The Beginning of the Cigar Industry in West Tampa

A cigar factory built on this site in June 1892 by Hugh C. Macfarlane brought the first industry to the community of West Tampa. First operated by A. Del Pino and Company, it failed financially. In 1894 the O'Halloran Cigar ...

Charles F. Shimp

This entranceway

dedicated in the name

of

Charles F. Shimp

who was the last charter member

of the New Lebanon

Rotary Club

March 26, 1946 - September 27, 1981

Stonework by Don Rusk

September 27, 1981

Marker is on Fuls Road, on the right when traveling south.

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Schools For Freedmen

The first free "colored" school in the city was opened in early 1863 in a barrack building in South Memphis. In 1864 the U.S. Army issued a general order authorizing its officers to hep with these schools for the education ...

Floyd County World Peace Honor Roll

In honored memory of Floyd County

Servicemen who sacrificed their

lives for World Peace

SGT. Christopher K. Hilgert U.S. Army

• Aug. 8, 1993 • Somalia

SGT. Steven P. Mennemeyer US. Army

• Aug. 8, 2006 • Iraq

Dedicated by: Hobart ...

The Battle of Kings Mountain

In Memory of

the patriotic American

who participated in the

Battle of

Kings Mountain

this Monument is erected

by their grateful

Descendants.

Marker can be reached from Kings Mountain Park Road, on the right when traveling east.

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"The History of the World is the Biography of Great Men"

Carlyle

Hon. Daniel A. Haynes

Educator, Judge of the Superior Court

By Nature and Training a Most Able Jurist

Hon Alvin W. Kumler

A Brilliant Lawyer

An Honest Courageous Judge

Daniel C. Cooper

Platted Dayton 1801

Gave Land for Parks and Public Buildings

A Builder and Official Whose Vision Made ...

Marble Falls School Building

Adam R. Johnson donated land at this site for construction of the present two-story granite building. Completed in 1891, it originally housed the Marble Falls Alliance University. Near Backbone Creek, east of this main building, a wooden boarding house was ...

Floyd County American Revolution War Memorial

Dedicated to the

Soldiers and Patriots

of the

American Revolution

[ Obverse Side ]

Piankeshaw Chapter, NSDAR

Erected on their 100th Anniversary

1898 — 1998

Marker is on East Market Street east of East 10th Street, on the right when traveling east.

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Fort Miller

On the opposite side

of the river

Fort Miller

built during

French and Indian War.

Marker is at the intersection of Lakes to Locks Passage (U.S. 4) and Fort Miller Road, on the right when traveling south on Lakes to Locks Passage.

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Marble Falls Factory Site

The potential of water power on the Colorado River led town developer Gen. Adam R. Johnson and Farmers Alliance members to build a cotton mill on this site in the 1890s. The two-story stone factory, 300 ft. long and 100 ...