Town of Sharon / Sharon

Town of Sharon

John L. Rainey, owner of large tracts of land on which Sharon was established, conveyed land to the Presbyterian church in 1889 and 1898, the Methodists in 1897, and the Methodist Episcopal Zion church in 1904. The First ...

Francis Corbin

(d) 1767

Granville agent, jurist, legislator. Provoked "Enfield Riot." Home, "the Cupola House, " 2 blks. S.

Marker is at the intersection of N Broad St. and Queen Street on N Broad St..

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Battle of Port Royal Island

Near the old halfway house, in the

vicinity of Grays Hill, on February

3, 1779, a force of South Carolina

Militia, Continentals, and

volunteers, including men from

Beaufort, under General William

Moultrie, defeated the British in

their attempt to capture Port

Royal Island.

Marker is on Trask Parkway ...

Fire Station No. 1

The Redwood City Volunteer Fire Department started in 1861, and was the first non-profit organization in San Mateo County. It wasn’t until 1921 when this building at 1044 Middlefield Road was built that the firefighters finally received a salary.

The original ...

First National Bank of Sharon

[Front]:

This bank, built in 1909-10 by W.W. Blair, was the first bank in the town of Sharon, incorporated in 1889. Its first officers were J.H. Saye, president; J.L. Rainey, vice president; and A.M. Haddon, cashier. From 1910 to 1929 the ...

Pioneer Mills of Cache Valley

In 1860 two grist mills were built and operated in this valley. One at Wellsville by Daniel P. Hill and the other at Millville by Esias Edwards and Leroy Kent. The first burrstones obtained from Black Rock, Utah proved to ...

Ratcliffe-Allison House (Earp’s)

Built 1812

Old Town Fairfax

This is the oldest house in the City of Fairfax and the first city-owned building to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places (1973). The oldest section of the house, the eastern portion, was built ...

Allen Weir Freeman, M.D.

7 Jan. 1881 - 3 July 1954

Born at 416 Main Street, Allen W. Freeman, brother of editor and historian Douglas Southall Freeman, was a pioneer in public health administration and education. He was educated at the University of Richmond and ...

Battle of Milliken’s Bend

At daybreak on June 7, 1863, Gen. H. E. McCulloch led his Texas Brigade against the Union force which guarded the Union supply depot at Milliken’s Bend. In the savage fighting which ensued, the Confederates drove the Federals from their ...

Fairfax Court House

Built 1800

Old Town Fairfax

This building is on the National Register of Historic Places. George and Martha Washington’s wills were recorded here and still remain in this complex. Confederate President Jefferson Davis reviewed strategy in the tavern across the street with ...