Peeples Valley Pioneer Cemetery

Column 1

Johnson 1865 • John Fry 1877 • Wycoff • Anna M. Smith 1880 • Baby Hamilton 1883 • Joseph Hodge 1885 • Thomas Hodge 1892 • Aggie Hodge 1892

Column 2

Maggie Hodge 1892 • Lillie Hodge 1892 • Jerry Holbrook ...

Trader with Pack Horse

Roads and paths allowed trade between

the Cherokee and early traders. In 1753

Robert Gouedy set up the first

permanent trading post at old Ninety Six.

Many road traces can still be seen today.

Marker can be reached from South Cambridge Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

War in the Philippines

The Spanish-American War, the Philippine-American War, and the Presidio

On April 21, 1898, the United States declared war against Spain. The immediate causes were America’s support of Cuba’s ongoing struggle against Spanish rule and the mysterious explosion of the USS Maine ...

East Cocalico Township Vietnam War Memorial

To Those Who Served During

the Vietnam Conflict

December 22, 1961 - May 7, 1975

John Edwards [KIA]

James E. Hunsicker [MIA]

Randy L. Johnston [KIA]

Dervin J. Keisling [KIA]

Ronald E. Meckley [KIA]

Barry L. Moyer [KIA]

James H. Unruh [KIA]

[Honor Roll of Names]

Memorial Erected May 1999

Marker is ...

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.

Courtesy hmdb.org

East Cocalico Township Korean War Memorial

To Those Who Served During

The Korean Conflict

June 25, 1950 - January 31, 1955

Jay T. Bare [Killed in Action]

[Honor Roll of Names]

Memorial Erected May 1999

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

Courtesy hmdb.org

Calaveras County Hospital Cemetery

In this cemetery lie the remains of 600 Calaveras pioneers. All died in the once adjacent county hospital and were interred here between 1890 and the 1910’s. Mostly older men, they lacked the means to be buried in a church ...

Pioneer Settler / Founder of Reamstown

Pioneer Settler

Johann Eberhard Ream, born in Leimen, Germany on October 6, 1687 came to America with his family in 1717. They were the first white people in this area, having arrived here in 1723 or 4. He received two grants ...

Kilpatrick on Bryan Neck

On Dec. 12, 1864, the 3rd Cavalry Division [US], Brig. Gen. J. L. Kilpatrick, USA, covering the right rear of Gen. Sherman`s army which was then closing in on Savannah, crossed the Great Ogeechee River near Fort Argyle and the ...

The Xzanders G. McFarland House and McFarland Gap

Chickamauga Campaign Heritage Trail

Mr. Xzanders Gordon McFarland of Walker County(Rossville Georgia) was a slave holder. So when the Civil War took his two oldest sons into the army, he gathered his slaves, his four teenage daughters and his stock and ...