Future Farmers of America Log Cabin

1935

Over one hundred members of Milton High School's Future Farmers of America built this rustic cabin. Teacher P.L. Elkins provided seed money and oversight for the project. The purpose of the project was to give the young men an opportunity ...

West Coyote Field, The La Habra Research Laboratory

This site is on the northern edge of the West Coyote oil field, one of the largest fields in the Los Angeles Basin. This field produced about 250 million barrels of oil from sandstone at a depth of about 3,000'. ...

American Beach at the Crossroads

During the period of racial segregation, African Americans were barred from most of the beaches in Florida. American Beach was founded in 1935 to provide African Americans with beach access in a resort atmosphere. Nana, as the sand dune before ...

Dr. Paul Ambrose

This garden was planted in memory of Dr. Paul Ambrose who died on American Airlines Flight 77 on September 11, 2001.

"Paul dedicated his career to changing the health care system with an emphasis on physician leadership and prevention. Paul was ...

Empress Theatre

1914

This property

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Destroyed by fire

Rebuilt 1940 as

Fort Theatre

Marker is on Central Avenue near 22nd Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Original Site of Purity Presbyterian Church

Original Site of Purity Presbyterian Church

Organized 1787

Moved to Chesterville 1839

Erected by Old Purity Society 1939

Marker is on Great Falls Road (South Carolina Route 97).

Courtesy hmdb.org

Unfinished Railroad

During the 1850s, two local railroads - the Orange & Alexandria and the Manassas Gap - met at Manassas Junction. In order to reach commercial markets near Washington, the Manassas Gap Railroad signed an agreement with its rival to use ...

Peoples Bank

Celebrating 100 years

A.J. Barnett, the first cashier and President of Peoples Bank from 1920-1959, was mayor of Cuba, for ten years. The first city lighting system was installed during his first term in 1922. The mural shows him cranking the ...

Groveton Confederate Cemetery

Neither side had anticipated the war's cost in blood. After the fighting at Manassas, burial details dug shallow graves where soldiers had fallen. There was little time for ceremony. Crude wooden headboards sometimes noted the soldier's name and regiment. Many ...

You Stand Free Because They Served

You Stand Free

Because They Served

In everlasting memory and tribute to the men and women of Great Barrington who, in defense of their country and the human rights of mankind, served with honor and distinction in the armed forces of the ...