John Johnston

(1775 - 1861)

Beginning in 1794, Colonel Johnston was a prominent Mason for 66 years. While serving as secretary of Washington lodge No. 59, F. & A. M. (Philadelphia), he was delegated to participate in President George Washington's Masonic funeral. ...

James Harrod

Born in Pa., this explorer and military leader came here in 1774. Chose Big Spring as site of Ky.'s first settlement. When that area flooded, he and his men built Fort Harrod on higher ground. James Harrod led in protecting ...

Dr. Jacob Tally Wilhite

Born on a farm near this site, Jacob Tally Wilhite received his early education in the public schools of the Willow Springs community. He attended the University of Texas in Austin and taught school in Bastrop County before continuing his ...

Mt. Joy

Two early saw mills located here. Village served by

Belvidere and Delaware Railroad until its demise.

Marker is on Riegelsville Road, on the right when traveling south.

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John Stewart

1816 — 1916

JOHN

STEWART

——

Apostle to the

Wyandot Indians

Father

of missions of

the Methodist

Episcopal Church

Marker is at the intersection of East Church Street and North 4th Street, on the left when traveling east on East Church Street.

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The Sisters of Saint Joseph In Augusta

Members of the seventeenth-century French Order of Saint Joseph of Carondelet were first invited to Georgia at the end of the Civil War to teach and staff an orphanage in Savannah. Working with the children of African Americans, the Sisters ...

Jacob Suter House

Built in 1888 for Swiss-born tinsmith Jacob Suter. Constructed of adobe brick with 20-inch-thick outer walls. The house displays a traditional Sonoran floor plan and originally included a zaguan, or breezeway. The wood mansard roof, windows, and wooden floors are ...

Jay Gould

The first business venture of the noted speculator and railroad manipulator was at nearby Thornhurst. Here, 1856 ~ 61, he owned a large tannery with Zaddock Pratt. Gould's tannery profits became a basis of his fortune.

Marker is on River Road ...

Jackson Strikes

Brawner Farm: The Battle Begins

Union troops were approaching from the west, raising a long cloud of dust on Warrenton Pike. They did not suspect any Confederate infantry in the area and paid little attention to a lone cavalryman trotting back ...

John P. Clum House

Built in 1878 for John P. Clum, Indian agent, editor of Florence's first newspaper, the "Arizona Citizen" and founder of the "Tombstone Epitaph."

Typical of transitional architecture, the home is a Sonoran adobe with an Anglo-influenced roof.

William Guild, electrical engineer and ...