Pickensville

A town laid out at this site in 1791 called Rockville was officially named Pickensville the next year in honor of Gen. Andrew Pickens. It served as the court house town of Washington District (today's Pickens, Greenville, Anderson, and Oconee ...

Point of Fork

Four miles southeast is Point of Fork, near which an Indian village stood in 1607. In the Revolution a state arsenal was there. In June, 1781, Simcoe, sent by Cornwallis with a small force to destroy the stores there, succeeded ...

In the Miery Swamp

King Phillip Fell

In the 'Miery Swamp,' 100 feet W.S.W. from this spring, according to tradition, King Philip fell, August 12, 1676, O.S. This stone placed by the R.I. Historical Society. December, 1877.

Marker can be reached from Tower Street (at milepost ...

Action of Nance's Shop

In this vicinity the Union cavalryman, Gregg, guarding army trains moving to Petersburg, was attacked by Wade Hampton, June 24, 1864. Gregg was driven back toward Charles City Courthouse, but the wagon trains crossed the James safely. This action closed ...

To the Brave Men Who Rode the Pony Express

1860 -- 1861

The site of

Big Sandy Station

Gift of Andrew Arnott

To the State of

Wyoming

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 191 and Wyoming Route 28 on U.S. 191.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Elvis Aaron Presley

Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, on January 8, 1935, the son of Vernon and Gladys Presley. He moved to Memphis in 1948. Soon after signing a contract with Sun Records in 1954 he achieved tremendous popularity. His musical ...

Here Albert Einstein Played the Violin

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V tomto dom? „U Jedworožce,“ v salonu Berty Fantové, v letech 1911 až 1912 hrával na housle a setnával se zde s p??teli, spisovateli Maxem Brodem a Franzem Kafkou, Profesor Teureticke Fyziky na Pražk? Univerzit?, tv?rce Teurie ...

Givens Hot Springs

Milford and Martha (Mattie) Shirley Givens pulled up Missouri roots and headed west in 1878, apparently bound for Portland, Oregon where relatives were settled. Their journey eventually led them along the South Alternative Route of the Oregon Trail. Reaching the ...

Piney Grove and E. A. Saunders

Eight miles west on "The Old Main Road" is Piney Grove. The original portion, built ca. 1800 on Southall's Plantation, is a rare survival of Tidewater log architecture. Edmund Archer Saunders, a successful Richmond businessman, operated a store at Piney ...

Birthplace of Antioch

This Plaque commemorates the arrival

of the first settlers in Antioch.

September 16, 1850

Led by Captain George W. Kimball

the party sailed from Maine aboard the

California Packet No.2 March 1850

And reached San Francisco Bay

August 24, 1850

We respect the foresight of these

pioneers who sought ...