Oakland Railroad History

The railroad industry transformed Oakland from an oak forest to a thriving city. Rapid growth began when the Central Pacific Railroad absorbed local rail lines in 1868 and was granted right-of-way to build a freight and ferry pier. The Oakland ...

Portage Park

Here began

the Indian canoe portage

between Lake MIchigan

and

Sturgeon Bay

Marker is on Lake Forest Park Road (County Route TT).

Courtesy hmdb.org

Goose Creek Church

The Parish of St. James was founded by Act of Assembly in 1706. The present edifice was begun in 1714, and completed in 1719. The Royal Arms of Great Britain can still be seen over the chancel, and here is ...

Bellamy - Ferriday House

In This House

Rev. Joseph Bellamy

Held the Earliest

Theological School

1738 – 1789

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street North (Connecticut Route 61) and West Road (Connecticut Route 132), on the left when traveling north on Main ...

Site of College of California

Original Campus of University of California

University of California, chartered March 23, 1868. Located between Franklin and Harrison, 12th and 14th Streets, from 1869 to 1873. Using buildings of former College of California, successor to Contra Costa Academy founded by Henry ...

Rehoboth Methodist Church

(Marker Front)

This church grew out of services held as early as 1811, at first in a brush arbor and later at a campground nearby. Ministers riding the Cooper River and Berkeley circuits served this congregation for many years. The ...

St. Stephen Colored School / St. Stephen High School

(Marker Front)St. Stephen Colored School St. Stephen Colored School, the first public African American school in St. Stephen, was built here in 1924-25. A three-room frame building, it was one of almost 500 schools in S.C. funded in part by ...

The Lemcke Farm House

Katherine and Henry Lemcke were among the early settlers of Middleton. They came to America in 1863 from Golste, Hanover, Germany. Four generations of Lemckes have made this property their home over 100 years. It was granted the Century Farm ...

George Frederick Colton and the Duplex Mine

George Frederick Colton can be considered to be the father of Searchlight. The Searchlight claim made on May 6, 1897 was the earliest claim of importance in what became the Searchlight Mining District. He is also credited with providing the ...

"Make Us Free"

Amistad Memorial

[ south side ]

"Make Us Free"

This monument is a memorial to the 1839 Amistad Revolt and its leader, Sengbe Pieh, also known as Joseph Cinque. Sengbe Pieh was one of the millions of Africans kidnapped from their homes and ...