Lee's Last Camp

Here Robert E. Lee, riding from Appomattox to Richmond to join his family, pitched his tent for the last time on April 14, 1865. He stopped here to visit his brother, Charles Carter Lee, who lived nearby at Windsor. Not ...

Capt. Dempsey Hammond Salley

1838 - 1903

(Front)

A patriot and Christian

devoted to his country, his

family and his god.

He served his country well

as a member of Hart's Battery

and died loving the cause

for which he fought.

Dempsey Hammond Salley was ...

Windsor Pilgrims

Original homestead of John and Thomas Hoskins,

father and son, who arrived on the Mary and John

from England in 1630. They were members of the

Dorcester party that settled Windsor north of the

Rivulet in 1632. Goodman John Hoskins served as

a ...

Foresthill Protestant Cemetery

This cemetery started in the early 1850's during the gold rush. The earliest monument is dated 1858.

This plaque erected January 1994

Donated by the Foresthill Cemetery Committee and Ruhkala Monument Co., Rocklin

Marker is on Church Street, on the ...

Huguenot Springs Confederate Cemetery

Approximately 250 unidentified Confederate soldiers, who died at nearby Huguenot Springs Confederate Hospital, are buried in unmarked graves about a mile and a half southwest of here. Burial records have never been located. The former Huguenot Springs Hotel Resort/Spa, opened ...

Perdue Hill Industrial School

The Perdue Hill Industrial School was founded by Patrick J. Carmichael after he moved to this area in 1918. Carmichael acted as both the principal and teacher during the early years of the school, which was originally a one-room structure ...

Huguenot Springs

Confederate Hospital & Cemetery

In 1862, the spa at Huguenot Springs Hotel became a convalescent hospital for Confederate soldiers. Trains brought patients from Richmond hospitals to Robious Station on the Richmond and Danville Railroad, where they were transferred to wagons for ...

The Ericksons: Pioneer Settlers

"Sacred to the memory of these

pioneers, they came when only the

brave dared come: they stayed

where only the valiant could stay."

Lillian Erickson Riggs

Swedish immigrants, Neil and Emma Erickson married in 1887 and established a homestead not far from here. Known ...

Lydia Rural Fire Dept.

The Lydia Rural Fire Department, the first rural fire department in this county, was organized in 1954 after fires destroyed three houses in less than a month. Its organizers met at the store and gas station owned by E. Gay ...

Dexter Park

Dexter Park 1911 - 1955

Home of Max Rosner's Bushwicks

1st night game 7/23/30

Joe DiMaggio, Casey Stengel, Jackie Robinson, Satchel Paige, Phil Rizzuto, Hank Greenberg, Lou Gerhig, Babe Ruth, Josh Gibson all played here.

Marker is on Jamaica Avenue.