Orange and Alexandria RR

Strategic Target

The Lake Accotink access road here lies atop the original road bed of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, chartered in 1849 to link the port city of Alexandria with Gordonsville in central Virginia. After the war began in 1861, ...

Parent Washington Navel Orange Tree

To honor

Mrs. Eliza Tibbets,

and to commend her good work

in planting at Riverside in 1873

The First Washington

Navel Orange Trees

in California,

native to Bahia Brazil,

proved the most valuable

fruit introduction yet made by

the United States Department

of Agriculture

Marker is at the intersection of Arlington Avenue ...

Orange County

One of the original counties

of Province of New York,

established 1683, by Gov.

Thomas Dongan, named for

William, Prince of Orange.

Marker is on U.S. 9W, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Orange County

One of the original counties

of Province of New York,

established 1683, by Gov.

Thomas Dongan, named for

William, Prince of Orange.

Marker is on U.S. 9W, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Orange County Courthouse

Built in 1900 of Arizona red sandstone, this is the oldest existing county courthouse in Southern California. Significant and far-reaching court decisions were handed down here, including the "Whipstock" case which dealt with slant oil drilling, interpretation of farm labor ...

Loranger High Shool

Original structure, 1912. Present structure 1930. A community, civic and educational center. Built under the direction of W. G. Cory, School Board Member ~ J. F. Corkern Principal. Marker donated by Loranger High School Alumni Association, organized 1922, one of ...

Orange Spot Inn

The original hotel on this site was built in 1884 on property which Richard W. Goode purchased from Thomas Mason first white settler of Melbourne. Mrs. R.W. Goode operated the "Rooming House." She called it the Goode House.

In 1894, the ...

The Orange And Alexandria Railroad Trestle

The original bridge crossing Accotink Creek was built in 1851 as part of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. During the Civil War the wooden trestle was an attractive target for Confederate soldiers. In his 28 Dec. 1862 raid on Burke's ...