California Volunteers' Memorial

Erected by

the Citizens of San Francisco

in Honor

of the

California Volunteers

Spanish-American War

1898

“First to the Front”

Marker is on Dolores Street near Market Street, in the median.

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Califon Methodist Episcopal Church

Congregation founded in 1867 in a building moved here

from New Germantown (Oldwick). Present church built in 1891.

Marker is on Raritan River Road, on the right when traveling north.

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Mountain Farm

Founded by Lance family in 1749, and occupied by descendants until 1926. Home to Jehovah's Witnesses

for 57 years, until 1999. Now in the County Park System.

Marker is on Pleasant Grove Road, on the right when traveling north.

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647 Bloomfield Avenue

Built in 1912-1913

On this site the Montclair Hook & Ladder company was founded on November 28, 1882. This building was opened in 1904 as the old Fire Department headquarters. It was then enlarged and modified in the classical revival style ...

First Primary School

1878-1879

22 Valley Road

Vernacular/Early Classic Revival Style

This is the second oldest school building still standing in the Township. It was built to meet the needs of a community which almost doubled in population during the 1870's.

Marker is on Valley Road north ...

F. Weigl Iron Works

Ironsmith Fortunat Weigl (1884-1973) migrated to Austin in 1913 from Germany with his wife Anna and sons F. Lee and Herbert. Work was scarce until 1917, when Weigl was commissioned by the noted local woodcarver Peter Mansbendel, who supplied a ...

Cheraw Confederate Memorial

(Front):

Erected by Ladies Memorial Association

To the memory

of our Heroic Dead

who fell at Cheraw

during the War

1864 - 1865.

(Left Side):

Fallen but not dead!

"They have crossed over the river

And they rest in the shade of the trees."

(Right Side):

Loved and Honored but Unknown

Hope

(Back):

"Stranger, ...

Academy af Arts & Science

Conducted 1876-1909 by Dr. Conrnelius Larison.

Also publishing house for his “Fonic Speling Wurks in Orthoepy.” His old home lies to the east.

Marker is on Larison Lane, on the right when traveling west.

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The Ferry Tract

In 1779, Andrew Hibben bought land on the south side of Shem Creek from Jacob Motte, which became known as the Ferry Tract. Until the opening of the Grace Memorial Bridge in August 1929, ferries connected Mount Pleasant to Charleston. ...

Darlington County Confederate Monument

(North Side):

On fame's eternal camping ground their silent tents are spread; and glory guards, with solemn round, the bivouac of the dead.

(East Side):

They never fail who Die in a great cause. While the tree of freedom's wither'd trunk puts forth ...