interpreter for the Houston-Forbes Treaty with the Cherokees, 1836

Acquired wealth and was noted for his charity

Died at ...

Battle of Nacogdoches

(August 2, 1832)

One of the opening actions of the Texas War for Independence, this battle occurred soon after settlers drove out the Mexican garrisons at Anahuac and Velasco. In 1932 Col. Jose De las Piedras, in command of over 300 ...