Moorefield Memorial Highway, (Southern Terminus)

(U.S. Route 178)

In Memory Of

Charles Henry Moorefield

State Highway Engineer

of South Carolina

1920 — 1935

Marker is on East Main Street / Moorefield Memorial Highway (U.S. 178) near U.S. 78, on the left when traveling north.

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The Rusch Home

The Rusch Home, built in 1916, is on the original site of the 480-acre Volle Ranch.

Fred and Julia Volle came across the plains by covered wagon in 1853. Before settling in Citrus Heights, they owned a small place on L ...

Theodore Foss Memorial Highway

Dedicated to State Trooper

Corporal Theodore "Ted" Foss

1965–2000

Corporal Ted Foss was

killed August 31, 2000

on I-90 near Lewiston, Mn

while making a traffic stop

Marker can be reached from Interstate 90 at milepost 275, on the right when traveling west.

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The Builders were Human

In 1682, a new engineer found that this bastion had been built 3 feet too low! By 1686, such mistakes were corrected. Labor for the fort included 100 Indians and Spaniards, plus a few convicts and slaves. Indian laborers got ...

Site of the Surrender of Columbia, SC

Erected

Feb. 17, 1914

by

Wade Hampton Chapter, U.D.C.

On the spot where

Mayor T.J. Goodwyn

surrendered the city of Columbia

to

Gen. W.T. Sherman

Feb. 17, 1865

Councilmen

O.Z. Bates • Samuel Leapheart

John Stork • John McKenzie

W.B. Stanley • Clark Waring

Marker is at the intersection of River Drive and Beaufort ...

Memorial to the Naraticong Indians

Whose friendship for the Whites, made possible the building of the Olde York Road over their trail which from 1765 until 1839 was the swift sure stage line between New York and Philadelphia from this point to Lambertville thence to ...

The Red Crown Mini-Museum

"The Crown Jewels"

[Main marker]:

Collection of

Donald Jay Stein

Lafayette, Indiana

[Dedication marker]:

To the City of Layayette/West Lafayette and more specifically, to the people of "the South Side" with whom I have worked diligently over the past thirty (30) years at Crown Laundry, ...

The Carter Family In Del Rio

Known as country music's First Family, the Carter family first found national acclaim while on XERA radio. Owned by Dr. John R. Brinkley, the powerful radio station across the Rio Grande from Del Rio reached listeners around the country. A.P. ...

The Forney Farms

Fighting Focused on Forney Lands

As the initial attack by the 13th Virginia and 2nd North Carolina Cavalry Regiments gained momentum, they charged along Frederick Street and through the Forney fields which were located on the land in front of you. ...

The Home of Major William E. Simmons

William E. Simmons, one of Gwinnett County’s foremost citizens, was born in Lawrenceville on August 26, 1839. After graduating at the top of his class from Emory College, he assumed editorship of the Lawrenceville News. In 1861, he became an ...