Santa Fe Trail - Cimarron Cutoff / Clayton

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Santa Fe Trail

Cimarron Cutoff

The Santa Fe Trail was the major trade route between New Mexico and Missouri from 1821 until arrival of the railroad in 1880. The Cimarron Cutoff, a major branch of the ...

Clayton Dinosaur Trackway

One of the best dinosaur track sites in the world can be viewed at Clayton Lake State Park. More than 500 fossilized footprints, made by at least eight kinds of dinosaurs, are visible on the lake’s spillway. These tracks were ...

Grass Lake / Michigan Central Railroad Depot

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Grass Lake

The first settlers arrived in Grass Lake in 1829. Two years later a post office, the second in Jackson County, opened at the settlement. In 1832 Grass Lake Township was created; the current boundaries were established ...

St. Mary Star of the Sea Church

In 1880 Bishop Casper Henry Borgess of the Detroit Diocese approved the establishment of a second Catholic parish in the city of Jackson. The cornerstone ceremony for the parish church was held July 4, 1881. The present limestone Romanesque structure, ...

Rabbit Ear Mountain

These two striking mounds were the first features to become visible to Santa Fe Trail traffic crossing into New Mexico from Oklahoma, and so became important landmarks for caravans.

From here, traffic on this major 19th century commercial route still ...

Associated Oil Fire – 1924

Historic Cannery Row

In 1904 the Coalinga Oil Transportation Company laid 168 miles of six-inch pipeline from the Belridge Field in San Joaquin Valley to the Tidewater-Associated Marine Terminal on Monterey Bay (top). Its purpose was to deliver heavy fuel oil ...

Monterey Breakwater

Historic Cannery Row

Recurring winter storms wreaked havoc on the Monterey fishing fleet every few years (top). On April 29, 1915, such a storm, with 60-mile-per-hour winds, destroyed or damaged nearly 50 boats. On Thanksgiving morning 1919, more than 93 vessels ...

Trains and Canneries

Historic Cannery Row

The railroad

A major landmark in the history of the Monterey Peninsula was the Southern Pacific Railroad. Built in 1880, the rail line was intended to bring tourism to this scenic area. In addition to transporting tourists, however, it ...

The California Riviera

Historic Cannery Row

From 1901 to 1941, much of the eastern portion of Cannery Row’s coastline was occupied by a single estate, Casa de Las Olas, which stretched 1,000 feet along Monterey Bay (top). San Francisco financier Hugh Tevis had it ...

David Crockett

Pioneer — Statesman — Hero

Born August 17, 1786 • Died March 6, 1836

Served three terms in the Congress of the

United States while a resident of this county.

Emigrated to Texas in 1835, and was killed

at the Alamo fighting for the independence

of ...