The Rainmakers of 1891

Working on the theory that explosives could cause rainfall because many war battles had been followed by rain, the U.S. Department of Agriculture conducted experiments in rainmaking. During a West Texas drought in 1891 the agency brought the experiment to ...

Come Ye To The Waters

Come Ye To The Waters

Site Of

1749 – Old Mill – 1921

In Memoriam

Ephraim Downs

And

Franklin Downs

Marker is at the intersection of Memorial Boulevard and Downs Street, on the right when traveling east on Memorial Boulevard.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The History of Memorial Boulevard

The History of

Memorial Boulevard

In 1919, after the "Great War", Bristol was growing and needed a new high school. Albert F. Rockwell took the initiative and made a remarkable offer to the city. He would give 12 acres in Dunbar Meadows ...

The Finnish Temperance Hall

This Hall Dedicated to:

The People From Finland

Who Immigrated

To Rocklin

The Finnish Temperance

Society Who Built The

Hall in 1905

The United Finnish Kaleva

Brothers And Sisters

Lodge No. 5 Of Rocklin

California

Marker is on Rocklin Road near South Grove Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Soldier of The American Revolution

Philip Allen was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts on July 9, 1757. At the outbreak of the revolution, 18-year-old Allen enlisted as his brother’s substitute in Captain Packard’s company of Colonel David Brewster’s regiment. Allen served in at least five Massachusetts ...

The Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail

The Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail preserves and commemorates the route of Patriot militia during the 1780 Kings Mountain campaign.

During that historic event, on October 6, 1780, American forces stopped here at the Cow Pens to rest and eat before ...

Widow Catherine Smith

Built a stone house on this site in 1774, operating saw and grist mills that stood near the intersection of the present highway. During 1776, she completed the boring mill where a great many gun barrels for the Continental Army ...

The Chatham Artillery

1786

On thefront,south side is inscribed:

Dedicate May 4, 1986

To honor the members of the

Chatham Artillery

Servants of God, Country,

State and Community

—

Soldiers in War

Patriots in Peace

On the east side is inscribed:

Chatham History 1786-1886

Organized May 1, 1786. Captain Edward Lloyd, former Sergeant Major at ...

Old Lutheran Cemetery

In 1713, eleven German Palatine families settled in this area and organized into a congregation under Lutheran Pastor Justus Falckner. About 1720, they built a log church near this site. It was replaced prior to 1739 with a larger structure, ...

Glencoe - The Marshall Family House Site

In 1899 James H. Holt sold Emanual "Man" Marshall a one-acre lot at the northeastern end of the Glencoe property. "Man" Marshall was the superintendent at Glencoe Mills for nearly forty years. He and wife Mary Eliza Murray Marshall lived ...