Wells Fargo & Co. Express and Banking Office

Erected 1855

Dedicated to the pioneers

of California by the

Kit Carson Mountain Men

of Jackson, Amador County

June 18, 1949

An estimated $100,000,000 in

gold was handled

by this office.

Plaque provided by

Wells Fargo Bank

&

Union Trust ...

Mattapony Church

This is the ancient colonial Mattapony Church, used by the Baptists since 1824. Here are tombs of members of the family of Carter Braxton, signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Marker is on The Trail (Virginia Route 14) 0.1 miles north ...

Samuel Cooper

1754-1841

Born in Maryland, Cooper served in the South Carolina Militia during the American Revolution and participated in battles at Brandywine, Germantown and Stony Point. After the War he moved to Putnam County, Georgia and later to Muscogee County where he ...

Joseph T. Smitherman Historic Building

Central Masonic Institute of Alabama acquired property 1847 and erected building. Confederate Hospital during War Between the States. Dallas County Courthouse (1866-1901) on removal of County Seat from Cahaba. Presbyterian High School for Boys in early 1900’s. Acquired by Vaughan ...

The Church Of The Nativity, Episcopal

Side A

The Church of the Nativity congregation was organized December 17, 1842 - the name chosen because of the approaching Christmas season. The Convention of the Diocese of Alabama, Protestant Episcopal Church, approved the congregation on February 16, 1843. The ...

Birthplace of Robert Winship Woodruff

December 6, 1889

Son of Ernest and Emily Winship Woodruff. Honored citizen, noted industrialist and philanthropist, a Georgian of universal friendships and acclaim. Through his vision and leadership the product “Coca-Cola” became the world’s refreshment.

1414 Second Avenue

Marker is on Second Avenue ...

Transylvania Purchase

In this valley, March 17, 1775, the Transylvania Company, led by Richard Henderson, John Williams and Nathaniel Hart, bought from the Cherokee, led by Chief Oconostota, all the lands between the Kentucky and Cumberland Rivers. Over 20 million acres sold ...

Pershing Hall

Governors Island

Constructed in 1934, Pershing Hall functioned continually as an Army and Coast Guard headquarters building until 1996. It was named in honor of John E. Pershing, General of the Armies and First Commander of the First Army in ...

Pecan Lane Rural Historic Landscape

Upper Plaque:

Pecan Lane Rural Historic Landscape

Lower Plaque:

Pecan Lane Rural Historic Landscape was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 2, 2000.

Pecan Lane played a significant part in the aricultural history of Camp Verde. During

the late ...

William Sydney Porter

"O. Henry"

In loving memory

William Sydney Porter

"O.Henry"

American Short Story Writer

Born in Greensboro N.C. September 11, 1862

Died in New York City June 5, 1910

A visitor in Western No. Carolina

His body is interred in Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.

"He saw no longer the rabble, ...