Jackson's Mill

Site of boyhood home of Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. The first mill was built about 1808 by his grandfather, Col. Edward Jackson, who became a leader in border affairs. It is now the site of the W. Va. 4-H ...

1st Kansas Colored Infantry

The 1st Kansas Colored Infantry, a regiment that included many former Arkansas slaves, was formed in August 1862, the first black unit recruited during the war. Ist Kansas troops were the first black men to see combat, losing 10 killed ...

U.S. Submariners On Eternal Patrol Since World War II

In memory of the crew members

that lost their lives on

U.S. Submarines after WWII,

God Bless the shipmates on

eternal patrol

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Asheville Normal School

Presbyterian. Opened

1887 as Home Industrial

School. Teacher's College

1892-1944. Stood nearby.

Marker is on Victoria Road near Livingston Street, on the right when traveling north.

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American Gold Star Mothers

Perpetuating The Noble Principles

For Which They Fought And Died

Our Legacy:

Out of tragedy we were formed

Out of love we continue

Representing the noble principles for which

they fought and died

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Vietnam War and Homefront Memorial

In Memory of All Vietnam Veterans

This memorial was erected in memory of the young individuals who went to war as kids and lost their youthful dreams, and some their lives, for a cause - Freedom and Honor - and came ...

Rich Bar

Gold first found here July 1850 by miners coming over the mountains from the Yuba Diggins. Much production during early ‘fifties along this east branch of the Feather River’s North Fork. Here “Dame Shirley” (Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe) wrote ...

Longboard Ski Races

Gold Mountain, now Eureka Peak, is the site of some of the first organized ski races in the western hemisphere. Ski clubs organized in the 1850’s rode 10-14 foot “longboards snowshoes” down “Lost Sierra” slopes in Plumas and Sierra counties. ...

Jackson, Ross, Tefft and Dempsey Memorial

Dedicated to the Memory of

General Jackson, a ‘49er, after whom Jackson Peak and Jackson Creek were named, and first owner of the Haddick Ranch. Also, Ephiram Ross and L.V. Tefft, later owners of the Tefft Ranch, now the Haddrick Ranch.

Also, ...

Vardanega Spring

John Vardanega, first owner of Mt. Tomba Inn, (1933-1944) designed and built this cement tank with the help of the CCC on or about 1938 for water supply in the immediate vicinity.

Marker is on Mt. Tomba Road, on the right ...