Quakertown Methodist Episcopal Church

Organized in 1835. First church was built on this site in 1840. This Queen Anne Style structure erected in 1878.

Marker is on Croton Road (County Route 579 at milepost 26), just south of Quakertown Road, on the left when traveling ...

Pony Express Ferry “Carquinez”

[Front of Marker:]

Dedicated April 23, 2000

by

James Stretesky

Benicia Historical Society

Benicia (N.S.G.W.) Native Sons

Richard & Veronica Tipton

Benicia Camel Barn Museum

Exxon Mobile, Benicia Refinery

Benicia Chamber of Commerce

Benicia Volunteer Fire Department

Pony Express Trail Association

[A list of sponsors is on bottom of base]

[Back of marker:]

Captain ...

Wowinchapuncke

Wowinchapuncke was the chief of the Paspahegh

Indians when the English established Jamestown

in the tribe’s territory in 1607. He consistently

resisted the English intrusion, earning both

respect and hostility from Jamestown leaders.

Captured and imprisoned at Jamestown, he

escaped, and the English retaliated by killing

several ...

Mount Pleasant Veterans Memorial

Erected by the Grateful People of Mt. Pleasant in Honor of Those who Served and Died for their Country in World Wars I and II

Died during Time of War

Ezra Cattell •

Dalio Brandy •

Walter Dietrich •

Donald Francy • ...

Col. Murphy's Hotel

Built c. 1798 and used as a dormitory of Marshall College, the "Old Mansion House" was acquired by Col. Murphy in 1845 who managed it as a prominent hotel until 1864. It was rumored to be a station on the ...

Phelps' Brigade

Baird's Division - Palmer's Corps.

Phelps' Brigade

Baird's Division - Palmer's Corps.

Col. Edward H. Phelp's.

Col. William H. Hays.

Nov. 25, 1863, 5 p.m.

10th Indiana - Lieut. Col. Marsh B. Taylor.

74th Indiana - Lieut. Col. Myron Baker.

4th Kentucky - Maj. Robert M. Kelly.

10th Kentucky ...

Dedicated to the Memory of Pony Express Riders

1860 The Knights of the Saddle 1861

William Hamilton, the first Pony Express rider to reach Benicia on the final relay. Carrying the mail from St. Joseph, Missouri to California. Arrived in this city April 23, 1860, at 7 a.m. Thomas ...

Lott Cary Birthplace

A mile and a half northwest, Lott Cary was born in slavery about 1780. In 1804 his owner, John Bowry, a Methodist minister, hired him out to a Richmond tobacco firm. Cary joined the First Baptist Church in 1807. He ...

Mount Pleasant Historic Underground Railroad District

Historic Underground Railroad Site

By 1816, Mount Pleasant had earned a reputation among fugitive slaves as a town where they would be welcomed in their quest for freedom. The Quakers who lived in the village helped Mount Pleasant become a center ...

Platt-Simpson Building

Radcliff Platt constructed the original portion of this building about 1871. He operated a livery stable here until 1890 and lived in one side of the structure for a number of years. In 1901 J.S. Simpson (1854-1934) purchased and enlarged ...