The Route of the Hiawatha- Johnson’s Big Cut

“Fire in the Hole!”

In 1908, a Milwaukee contractor named Johnson needed to blast out a path through the rock face next to the Barnes Creek Trestle, #218. Blasters chiseled out five “coyote holes”, stuffed them with 25,000 pounds of blasting ...

Jones Apothecary – Cheap Cash Store

After a fire in 1859, pioneer Doctor Jones rebuilt this structure to withstand future disasters. It served as his office, and is constructed of limestone, brick, 30 inch windowless walls and iron shuttered doors. In 1867, it was sold to ...

Court House and Jail

From the 1850s to the 1890s, the lure of gold brought people to the mountains and deserts of Kern County. Mining towns such as Claraville, Havilah and Randsburg sprang up almost overnight.

Although most of the residents of these towns were ...

Capt. Jacob Faulcon, C.S.A.

In memory of

Capt. Jacob Faulcon, C.S.A.

of this village

who was shot and instantly killed

by a party of Federal raiders at a

point one hundred and fifty yards

S.E. of this building

Nov. 11, 1864

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Church Street (County ...

Nike-Ajax Missile Radar Control Site N-75C

The Cold War and Nike-Ajax Base N-75

Here was located site N-75C (C for control) and the counterpart site N-75L (L for launch) was located at Carrollton Nike Park.

The “Cold” War (1949-1990) is so named because no actual armed conflict took ...

Headquarters of Major General George G. Meade

Headquarters

of

Major General

George G. Meade

Commanding

Army of the Potomac

Marker can be reached from Taneytown Road (State Highway 134), on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Jonesville

This town was established in 1794 as the county seat of Lee County and was named for Frederick Jones. Here on January 3, 1864, General William E. Jones, assisted by Colonel A.L. Pridemore, defeated a Union force, capturing the battalion. ...

Governor Andrew Jackson Hamilton

The First Republican Governor of Texas

Nicknamed “Colossal Jack” because of his imposing stature and his oratorical skill, A.J. Hamilton was born in Alabama. He migrated to Texas about 1846. A lawyer, he served as acting Attorney General of Texas in ...

Jonesville Methodist Camp Ground

This camp ground was established in 1810 as a place for religious services for the Methodists of Lee County on lands given by Elkanah Wynn. In June, 1827, Rev. Abraham Still, Daniel Dickenson, George Morris, Evans Peery, Henry Thompson, Elkanah ...

Saint John African Methodist Episcopal Church

This one-story Victorian Gothic structure dates back to 1870. The cornerstone of the church indicates that the building was constructed in 1870 with the basement added in 1890. This suggests that the original wooden church was raised, a basement added, ...