Lindsay Street School

The first permanent public graded school in N.C. opened in 1875 in a building which stood on this site.

Marker is on Lindsay Street 0 miles north of Church Street, on the left when traveling west.

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Patagonia Depot

The New Mexico and Arizona Railroad which served Patagonia, was built by the Santa Fe in 1881-82 and was operated after 1897 by the Southern Pacific. The last portion of this line, terminating at Patagonia, was abandoned in 1962.

The Patagonia ...

Droop Mountain

Here, November 6, 1863, Union troops, commanded by Gen. W.W. Averell, defeated Confederate forces under Gen. John Echols. This has been considered the most extensive engagement in this State and the site was made a State park in 1929.

Marker is ...

Last Home of the Blessed Virgin, the Mother of Jesus Christ

Notice About The Shrine

This place is considered to be the last home of the Blessed Virgin, the Mother of Jesus Christ.

The Facts According to the Scriptures: St. John, in his Gospel, tells us that Jesus, before dying on the Cross, ...

Manchester & Free Bridges

By 1873, complaints about Mayo’s’ tolls led to the opening of the Free Bridge.

The day after the Free Bridge opened, thousands crowded onto it to watch the Reverend John Jasper conduct a large group-baptism ceremony in the river.

For ...

Dakota (Sioux) Memorial – 1862

The last act of the Minnesota Dakota (Sioux) War took place here in Mankato on December 26, 1862 when thirty-eight Dakota Indians died in a mass execution on this site.

The Dakota War was a culmination of years of friction between ...

Van Zandt County Courthouse

Built in 1937 with Public Works Administration funds, this is the sixth building to serve as the Van Zandt County Courthouse. According to local lore, the commissioners court decreed that a modern courthouse should be erected in order to provide ...

Great Wagon Road

An Indian trading and warring

path that became a frontier

road between Pennsylvania

and Georgia in the 18th

century. The major road

for settlers of the North

Carolina back country passed

near this place.

Marker is at the intersection of N Main Street (U.S. 311) and 5th Street, ...

Stream for Washing Laundry

Birth of a City: Nieuw Amsterdam & Old New York

STREAM FOR WASHING LAUNDRY

Location: Maiden Lane

Dutch Name: ‘t Maagde Paatje

Here, in the 1600’s, a stream ran into the East River, along the course of what is now Maiden Lane. A footpath ...

Historic Kenmore and George Washington's Ferry Farm

George Washington Birthplace National Monument

(Front):

Historic Kenmore and George Washington's Ferry

For George Washington, Fredericksburg was "...the place of my growing infancy." The old town on the Rappahannock River remained his home until he moved permanently to Mt. Vernon after the death ...