Columbia

Originally Wright's Ferry, founded by John Wright in 1726. An early center for turnpike, canal, and railroad activity, at an important Susquehanna River crossing. First bridge built in 1812.

Marker is at the intersection of Lincoln Highway (Pennsylvania Route 462) and ...

Columbia Marble Quarry

(On Marble Quarry Road

one mile from this site)

Deposit discovered in

1854 by John Grant.

Produced the marble used

in Pacific Coast buildings.

Still producing.

Marker is at the intersection of Parrots Ferry Road (County Route E18) and Marble Quarry Road, on the right when traveling ...

Columbia

<— 2 Miles

One of the best preserved of early mining towns and known as “Gem of Southern Mines”. Gold discovered through cloudburst 1850. Population grew to 6000 in six weeks.

Governor Earl Warren signed bill at Columbia July 15, 1945, creating ...

Columbian Lodge No. 7, Free & Accepted Masons Columbus, Georgia

Organized October 9, 1828, Columbian Lodge was chartered by the Grand Lodge of Georgia in December 1828, as No. 28. In 1849 it became No. 7. It is the oldest Lodge in western Georgia. First Worshipful Master was Luther Blake. ...

Columbia Masonic Cemetery

This Masonic Cemetery has been in continuous use since 1853. Many Masons buried here were gold miners and soldiers. Wives and children of Masons are also interred here. Some are known only to God.

"Soft and safe to thee, my brother, ...

Columbiad

This replica of a coast defense cannon known as the columbiad was manufactured, 1964, by Savannah Machine and Foundry Company as a public service. A similar cannon was positioned here during Union naval attacks, 1863. The columbiad fired 87-lb. shells; ...

Christ Episcopal Church, Columbia Maryland

“Old Brick”

Original log chapel of ease, Queen Anne’s Parish, erected on “New Years Gift,” a present from the Proprietary to Edward Dorsey and Charles Carroll. Improved and made Queen Caroline Parish Church, 1728. First rector, James McGill, served 1730–1776. ...

Columbia Masonic Temple

Erected 1855

Razed 1891

Restored 1949 by the

Grand Lodge

F.&A.M. of California

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Washington Street and Parrotts Ferry Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

10-Inch Confederate Columbiad

Cast at the Tredegar Foundry in Richmond, this gun is an example of what the Confederacy was able to produce with limited resources. Although less refined than similar Union pieces, it helped meet the Southern demand for heavy caliber seacoast ...

10-Inch Columbiad (Rodman)

Advanced manufacturing and scientific design by General T.J. Rodman made this Columbiad the finest of large smoothbore armor crushers. 10 and 15 inch Rodmans were mounted in Fort Moultrie as part of a massive modernization program in the 1870's.

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