Old Men and Boys of Petersburg

This stone marks the spot where the Old Men and Boys of Petersburg under Gen. R.E. Colston and Col. F.H. Archer 125 strong on June 9th, 1864 distinguished themselves in a fight with 1300 Federal cavalry under Gen. Kautz gaining ...

Freedom Fighters

By November 1864, several thousand African American soldiers, designated as United States Colored Troops or USCT, held Fort Harrison and the nearby earthworks. Many of these men had survived the bloody combat at New Market Heights, Fort Gilmer, and the ...

Southern Valor vs. Union Firepower

“The battle, with all its melancholy results, proved, however, that the Confederate infantry and Federal artillery, side by side on the same field need fear no foe on earth.” Confederate General D. H. Hill

As dusk approached on July 1, massed ...

First Pacific Coast Salmon Cannery

Founded in the town of Washington (Broderick), Yolo County by Hapgood, Hume, and Company in 1864, California’s first salmon cannery was located on a barge moored here on the banks of the Sacramento River. This small canning operation was the ...

John F. Kennedy

President of the United States

stood here when he

delivered his address on the

independence of nations

July 4th, 1962

This tablet placed

by the City of Philadelphia

June 29, 1964 James H. J. Tate, Mayor

Marker is on Chestnut ...

Farmer - Goodwin Mansion

Begun in 1885, this adobe house was completed in February 1886 by Hiram Bradford Farmer. Professor Farmer was the first principal and sole instructor of the newly founded Territorial Normal School, now Arizona State University. Unofficially the building served as ...

(Hadley Mountain) Fire Tower

Fire Tower

Erected of wood in 1916

Steel tower erected in 1920

Cabin built to house ranger

Closed 1990, restored and

staffed summers from 1996

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

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Dr. Dudley Forde House

Fine example

of town's Georgian

architecture.

Home of Dr. Dudley Forde

popular medical practitioner

in this area for many years

Died 1945

Marker is on Bawn Street, on the left when traveling east.

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Site of the Vine Street Brown Derby

1628 Vine Street

The most famous Hollywood restaurant of its day, the Brown Derby opened Valentine's Day, 1929. Owner Robert Cobb was also the inventor of the Cobb Salad. He originated furnishing telephones at tables during mealtime. celebrities popularity was ...

Col. Frederick Hambright

This Tablet

Marks the spot where

Col. Frederick Hambright

was wounded

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

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