Erickson Family Cemetery

Sacred To the Memory of These Pioneers

They came when only the brave dared come: They stayed where only the valiant could stay. Born in Sweden. Americans by choice - not by accident of birth, they loved their adopted country and ...

Brigadier General John Webb

Born in Kentucky in 1793, his family moved to the Ohio country in 1797. Taught by his mother and in a log-cabin school near Dayton, he began teaching here by 1809. Purchasing land here in 1811, he served at ...

The Ericksons: Pioneer Settlers

"Sacred to the memory of these

pioneers, they came when only the

brave dared come: they stayed

where only the valiant could stay."

Lillian Erickson Riggs

Swedish immigrants, Neil and Emma Erickson married in 1887 and established a homestead not far from here. Known ...

Robert Brewton House

Private Residence

Built circa 1720 for

Colonel Robert Brewton

wealthy wharf owner and

provincial powder receiver.

One of the earliest fine

examples of a

single house.

[Plaque]

Robert Brewton House

Has Been Designated a

Registered National

Historic Landmark

under the provisions of the

Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1955

this site possesses exceptional value

in ...

Eugene A. Doran Memorial Bridge

1922 – 1959

An officer for the Town of Hillsborough from April 1, 1956 until his untimely death on August 5, 1959, who made the supreme sacrifice at the hands of a criminal suspect whom he had apprehended.

Marker can be reached ...

Lawrence Reese

Marker Front:

West Broad Street features several late-19th to early-20th century residences designed and built by Lawrence Reese (1865-1915), a native of Marlboro County who came to Darlington as a merchant by 1887. Reese, who had no formal training in architecture, ...

Fort Claiborne

Creek Indian War 1813-1814

Built by Gen. Ferdinand L. Claiborne as a base for his invasion of the Alabama country with U.S. Regulars, Lower Tombigbee Militia, and friendly Choctaws. Claiborne’s campaign culminated in the American victory over the Creeks at the ...

Lydia Rural Fire Dept.

The Lydia Rural Fire Department, the first rural fire department in this county, was organized in 1954 after fires destroyed three houses in less than a month. Its organizers met at the store and gas station owned by E. Gay ...

Dexter Park

Dexter Park 1911 - 1955

Home of Max Rosner's Bushwicks

1st night game 7/23/30

Joe DiMaggio, Casey Stengel, Jackie Robinson, Satchel Paige, Phil Rizzuto, Hank Greenberg, Lou Gerhig, Babe Ruth, Josh Gibson all played here.

Marker is on Jamaica Avenue.

Cherry, Judge, Luckett Memorial

IN LOVING MEMORY

OF OUR FRIENDS

Douglas MacMillan Cherry '85

Ann Campana Judge '73

and

Edward Hobbs Luckett '84

who lost their lives September 11, 2001.

These gardens and benches are given in

their honor by The OWU Friends Fund

September 2005

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