Wells Fargo and Company

Early day assay office

and home of

Wells Fargo and Co.

1860

Marker is on Sutter Street south of Wool Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Big Spring Graveyard

Among those buried here are victims of the Great Cove Massacre of Nov. 1, 1755, at present McConnellsburg. The raid was conducted by Delawares and Shawnees led by Shingas, the Delaware "king." Houses were burned, and about 50 settlers were ...

Capt. James McKay, I (1808 - 1876)

On this site, after the devasting hurricane of 1848, McKay, a native of Scotland, built his first permanent home of finished lumber from Mobile, Ala. Here, with his wife Matilda,they raised their children.

McKay was a dominant factor in the ...

Mount Pleasant General Store

This property, comprising the Mount Pleasant General Store and a smokehouse at the rear, is on the National and State Registers. The smokehouse was constructed in the early 1830's, and the store was erected around 1840. Both were built by ...

Sara Spencer Washington

A Virginia entrepreneur who headed north in 1911, opened Arctic Avenue Beauty Salon in Atlantic City. She expanded by teaching beauty culture door-to-door with products of the day, some self-styled. Madame Washington, as she would later be called, patented a ...

Hennepin View

Near this spot stood

Father Louis Hennepin

Franciscan Missionary and

Chronicler of La Salle's Expedition

1678 - 9

He was the first to preach the gospel on the Niagara frontier and the first white man who saw and described the falls of Niagara.

Erected by the ...

Anderson Trading Post

On this property in 1812 was the trading post of John Anderson, famed Scottish pioneer of the River Raisin.

Anderson, Colonel of the Militia in 1812, was taken prisoner at Detroit, later escaped.

Mrs. Anderson, alone at the time of ...

Minnehaha Depot

Milwaukee Road station agents affectionately referred to the quaint little Minnehaha Depot as "the Princess." Its delicate gingerbread architecture is reminiscent of the Victorian era when ladies in bustles and gentlemen in high collars traveled largely by train.

The first track ...

Pacheco Pass

On June 18, 1805, Lieutenant Gabriel Moraga, on his first exploratory journey into the San Joaquin Valley traversed this pass and recorded it.

Since then it has been trail, toll road, stagecoach road, and freeway -- the principal route between the ...

Fresh Pond

Elevation 78 Ft.

Here original settlers

lived in caves and shelters.

Site of first church 1772

Pastors

Oliver Dodge, Trustrum Dodge

Nearby site of first

school house, windmill, pound,

precious spring.

Indian burying hill

Marker is at the intersection of Lakeside Dr. and Old Center Rd. on Lakeside ...