The Battle of McDowell

May 8, 1862

In the spring of 1862 Confederate fortunes seemed to have gone from bad to worse. Union forces had won several key battles in the West, while the U.S. Navy was establishing its coastal blockade and Major General George ...

Northbrae Public Improvements

John Galen Howard, Architect; R.A. Mansell, Landscape Architect 1907

Berkeley's Northbrae residential subdivision was opened in 1907 by the Mason-McDuffie Company, John Galen Howard - then Supervising Architect of the University of California - designed the Circle and the stairways, benches, ...

M-5 "JEB Stuart" Tank

In 1921, a group of Veterans built and dedicated this park to honor WWI Veterans. Originally, a WWI Howitzer Cannon was located on this concrete pedestal. The citizens of Brunswick were called upon to donate the cannon for the WWII ...

George-Brockway House

This Colonial Revival adobe was the home of George Brockway and his wife Esther. Brockway was the town medical doctor, Pinal County Hospital Superintendent and Territorial Prison physician. He owned a drugstore, and in 1908 became the first mayor of ...

The Battle of McDowell

Heart of the Battlefield

The Confederate 12th Georgia Infantry Regiment held this exposed crest overlooking McDowell. Milroy’s Union troops assaulted this hilltop from two directions – on the left and the right. The Confederates held their ground against repeated attacks and ...

George A. Brown House

This was originally a flat-roofed Sonoran adobe built in 1875 for George A. Brown, Adamsville saloon keeper. The house served briefly as the Wells Fargo office during a rash of stagecoach robberies. "By God" Brown known for his oft-repeated phrase, ...

USS Hoel * USS S. B. Roberts * USS Johnston

United States Navy

Inscribed here are the names of 525 men who died in the Battle of Leyte Gulf during the liberation of the Philippine Islands on 25 Oct 1944. Their ships, the destroyers USS Johnston (DD-557) and USS Hoel (DD-533) ...

Battle of McDowell

Confederates Hold the High Ground

Beyond the ridge you are facing is Sitlington’s Hill. On the afternoon of May 8, 1862, Gen. Edward “Allegheny” Johnson directed two brigades of Confederate infantry to take position on the hill facing the Federals across ...

Carlton Foster Bond

1893 - 1980

CO Pearson Field

1929 - 1933 & 1938 - 1940

Honoring Aviation Pioneers

Marker is on E. 5th Street, on the right when traveling east.

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Cokesbury Methodist Episcopal Church

A pure example of Greek Revival architecture, erected in 1851. Seven other early churches in nearby counties use this basic design.

Marker is on Cokesbury Road, on the right when traveling north.

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