Birthplace of the Martini

On this site in 1874, Julio Richelieu, bartender, served up the first martini when a miner came into his saloon with a fistful of nuggets and asked for something special. He was served a "Martinez Special." After three or four ...

Rutherfordton Confederate Monument

To the men

and women of

the Confederacy.

"Devotion"

Marker is on North Main Street 0.1 miles north of 3rd Street, on the left when traveling north.

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The Harry S. Truman Library

This building has been erected by the gifts of American citizens in all walks of life and the generosity of the City of Independence and of the contractors who built it for the purpose of preserving the papers of President ...

Rutherford County Memorial

In (sic) memorian

Rutherford County boys who made the

supreme sacrifice

[List of names]

Marker is on E. Main Street 0.1 miles east of Mill Street, in the median.

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Raleigh Rutherford Haynes / Simpson Bobo Tanner

1885

are known as the fathers of the textile industry in Rutherford County. Near this site was located the first textile mill.

Marker is on Harris-Henrietta Road 0.1 miles north of Main Street, on the left when traveling south.

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The Shuman Block

McDougall Brothers, Architects

Berkeley History

Horse-drawn wagons once carried goods to the Berkeley Free Market housed here. In 1952 the structure was modernized to accommodate automobile showrooms, with artist studios above. Richard Diebenkorn, Elmer Biscoff, William Theophilus Brown, and Paul Wonner are ...

The Oconee Electric Membership Corporation

Dudley, Georgia

To honor the founders whose vision transformed this rural area from darkness to the splendor of light; who serve as our reminder that no job is too difficult

if the cause is just and the people are determined.

Incorporators:

Paul J. ...

Site of the Home and Private School of Adiel Sherwood

Site of the home and private school of Adiel Sherwood 1832-1836

Author, Educator, Gospel Minister, Founder state Temperance Society, Citizen of the Commonwealth for about thirty years.

Born Fort Edward, New York, Oct. 3, 1791

Died St. Louis, Missouri, Aug. 18, 1879

In 1828 ...

In The Nick of Time

As Union battle lines surged into the forest across the Orange Plank Road on your right, and poised in the trees at the far end of the Tapp Field, grayclad figures loped into view from behind you. The leading Confederate ...

Heroes of the American Revolution

To the memory of the Heroes of the

American Revolution

1771 – 1783

buried in this churchyard

Maj. Gen. Seth Pomeroy • Col. James Thompson • Col. Samuel Drake • Lieut. Col. Gilbert Drake • Capt. Jasper Drake • Capt. Joshua Drake • Capt. ...