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Joseph Morgan

Revolutionary War captain, first settler in Chili in 1792. Supplied seed grain to whole region and set out one of first orchards.

Marker is on Scottsville Road (New York Route 383) just north of Jarrett Road, on the right when ...

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Sweeney-Royston House

James Moreau Brown (1821-1895), builder of Ashton Villa, erected this home in 1885 as a wedding gift for his daughter Matilda (1865-1926) and her husband Thomas Sweeney (d. 1905). Attributed to architect Nicholas J. Clayton, the Victorian cottage features angular ...

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Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church

Erected 1855-1857 for third episcopal mission in Republic of Texas. Established Feb. 6, 1841, by the Rev. Benjamin Eaton, rector from 1841 to 1871, who is buried beneath the sanctuary.

First service held Nov. 1, 1857. Here Rev. Alexander Gregg ...

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Jacksonville's 1901 Fire

"The Great Fire"

On May 3, 1901 at 12:30 p.m., a fire began at the Cleaveland Fibre Factory, ten blocks northwest of this site. Chimney embers ignited sun-dried moss to be used as mattress stuffing. Fueled by wind and dry weather, ...

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1960 Civil Rights Demonstration

On Saturday, August 27,1960, 40 Youth Council demonstrators from the Jacksonville Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) advised by local civil rights leader Rutledge H. Pearson (1929-1967), sat in at the W.T. Grant Department ...

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Spirit of 1775 Beeline March to Cambridge

On 11 June 1775, the Second Continental Congress authorized the raising of ten companies of riflemen in

Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to aid General George Washington at the British siege of Boston. The Berkeley

County Committee of Safety selected Captain ...

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Camas-Washougal War Memorial

This memorial is dedicated to all servicemen from the Camas-Washougal area who have died as a result of hostile action since the beginning of the Vietnam War.

Marker is at the intersection of NE 4th Avenue and Dallas Street, on the ...

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Breckenridge, Colorado

National Historic District

You've just stepped into Colorado's Kingdom - a delightful trip back in time with all of today's modern conveniences and amenities. Here you'll find one of the world's premier resorts with outstanding four-season activities to please everyone's taste ...

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Gallagher Building

1888

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on 13th Street, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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First United Methodist Church 1872

Following a fire in June 1902 that destroyed the Methodist Episcopal Church of the North Alabama Conference, along with most of downtown Alexander City, the church leadership chose to relocate to this site.

Construction began in 1903 on the neoclassical ...

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