Arizona's First Public School

On November 18, 1867, the Pima County Board of Supervisors created Tucson School District 1. An old adobe building at this location was refitted for classes. Desks and benches were built, new windows were installed in the 25' x 40' ...

Patterson Store

Established in 1904 the Fred G. Patterson Store was famous as a general mercantile, specializing in shoes and cotton pick sacks. A shoe at the entrance indicated the store was open for business. In 1993 the family donated the buildings ...

Hopewell Historic District

A borough from 1853 to 1914, Hopewell was a laboratory for progressive farming, milling, and educational practices. Samuel Dickey (1769-1835) was an agricultural innovator, and the Dickeys pioneered in establishing area schools. The family, spurred by available water power, developed ...

Hopewell Bell Tower

This bell tower was constructed from components saved from the demolition of what was last known as the Hopewell Elementary School and was previously the Oxford High School. The building was designed by W.L. Plack of Philadelphia and constructed in ...

Joseph William Burke

1835-1900

Lawyer, Industrialist, Patriot

Brigadier General, U.S.A.

Gen. Burke helped rebuild

Alabama’s mining & manufacturing

interests after the Civil War.

He helped establish the Catholic

Church at Jacksonville.

His home, “Bellevue,”

occupied the present site of

Jacksonville State College.

Marker is on University Circle west of ...

Poinsett Bridge

This bridge

on the

state road

from

Greenville to Asheville

was built

in

1820

by

Abram Landing,

Acting Commissioner,

Board of Public Works.

Joel R. Poinsett, President.

Marker is on Callahan Mountain Road (State Highway S23-42).

Courtesy hmdb.org

Murphy-Dolan Store

Built in 1874, as place of business and residence of L.G. Murphy & Co., a dominant factor in area in 1870's, and headquarters of the Murphy faction during Lincoln County War. Firm failed, and store became county gov't and judicial ...

Napa Courthouse Flag Staff

First constructed 1892-3.

Restored under volunteer leadership of Solano-Napa Builders Exchange through contributions and skilled labor of these citizens and organizations of Napa County.

Dedicated April 13, 1985

By the

Native Sons of the Golden West

William Bundesen, Grand President

Marker can be reached from the ...

The Federal Collapse

“All was disorder and excitement; the field was full of me running for their very lives, and it was almost impossible to make any resistance to the tide of humanity pressing down upon us….It seemed as though the air was ...

Union Rifle Pits

These well-preserved rifle pits probably mark the far end of the Union line. The 16th Michigan Infantry or 44th New York Infantry likely built them on the morning of the battle to guard the western flank of the army. Although ...