Gouverneur Kemble

1786   ?   1875

A distinguished citizen

Founder of West Point Foundry

Twice member of Congress

First Senior Warden of this church

Honored and beloved by the community

Marker is at the intersection of Chestnut Street (New York Route ...

Demopolis Methodist Church

on Marengo Circuit, 1826-1839

church founded 1840, great revival 1843

first building erected 1840-43 (remodeled 1848)

on lot donated by the Rev. A. J. Crawford

two early pastors became bishops:

John C. Keener (1843-44) and Holland N. McTyeire (1846)

present building erected 1895-96

B. D. Price of ...

The Demopolis Theater District

Side A

Establishing a history of theaters in this district, the Braswell Theater introduced its ornate interior to

Demopolis on October 23, 1902, with a performance of

the melodrama Unorna. Built by Frederick Henry Braswell in galleries above his hardware store on Strawberry ...

Isleton’s Historic Old Town

During the gold rush period of 1849 Isleton was a sea of swaying tules and peat bogs. Chinese immigrants lured to California for gold stayed on to begin a hand labor task of dredging and constructing levees. When the water ...

The Coronado Expedition, 1540-42

[The first section of marker is in Spanish:]

En el año 1539, recordando aún el anuncio de la conquista del imperio inca que occurrió en 1533, el virrey Antonio de Mendoza receloso pero con te a la vez, envoí a un ...

New York American Patriot Gardens

Paying tribute to those victims and heroes of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack.

This project is sponsored by the Lower Hudson-Long Island Resource Conservation & Development Council, Inc.

in partnership with the USDA Forest Service and Natural Resources ...

Captain David Brown House Site

Here on this site lived the Brown family of Concord, who arrived from England in 1644. The exposed foundation on you left is from the first Brown family home. During the 1750s, their descendent David Brown constructed a new house. ...

Advanced Education Center

Religious denominations organized Georgia’s first colleges for women. Madison flourished as an educational center following the 1850 incorporation of both the Georgia Female College (Baptist), initially chartered as Madison Collegiate Institute, and the Madison Female College (Methodist).

The Georgia Female College ...

The Courthouse Lancaster County / John Simpson

[Front]:

The Courthouse Lancaster County

Built in 1825-1828. Designed by Robert Mills of Charleston, South Carolina, America's first native born, professionally trained architect, State Civil and Military Engineer and designer of the Washington Monument.

[Reverse]:John Simpson

John Simpson in 1792 gave a courthouse site ...

Jefferson Davis' Flight

Having crossed the Catawba at Nation Ford, April 27, 1865, the President of the Confederacy fled south along this road following the fall of Richmond. He was accompanied by the remaining members of his cabinet and a detachment of cavalry ...