Pont de Rennes Pedestrian Bridge

Historic Marker

Historic Marker

Pont de Rennes

Pedestrian Bridge

(Formerly Platt Street Bridge)

Originally Built - 1891

Rochester Bridge and Iron Works

Converted to Pedestrian Mall - 1980

Marker can be reached from Platt St.

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Austin Steward 1793-1869

Austin Steward, a freed slave, settled in Rochesterville in 1817, where he opened a butcher shop. In 1818, he constructed a two-story building on this site for his expanding grocery and dry goods store. Steward was a strong advocate of ...

Doctors House

The doctors house, a Glendale landmark, is named for the three prominent physicians Dr. G.V. Bogue, Dr. D.W. Hunt, and Dr. A.L. Bryant, and for DR. L.H. Hurtt chemist who made it their home. One of the few remaining residences ...

Story Hardware

On this site in 1915, Thomas Story with sons Henry and Walter opened Story & Sons Hardware store. Thomas Story was one of Burbank’s earliest pioneers, arriving here in 1877. He opened Burbank’s first livery stable in 1899, and also ...

Pierce Brothers Valhalla Dignity Memorial

Vietnam Wall Experience

“Solders rest thy warfare O’er.

Dream of fighting fields no more

sleep the sleep that knows not breaking

morn of toil, nor night of waking.”

~Sir Walter Scott

Marker is on Victory Boulevard, on the right when ...

The Second Cemetery

The Second Cemetery

of the

Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue

Shearith Israel

In the City of New York

1805 – 1829

Marker is on West 11th Street.

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First Baptist Church of Canadian

This church was organized by seven women in 1894 with the help of the Rev. Hatcher, a Baptist minister from Amarillo. Shortly thereafter about 32 people, converted at a local revival held by the Rev. Abe Mulkey, joined the new ...

The Former Canadian Hospital

This building, now a residence, was Canadian's first hospital, opened on June 16, 1917. Funds for construction were obtained by public subscription. Dr. H. C. Caylor, first owner, sold to Dr. L. V. Dawson in 1920. From 1924 to 1949, ...

W.C.T.U. Building

Only structure in the nation built, owned and still operated by a local chapter of Women's Christian Temperance Union. Built 1911, with financing and upkeep from annual bazaars held since 1906. Also, used by public library and civic groups.

Determined to ...

First National Bank of Canadian

Successor to first bank in Texas Panhandle: the Traders' Bank at Canadian, organized by Henry Hamburg and Robert Moody on August 1, 1887. In 1892 Moody and D. J. Young, his son-in-law, established the Canadian Valley Bank. The two men ...