Weaverville Drug Store

This property

Weaverville Drug Store

Established 1853

Has been place on the

National Register

of Historic Places

By the United States Department

of the Interior

Marker is on Main Street (California Route 299), on the right when traveling north.

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Clifford Hall

Built by Richard Clifford in 1855. One of three two story Weaverville structures with outside circular staircases hand made by village blacksmiths. Once home of Mt. Bally Parlor No. 87, Native Sons of the Golden West.

Dedicated by Grand Parlor, Native ...

Hamilton’s Store

Near this site in April, 1850, William S. Hamilton, the son of Alexander Hamilton, established the first store in the basin. During a business trip to Sacramento he died from cholera, August 7, 1850.

Marker is on Mill Street, on the ...

Japanese Bomb Balloon

The Japanese paper balloon landed in a tree near the Charles Lafffranchini Ranch 2½ miles N.W. of here on the afternoon of February 1, 1945 and after time exploded leaving the gas valve lines, ballast, 4 bombs, sandbags and the ...

Reading’s Bar

Major Pierson B. Reading discovered gold on this bar behind this monument in July, 1848. After crossing the Trinity Divide from the North Fork of Cottonwood Creek. His party of three whites, close friend Delaware Indian scout Tom Hill, and ...

Shaw-Keiser House

Travis Shaw (1875-1946) was a local banker and civic leader who later served as secretary and business manager of West Texas State Normal College. He commissioned the Dallas firm of Lang and Witchell to design a one-story Craftsman style brick ...

Presbyterian Church Building

Constructed in 1926 for Canyon's growing Presbyterian congregation, this church building is a fine example of classical revival architecture. After serving the Presbyterians for 48 years, it was purchased by the First United Pentecostal Church in 1974. Prominent features of ...

"The Canyon News"

First city newspaper, the “Echo,” was printed 1889. The “Stayer” (1896), later renamed “Randall County News,” was predecessor of the “News.”

Clyde W. Warwick, editor 45 years, 1910-1955. Won awards for outstanding weekly 1942, 1950. Special Edition (1949) was rated nation's ...

Roper Park / Old City Park

Roper Park is the original site of the parade grounds and barracks for the East Florida Seminary, a non-sectarian

educational institution and a forerunner of the University of Florida, which was located in Gainsville in part due to the

presence ...

Greenwood County Cattlemen's Association

BEEF

Organized in hotel lobby

1924

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.

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