Journal Gazette Building

This property has been

placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on South Clinton Street south of East Main Street, on the left when traveling south.

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Brigadier General John Pegram

Near this site

Brigadier General

John Pegram

was killed in the

Battle of Hatcher's Run

on February 6, 1865

Marker is on Dabney Mill Road (Virginia Route 613), on the right when traveling east.

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Printing Office of James Johnson

On this site stood the

Printing Office of James Johnson

Official Printer of Laws and

Paper Currency of the province.

He was the founder of

" The Georgia Gazette"

the only newspaper

in the colony. The first issue

appearing April 7,1763

Marker is on East Broughton Street, on the ...

John LaPierre

Ordained 1707; came to America 1708. Served in many churches in area as missionary of Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, 1732–1755.

Marker is at the intersection of St. Philips Road and Plantation Road on St. Philips Road.

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James W. Dillon

Founder of Dillon and Father of Dillon County. A man of firm convictions, gentle manners and generous impulses, who loved and believed his fellow man. A loyal citizen, a public benefactor, who gave freely of the fruits of a rich ...

Gerald W. Johnson

1890-1980

Journalist, historian and biography.

His political commentary, in print and on television, led Adlai Stevenson to call him

"the critic and conscience of

the nation."

Marker is on Bolton Street.

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John Sutter Landing

On the south bank of the American River near this spot General John A. Sutter landed August 12, 1839 and founded New Helvetia which is now Sacramento City. Also on this river in the mill race at Coloma fifty miles ...

Joshua Simmons Farm

In 1824 Joshua Simmons of Bristol, New York, obtained a patent from the federal government for 160 acres of land in Livonia Township. Simmons and his wife, Hannah, were among the township's earliest white settlers. Their first home was a ...

Elizabeth Jackson

Near this spot is buried,

Elizabeth Jackson,

Mother of President Andrew Jackson,

She gave her life cheerfully for

the independence of her country,

on an unrecorded date in Nov, 1781,

and to her son Andy this advice:

"Andy, never tell ...

Herndon Formerly Trevorton Junction

By deed dated Oct. 7, 1750, Richard and Thomas Penn conveyed the land upon which Herndon is located to Conrad Weiser for negotiating the Treaty of 1749 with the Indians.

In 1850, the Trevorton, Mahanoy and Susquehanna Railway Co. erected a ...