General John A. Sutter

February 15, 1808 – June 18, 1880

Swiss Immigrant

Founder of New Helvetia

The beginning of Sacramento

Builder of Sutter’s Fort

A man of vision and compassion

who deserves the respect

and gratitude

of Americans and Swiss

Marker is at the intersection of 28th Street and L Street, on ...

Rev'd John Trumbull

Sacred to the Memory

of the Rev'd John Trumbull

senior Pastor of the Church of Christ

in Westbury

And one of the Fellows of the Corporation

of Yale College;

Who died December 8th AD 1787

In the Seventy third Year of his Age,

And the ...

John Wilkes Booth

This is the Garrett Place, where John Wilkes Booth, assassin of Lincoln, was cornered by Union soldiers and killed, April 26, 1865. The house stood a short distance from this spot.

Marker is on U.S. 301 2.5 miles south of U.S. ...

John Henry Logan

December 7, 1821 - March 29, 1885

Teacher, Historian, Physician

Born and reared near this spot, John Henry Logan first practiced medicine and taught school in this region before publishing in 1859 his History of Upper South Carolina. He served as a ...

James Polk Johnson Building

Built by Johnson City founder James Polk Johnson (1845-1885), this structure has housed a variety of businesses and served as a community gathering place. In addition to serving as a community hall, opera house, and meeting place for churches and ...

John Spencer Bassett

1867 - 1928

Historian. Professor at Trinity College, 1894-1906. Secretary, Amer. Historical Association, 1919-1928. Born here.

Marker is at the intersection of West Wilson Street and Albemarle Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Wilson Street.

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Johnson City

“It was just a big family town. Nobody was rich, and everybody had plenty to eat and plenty to wear, and Lyndon was no different from the rest of us. I miss that little town, that feeling that everybody would ...

Johnson Settlement Trail

The sidewalk ahead leads to the Johnson Settlement, frontier home of President Johnson's paternal grandparents, Samuel Ealy Johnson, Sr., and Eliza Bunton Johnson.

Between 1867 and 1872 Sam Ealy Johnson, Sr., and his brother Tom drove huge herds of longhorns from ...

The Home of John Penn

On this site was the home 1766-1771 of John Penn 1726–1795, last colonial governor of Pennsylvania, son of Richard Penn and grandson of William Penn, the founder. Also the home 1771–1810 of Benjamin Chew 1722–1810, last colonial Chief Justice of ...

Charles Russell Johnson

Founder of Fort Bragg, CA

This section of the largest Redwood Tree known to have grown in Mendocino County is dedicated this day, September 6, 1943 by the citizens of the City of Fort Bragg to the memory of

Charles Russell Johnson

who ...