The Plank Road Foreman

This statue of a Plank Road Foreman is dedicated to the establishment of the City of High Point and in honor of the men and women who worked in local industries and businesses that made it famous.

In the 1840’s and ...

In Search of Peace

For Those Who Served in

Peace and War

Courtesy hmdb.org

Generals James G. Blunt and Francis J. Herron

General James G. Blunt

General Blunt of Kansas commanded the First Division of the Federal army in the battle of Prairie Grove. He was made Brigadier General in April 1862 and given command of all Kansas troops. His army was at ...

Shaw’s Flat

In 1850 this community was alive with gold miners. James D. Fair, after whom the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco is named, was one of the most notable. The Mississippi House, built in 1850, contains many relics including the original ...

Raising of the Bear Flag Monument

This Monument was erected by the Native Sons of the Golden West and the State of California to commemorate the raising of the Bear Flag on this spot June 14, 1846 by the Bear Flag Party and their declaration of ...

F. F. Fred Cavaliere

Engine Company No. 1

Killed in the Line of Duty at the

Evans Film Fire – February 7th, 1925

Linwood Ave. & Main St. • Fort Lee, N.J.

On Saturday, February 7, 1925 the department responded to a fire at the National Evans ...

Springfield

Springfield received name from abundant springs gushing from limestone boulders. Town with its stores, shops and hotel, built around plaza. Once boasted 2,000 inhabitants. Believed founded by Donna Josefa Valmesada, Mexican woman of means with reputation for aiding Americans in ...

Sawmill Flat

Name derived from two sawmills erected here to supply mining timbers early 1850’s. Population at one time 1000. Rich in pocket gold in heyday. Mining camp of Mexican woman, Doña Elisa Martinez, at north end of flat, reported to have ...

The B.Y.N. Co. Ticket Office/La billettetereie de la compagnie B

[English:]

This structure, built in 1900, is all that remains of a larger complex that included a warehouse and dock. At the time of the gold rush and for years afterwards, the riverfront was the transition point between Dawson City and ...

Patriots of African Descent

who served, suffered and sacrificed

during the Valley Forge encampment,

1776-1778

"Throughout these historic and hallowed campsites were courageous Black patriots who participated in the nation's bitter fight for independence."

Charles L. Blockson, Historian

Dedicated by

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, ...