The Rothwell Family of Albemarle County Virginia

Claiborne, one of the first of the Rothwells to live in this county, was born about 1741 as reported in The Virginia Advocate, Saturday Oct. 11, 1828 and “died on Oct. 6 in his 87th year...He was a kind and ...

Elisha Wm. Robertson, 1850-1894

His Forebears and Descendants

E.W. Robertson Operated the Piedmont Nurseries from his farm home just opposite this spot for almost all his adult life, cut short after an injury incurred in breaking a young horse. He was born, died, and was ...

“Cobblestone” Ballast

Sailing ships since the “Gold Rush” laden with supplies and sitting deep in the water just above the river bottom have inched their way slowly up the Sacramento River to Sacramento. After unloading, the ships would risk rolling over because ...

Presbyterian Church

Built in 1905 using granite rock from Bishops Peak. Second peak in San Luis Obispo County's row of majestic mountains ending with beautiful Morro Rock. This local rock can be seen in several structures along the Path of History.

Historic ...

Charles J. Poppe Building

Site of the Poppe

Dry Goods & General Merchandise Store

1883-1937

and

Glen Ellen Post Office

First built of wood in 1883

Destroyed by fire in 1905

Rebuilt of stone with two stories in 1906

Damaged in 1906 Earthquake

Rebuilt with three stories in 1907 top two stories of ...

Uinta County Library (Carnegie Library) 1906

The National Register of Historic Places

Wyoming Place No. 183

Downtown Evanston Historic District

Marker is on Front Street (U.S. 189), on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Big Run Watershed

Rocky Top, the high ridge to your left, Brown Mt., straight ahead and Loft Mt., behind you, enclose an eleven square mile watershed, the largest in the Park.

One inch of rainfall on this area amounts to nearly 200 million gallons. ...

Bloomer Girl; A Colorado Trailblazer

In 1858, a young woman from Kansas climbed to the summit of Pikes Peak. Julia Archibald Holmes was the first Anglo woman on record to make the climb, and she became famous for that accomplishment as well as for the ...

Brandymore Castle

This landmark was first described in 1724 by surveyor Charles Broadwater as "the rock stones called Brandymore Castle." Research in 1972 established that the natural formation matched the boundary descriptions on the 18th century land grands from Lord Fairfax to ...

Clara Barton

Women's Heritage Trail

Clara Barton, best known as a Civil War nurse and founder of the American Red Cross, was significant in New Jersey history for beginning the first "free" public school in the state. Barton took a teaching position in ...