San Joaquin Valley College

Built through subscription by the residents of Woodbridge and dedicated as Woodbridge Seminary in 1879 by the United Brethren Church, this was the site of San Joaquin Valley College from 1882 to 1897. It was then used as Woods Grammar ...

Fanny Dickenson Scott Johnson

In this valley in June 1785, Fanny Dickenson Scott's husband, Archibald Scott, their four children and a young male member of the nearby Ball family were killed by members of four different Indian tribes. The rest of the Ball family ...

General John “Black Jack” Pershing

1860-1948

Spanish American War

Mexican Expedition

General of the Armies

World War I

Attended the dedication of Monument Park as keynote speaker in 1908

Marker is at the intersection of Palisade Avenue and Angioletti Place, on the left when traveling south on Palisade Avenue.

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John Prince Elton

John Prince Elton

1865 – 1948

Mayor of the City of Waterbury 1903 – 1905

Bequeathed to the city this site on which

was the home of the Elton Family. True to

the tradition of hid forebears, he devoted

his lifetime to the industrial, civic, and

cultural ...

Josiah Parker

(Macclesfield)

Col. Josiah Parker (1751-1810) served in the Revolutionary War in the 5th Virginia Regiment from Aug. 1776 until July 1778 when he resigned his commission. Parker distinguished himself at the Battle of Trenton (25-26 Dec. 1776), the Battle of Princeton ...

John Adam Treutlen

[South Face]:

John Adam Treutlen

1733 - 1782

First Constitutional Governor

of

The State Of Georgia

Elected May 1777

[East Face]:

John Adam Treutlen

He was a member of the First Provincial Congress Of Georgia, meeting in Savannah July 4, 1775, and was appointed to the Committee of Safety, ...

John Banister Tabb

Patriot

Father John Bannister Tabb was born in Amelia County in 1845 at “The Forest”, the Tabb family plantation. A member of one of wealthiest families in Virginia, he was carefully schooled by private tutors until the age of 14, when ...

Home of William Samuel Johnson

Home of

William Samuel

Johnson

One of the Framers

Of the Constitution

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Connecticut Route 113) and West Broad Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.

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Johann Jacob Groos

Texas Land Commissioner

A professional surveyor before and after coming to Texas in 1845 from his native Germany, J.J. Groos helped open New Braunfels area to settlement. He served 1849-65 as a Comal County official, and was in Confederate militia during ...

Vore Buffalo Jump

Plains Indians depended upon buffalo for many of their material needs - food, shelter, clothing, tools, fuel, ceremonial objects, even toys. Prior to acquiring horses in the 18th century, hunting individual animals on foot with bows and arrows was difficult ...