1954 Nike-Ajax Missile Site N-75L

The Cold War and Nike-Ajax Base N-75

The “Cold” War (1949-1990) is so named because no actual armed conflict took place between the two alliances: The Warsaw Pact and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). It began when Joseph Stalin, dictator ...

John Brown

(California’s Paul Revere)

In 1846, during American conquest of California, John Brown, nicknamed “Juan Flaco,” rode from Los Angeles to San Francisco in four days to warn Commodore Stockton of the siege of Los Angeles. As a result, troops were ...

Jacob House

In 1817 George Winston built the Jacob House nearby, in the development known as Sydney. Winston (1759-1826), a Quaker who built the first Richmond Friends Meeting House at 19th and Cary Streets about 1798, employed a large number of free ...

The Dearborn Inn / Colonial Homes and Adjacent Buildings

The Dearborn Inn

Henry Ford built the Dearborn Inn in 1931 to accommodate overnight travelers arriving at the Ford Airport. Located opposite the inn on Oakwood Boulevard, the airport opened in 1924. The 179-room inn, designed by Albert Kahn, was ...

Robert Jones Rivers

In Memory Of

Pioneer, patriot, lawyer, and orator. Born in Virginia in 1806. Died in Goergetown December 14, 1854.

His eloquence protected the helpless; his wit charmed all.

Marker is on South Austin Avenue, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Major Nathan Goodale

To commemorate the service of

Major Nathan Goodale

Oct. 11, 1777

He bravely captured Burgoyne’s

store boats in the face of the enemy

at the mouth of the Fishkill.

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Under orders of General Gates

with 7 scouts he captured 129

prisoners before October 7th.

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Distinguished services also in 1778.

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Erected ...

Modjeska Simkins House

(Front text)

This house was for sixty years the home of Modjeska Monteith Simkins (1899-1992), social reformer and civil rights activist. A Columbia native, she was educated at Benedict College, then taught high school. Director of Negro Work for the ...

Joseph Jenkins Roberts

[Southwest face:]

Resident of Petersburg

1815-1829

First President of the Republic of Liberia

1848-1855 + 1871-1876

[Northeast face:]

Joseph Jenkins Roberts worked on Union Street, about 100 yards northwest of here.

This marker was authorized June 7, 1977 by the City Council of Petersburg.

Hermanze E. Fauntleroy, ...

St. John’s Cemetery

This burial ground is located on the site where the first Swedish Methodist church in the Brushy Creek area was located. In the early 1870s, Swedish immigrants began to settle in this area and by the early 1880s, Pastor C.C. ...

J. Lamar Brantley Road

Named in 1982

in recognition of

his life and service

to his community and state

He served the 14th District

as a member, South Carolina

Highway Commission, 1962 - 66

and as Chairman, 1965 - 66

Through Mr. Brantley's efforts ...