The Fairchild Home

1846---1925

This land was the site of the Fairchild home

Jairus Cassius Fairchild

State Treasurer, Wisconsin, 1848-1852

First Mayor of Madison, 1856

Lucius Fairchild

Lt. Col. 2nd Regt. Wis. Inf. 1861

Colonel 2nd Regt. Wis. Inf. 1862

Brig. Gen. U.S.V. 1863

Secretary of State, Wisconsin, 1864-1866

Governor of Wisconsin, 1866-1872

U.S.Counsul, ...

Fort Reading

Located 80 rods north.

Established May 26, 1852

by Co, E 2nd Infantry U.S.A.

Evacuated June 1867.

Marked by

U.S. Army April 6, 1934

Sponsored by Shasta Historical Society

Marker is on Dersch Road 0.6 miles east of Deschutes Road, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy ...

Grubb's First Forge

Peter Grubb (c. 1700-54) carried on his initial efforts at iron-making in 1735 just slightly to the north. He used the Catalan-type forge which had originated in Spain sometime during the tenth century.

Marker is at the intersection of Granite Street ...

Maj. Gen. Jesse L. Reno

(front)

9th Army Corps.

September 14, 1862.

Reno.

(west side)

This monument marks the

spot where Major Gen. Jesse Lee Reno,

commanding 9th Army Corps U.S. Vol’s,

was killed in battle Sept. 14, 1862.

(south side)

Battles.

Vera Cruz; Cerro Gordo;

Cantreras; Churubusco;

Chapultepec; Roanoke Island;

New Berne;

Camden; Bull Run;

Chantilly and South Mountain.

(east side)

Erected ...

Open to the Sky

Political speeches, group baptisms, concerts and more have drawn spectators to this amphitheatre since the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built it of local stone in the 1930s. It is one of South Carolina's only remaining amphitheaters with classic CCC features.

Like ...

Masonry in the Gold County

The year was 1850 at a location not far from here. The first Masonic Lodge meeting was held under a Charter from state of Wisconsin. Lafayette Lodge #29 was born, the years following in 1851 & 1863 a major part ...

Cornwall Banks

One of world's greatest iron mines, oldest operated continuously in the New World. It has been mined for more than two centuries, and is still the greatest iron ore deposit east of Lake Superior.

Marker is on Granite Street 0.3 miles ...

David Townsend House

David Townsend House

This Property Devised December 1951 by

Marion Hoopes Stevenson

To the

Chester County Historical Society

As a memorial

To her Great-Grandfather

DAVID TOWNSEND

1787 – 1858

Banker, Botanist,

Civic Leader, Humanitarian.

In Appreciation

This marker was dedicated ...

Fort Amsterdam

Adjoining this site was the first Dutch fort on Manhattan Island known as Fort Amsterdam. The first house was erected here before 1664. In 1771 Captain Archibald Kennedy built here his residence which was used in 1776 by General George ...

Pinoak Fountain

Built by State Road Comm. and local artisans in 1932; land given by H.R. Edeburn. Crystal quartz quarried from behind nearby Bloomery iron furnace, and stone from hillside behind the fountain. Spring water, gravity fed from hill above, supplied area ...