Napa's China Town / Shuck Chan

Lower Marker:

Napa's China Town

Napa’s China Town was situated on both sides of First Street from this point west to Napa Creek. It occupied the area south of First to the Napa River where the Joss House stood near the juncture ...

Saint Patrick Catholic Church

First parish to be established

under the North Carolina

Catholic Church Constitution

February 4, 1824

First Catholic Church

consecrated in North Carolina

March 17, 1829

Original location Bow Street

Fayetteville, North Carolina

Marker is at the intersection of Village Drive and Bryn Mawr Drive, on the left when traveling ...

James Clyman--Trapper and Explorer

James Clyman - Trapper and Explorer. Prominent in opening the Far West. He was with Jedediah Smith in 1824 at South Pass. Prepared the way for the pre-Gold Rush pioneers. Settled in Napa County in 1848.

Marker can be reached from ...

The Lewis and Clark Expedition

In 1804-06, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led about 40 soldiers and boatmen on an epic journey. President Thomas Jefferson commissioned this "Corps of Discovery" to find a route to the Pacific Ocean through the newly acquired Louisiana territory. ...

Pioneer Cemetery

About 100 yds east is this cemetery, on land donated by William Stark Smith, a veteran of the Revolution who had been wounded at Brandywine and received a grant hereabouts for his services. Pioneers buried here include John Motlow (1757-1812), ...

Foundry Dock Park

Our Stretch of the River

This serene site was once the bustling lifeline to the West Point Foundry, an industrial marvel and a technological powerhouse of its day.

On the Waterfront

Just after the War of 1812, President James Madison designated Cold Spring ...

The San Fernando Pioneer Memorial Cemetery

This Cemetery, earlier known as Morningside Cemetery, is the oldest non-sectarian cemetery in San Fernando Valley. It was used from the early 1800's until 1939. It was legally abandoned in 1959. In this same year Mrs. Nellis S. Noble donated ...

California State Capital

ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION – 1860 – 1874

Miner F. Butler – Won Design Competition, 1860

Ruben Clark, Supervising Architect, 1860 – 1865

Gordon P. Cummings, Supervising Architect, 1865 – 1870

Kenitzer & Bennett, Supervising Architect, 1870 – 1871

Gordon P. Cummings, Supervising Architect, 1872 – 1874

RESTORED ...

Pewaukee Village

Incorporated 1876

Site of Potowatomi village. Vermonter Asa Clark arrived in 1836 and acquired most of the land around the northeast shore of the lake. He built a dam in 1839, also a sawmill and grist mill. The population increased as ...

Birthplace of General Joseph Wheeler

A short distance north of this place, General Joseph Wheeler was born on Sept. 10, 1836. He graduated from West Point in 1859 and held the rank of 2nd

lieutenant when the Civil War broke out. Resigning his commission in the ...