Olde Towne Corner Store

The “Chester Store”, now known as the Old Towne Corner Store was built in 1912 by George Olsen after he & his brothers subdivided the Olsen Ranch. It is one of the oldest buildings in Chester.

It was purchased by Sue ...

Alpharetta First United Methodist Church

circa 1834

The Methodist Church was part of the Forsyth Circuit of the Cherokee District. Methodist camp meetings were held near this spot in the early 1830s, and there was a meeting house as early as 1834. On April 1, 1871, ...

Richmond County Vietnam War Memorial

Richmond County Men & Women Who Lost Their Lives in the Vietnam War

Donald Lincoln Covington PFC Army 7-8-69

Benjamin Tally Dawkins SGT Army 9-6-68

Jimmie Louis Ellerbe PFC 4-5-67

Lonnie Ellerbe Jr. LCPL MC 8-13-68

Thomas Lee Lewis SFC Army 5-28-64

James Edward McPherson 5-30-68

Billie ...

Gold Star Families

Spouses • Children • Parents • Siblings

In Memory Of Our Loved Ones

You Will Never Be Forgotten

Freedom Is Not Free

Dedicated Nov. 2003

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The Field House

One of the oldest brick houses in Ontario, this handsome Georgian structure was built about 1800. Originally a farm house, it was the home of Gilbert Field (1765-1815), a United Empire Loyalist who was in possesion of the land by ...

Don't Spit on the Sidewalk

Samuel J. Crumbine

Samuel J. Crumbine (1862-1954) was a Pennsylvania native who established a medical practice in Dodge City in the 1880s. He became executive officer of the State Board of Health in 1906, and was famous for his efforts to ...

Westwood

A “Company Town” for 44 years

Est. 1912 by T.B. Walker family,

founders of Red River Lumber Co.

1944-1956 Fruit Growers Supply Co.

Marker can be reached from the intersection of 3rd Street (County Route A21) and Birch Street, on the right when traveling ...

Lassen Trail - Westwood

The east branch of Lassen’s Trail (1848 & later) passed near here to a campsite “near a small lake fed by springs,”

Marker can be reached from 3rd Street (County Route A21), on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Westwood Firehouse

Built in 1913, this building has been the home of the Westwood Fire Department since its beginning. O.L. Lunt was the 1st Chief until 1918. Maurice Hertzig was appointed Chief in 1946 and served for 32 years, he was the ...

The Burning of St. Davids 1814

On July 18th, 1814, during the final American campaign on the Niagara frontier, Major-General Peter B. Porter sent a detachment of militia from the United States encampment at Queenston to attack St. Davids. This force, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Isaac W. ...