Dr. Forbes Barclay

1812 - 1873

Dr. Forbes Barclay left Scotland in 1839 for Fort Vancouver (Washington) where he became chief physician for Hudson's Bay Company. He moved to Oregon City in 1850 where he practiced medicine for many years. He was one of ...

Black Mingo – Willtown / Black Mingo Baptist Church

Black Mingo – Willtown

By 1760, Charles Woodmason had established a store near here, following a 1745 Act of the General Assembly that provided for clearing of the watercourses at the head of Black Mingo Creek. Soon thereafter, schooners carried local ...

Lynchburg

In 1757 John Lynch opened a ferry here; in 1765 a church was built. In 1786 Lynchburg was established by act of Assembly; in 1791 the first tobacco warehouse was built. Lynchburg was incorporated as a town in 1805. In ...

Broadmouth Baptist Church

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This church, named for nearby Broadmouth Creek, was organized in 1837 with nine charter members. Rev. William P. Martin was its first minister, and William Long and Noah Riddle Reeve were its first deacons. This tract was purchased from Jesse ...

Pittsburgh Glass Works

First glass factory in Pittsburgh was established on this site by James O'Hara and Isaac Craig in 1797. It manufactured bottles and window glass until the 1880s. A precursor of Pittsburgh's rise as the nation's largest glass producer.

Marker is on ...

Cumberland County Veterans Memorial Clock Tower

Erected in loving memory of all veterans of Cumberland County

Dedicated July 4, 1957 with a parade and ceremonies at this spot

Built and presented to the veterans by

The Boiling Springs Civic Improvement Committee

Marker is at the intersection of E. First Street ...

Duck Creek: Early Industry and Business Development

Fort Wayne business had a start on Duck Street, named for the 19th century Duck Creek that drained the area from the higher ground near Superior Street into the St. Mary’s River. Along Duck Creek in the 1840s and 50s ...

Columbia Rosenwald School

A grant from the Rosenwald Foundation of Chicago led to the establishment of a local school for African American students. The foundation represented a collaboration between Julius Rosewald, President of Sears, Roebuck, and Company, and the noted African American educator, ...

First State Bank of Girard

First Brick Bldg.

in Crawford Co.

Erected by Franklin Playter

1870

Owned by

state's first woman banker

Sarah A. Haldeman

1905 - 1915

First home of

Mr. and Mrs. E Haldeman-Julius

1915 - 1918

Marker is on Prairie Street near Summit Street (Kansas Route 7), on the right when traveling east. ...

Columbia United Methodist Church

This congregation traces its history to early Methodist missionary activity during Texas' years as a republic in 1839. The Rev. Isaac L. G. Strickland was assigned to the Brazoria Circuit and organized a Methodist Church in Columbia (now West Columbia), ...