Ward Mining District

Silver Ore

The ghost town of Ward, in the foothills of the Egan Range, lies some eight miles west of here. Booming from 1876 until 1882, with a peak population of 1,500, Ward was somewhat of a lawless mining camp. Early ...

South Branch Historic District

The site of homesteads settled early in the 1700's

Marker is on Rockafellows Mill Road, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Presidential District

History Link: A Trail to Deadwood's Past

As South Deadwood expanded along Sherman Street in early 1876, log cabins and small frame houses appeared on the hillsides above the mining camp. A cemetery was quickly established on a hill deemed too ...

Washington County Courthouse / Salem Downtown Historic District

Washington County Courthouse

County formed 1814 by General Assembly of Indiana Territory. Commissioners selected county seat and named it Salem. This third courthouse completed 1888 using locally quarried limestone. Designed in Richardsonian Romanesque Style by Harry P. McDonald, Louisville. Listed in ...

Bryden Road Historic District

Bryden Road is named after James Bryden, a city councilman and county commissioner who owned 135 acres here in the 1840's. By 1900 Bryden Road was known for its stately homes, canopy of elms, and the electrically lit metal arch ...

New Vernon Historic District

Crossroads community, first settled

1727. Contains homes representing

Colonial, Greek Revival and

Victorian architecture. Additional

dwellings include former general

store, blacksmith home, academy and

Presbyterian Church.

Morris County Heritage Commission

Marker is at the intersection of Village Road and Millbrook Road, on the right when traveling east on ...

Chatham Historic District

Scene of Washington’s Headquarters

and massing of Continental troops

prior to march on Yorktown August

27 – 29, 1781.

Morris County Heritage Commission

New Jersey Register of Historic Sites

Marker is on Main Street (County Route 124), on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Historic Milling District

This aerial view shows the gatehouse, water power canal and adjacent mills as they appeared in 1945. They, together with similar structures on the east bank, made Minneapolis the milling capital of the nation from 1880-1930. Changes in marketing and ...

Missionary Ridge Historic District

Missionary Ridge

Historic District

Has been placed on the

National Register

Of Historic Places

By the United States

Department of the Interior

Listed September 5, 1996

Marker is at the intersection of South Crest Road and Rosemont Drive, on the right when traveling south on South Crest Road. ...

Morris Avenue Historic District / Elyton Land Company (Successor

Created 1972 by the Jefferson County Historical Commission, the district is based on this avenue. Morris Avenue was named for one of the founders of Birmingham, Josiah Morris, who paid $100,000 for 4,157 acres of the original site of the ...