First Japanese on the North American Continent

In October 1832, the Japanese cargo ship Hojun Maru set sail from near Nagoya bound for Edo (present day Tokyo). Disabled in a storm off Enshu Nada, the Hojun Maru drifted for fourteen months before running aground on the coast ...

Four Holes Swamp Bridge / Harley's Tavern

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Four Holes Swamp Bridge

The first bridge across Four Holes Swamp, a branch of the Edisto River, was built between 1770 and 1780 and was located about 200 ft. N. of the present bridge. The old bridge, on ...

Pontiac Monument

In loving memory

of

Union Veterans

of

The Civil War

1861 * 1865

* * *

Erected by

Frances C. Butterfield

Tent No. 9

Daughters of Union Veterans

1927

Loyalty

Marker is at the intersection of Woodward Avenue (Business U.S. ...

Dorchester Baptist Church World War II Veterans Plaque

In honor of the

men and women

serving our country

Dorchester Baptist Church

1941-1945

Breazeale, Thomas C

Cox, James B

Cox, William N

Cox, Fred N

Cox, Charles M

Fullbright, Bessie V

Fullbright, Ralph M

Keys, William R

King, Joseph C

King, William M

Ledbetter, Ina B

McMahan, George H

Saylors, Roy H

Wardlaw, Frank C

McMahan, Jack

Marker can ...

Pinedale School Bell

For 75 years this bell tolled throughout Pinedale Valley as a symbol of unity, calling the settlers to school, church and socials and warning of disaster. Purchased in 1892, it hung for many years in a log schoolhouse near this ...

Pirate Attacks

Before the construction of the Castillo, the people of St. Augustine were periodically raided by pirates. Since the town was never prosperous anyway, the loss of what little there was meant hard times and near starvation for all.

Marker can be ...

The Mauretta B. Thomas Pinedale Memorial Bridge

In recognition of her unselfish participation and example in community beautification. Serving on the town bicentennial committee, she proposed the covered bridge and the planting of pine trees along the lane north to the highway as being worth while community ...

Culpeper Court House

1863–64 Winter Encampment

During the winter of 1863-64, Federal officers quartered in many of Culpeper’s homes. The surrounding landscape was dotted with tents and huts for ten square miles as nearly 100,000 soldiers encamped. Gen. U.S. Grant, commander of all Federal ...

Ramp

Rampa

This stairway, probably constructed between 1752 and 1756, replaced a smooth incline used to haul guns to the top of the fort.

Marker can be reached from South Castillo Drive (State Highway A1A), on the right when traveling north.

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Captain Mose Rogers

Commander S. S. Savannah

Captain Mose

Rogers

Died Nov. 11, 1821

Commander S.S.

Savannah

First Steam Ship To

Cross the Atlantic

Crossed in 1819

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Church Street and Front Street.

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