San Bernardino Ranch

Has been designated a

National

Historic Landmark

This site possesses National significance

in commemorating the history of the

United States of America

1964

Marker can be reached from the intersection of East San Bernardino Road and Slaughter Ranch Road, on the right.

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Reuben Deming

Deming was born in Vermont in 1789 and came to the Village of Southport, later renamed Kenosha, in 1836. Deming was a Methodist preacher and a staunch supporter of the anti-slavery movement. For Methodists, slavery was considered the worst of ...

Mormon Battalion

LDS Church

San Bernardino

Ranch

Rest Camp

Dec 5 1846

Marker is on Geronimo Trail, on the right when traveling east.

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Daniel and Agnes Freeman

Daniel Freeman

Born Preble Co. Ohio Apr. 25, 1826

Filed on First Homestead in U.S.A.

Jan. 1, 1863 and lived on it until

his death Dec. 30, 1908

Soldier, Doctor, Sheriff & Farmer

A True Pioneer.

——————

Agnes S. Freeman

A True Pioneer Mother

Nov. 16, 1843 - Apr. 9, ...

Gilbert M. Simmons Memorial Library

Dedicated May 30, 1900

This library building a gift of Zalmon G. Simmons to the citizens of Kenosha as a memorial to his son Gilbert M. Simmons (1852-1890)

His vision and generosity were appreciated by the pioneer town he believed in and ...

Roads to Success

You are standing on an old road trace, lined with cottonwood trees, where freight was hauled by wagon. The ability to get goods to market is yet another reason Daniel Freeman homesteaded here, four miles from the town of Beatrice.

Freight ...

First Congregational Church

One-hundredth Anniversary

This historical landmark is dedicated to the worship of God, and to the promotion of Christian knowledge and charity

Chris George Builder

Kenosha Landmarks Commission

Kenosha County Historical Society

Marker is at the intersection of 8th Avenue and 60th Street, on the right ...

Mormon Battalion

LDS Church

Longest infantry

march on record

Dec 6, 1846

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Darlington County Jail

Side A

This building, a New Deal project of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Public Works Administration (PWA), was built in 1937 at a cost of $60,000. Called “one of the most modern jails in the South,” it was designed by Rock ...

Library Hall - The Douglas Public Library

Library Hall was built in 1901 and has served as a Town Hall, a Church, a School and a Library. The building was given to the City of Douglas in March, 1973, by the Phelps Dodge Corporation.

Marker is on East ...