Robert Smalls

Born a slave in 1839, Robert Smalls lived to serve as a Congressman of the United States. In 1862 he commandeered and delivered to Union forces the Confederate gunboat Planter, on which he was a crewman. His career as a ...

Historic Richland

First settled in 1827, Richland was named for the home district of several pioneer families from South Carolina. The community became a busy railroad junction when the Savannah. Americus and Montgomery, and the Columbus Southern rail lines met here in ...

Brown's Valley: Beginnings

Maidu Indians had made this valley their home for generations until gold was discovered on the Yuba River, June 2, 1848, by Jonas Spect disrupting their way of life forever. Miners flocked to the area, mining up and down the ...

Colonnade and Gravesite

This colonnade was originally part of Mathew Newkirk’s home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Later called St. George’s Hall. The house was designed by Thomas U. Walter, who later designed the dome on the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D. C. In ...

The Juan Bautista de Anza Trail

The Juan Bautista de Anza National HistoricTrail marks a 1,200 mile route that brought settlers to California from Tubac, in present-day Arizona, to what is now San Francisco.

The Spanish planned a system of Presidios, or military forts, and missions ...

Friendswood

This community was founded in 1895 by a group of Friends (Quakers) led by F. J. Brown and T. H. Lewis. They acquired the land from J. C. League and named the settlement Friendswood.

From the very beginning, church and ...

Well, Adobe Hospital and Hospital Steward's Quarters

In 1868 post surgeon William H. Forwood reported on the condition of the drinking water:

The water is brought by wagon from the creek and placed in barrels in the yards... There are several wells here from 15 to ...

What's So Special About this Bridge?

Leading America out of the Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt implemented programs to give citizens jobs that improved our nation's infrastructure: adding schools, roads, parks and, yes, bridges! One such building program was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).

In ...

Great Sacandaga Lake

Great Sacandaga Lake

Created in 1930 as the

Sacandaga Reservoir. Ten

communities were lost or

partially lost to the

rising waters.

Marker is on South Shore Road (County Route 7), on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Cooper's Ferry

Est. 1810 by Jos. Cooper, one blk. N. Primary reason St. Stephens Rd. took this route in 1812 from St. Stephens (Ala.) on the Tombigbee to Natchez. Site served as boat landing from 1826 through early 20th century.

Marker is ...