The Crawfords Memorial

(Left)

Herbert Boyd (H.B.) Crawford

U.S. Navy

Honorably Discharged

April 8, 1946

During World War II with Japan

his back was broken & both

legs were paralyzed when his

cargo ship was torpedoed

(Right)

Mabel Garvin Tarver Crawford

U.S. Navy

Honorably Discharged

May 6, 1945

Presented the Exceptional Award

By The National Security ...

Circle of Life

For the Plains Indian, the sacred hoop was the all-encompassing symbol of the entire world, with one half of the circle representing the physical realm, the other the spiritual. Equally significant was the number four. The four quadrants of the ...

First Line of Defense

This Stone Marks

The Line of Earthworks

In First Line of Defense

1812 - 1815

Marker can be reached from York Boulevard north of Dundurn Street North.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Chester Library

1928

Started in 1928 with land donated by Edith Martin. Logs given by Red River Lumber Co. were floated down the Feather River. It was erected in a few days in an old fashion barn raising in 1929, with the women ...

In Memory of the Lumberjack

They were fallers, buckers, swampers, barkers, skidders, snipers, doggers, greasers, bull punchers, skinners, hook tenders, choker setters, rigging slingers, high climbers, donkey men, whistle punks, river pigs, and more. Once they were lumberjacks, as unique and hardy a legion as ...

Mt. Lassen Club

Built in 1911 by Judge Gay, it was the first grocery store between Susanville and Red Bluff. On May 27, 1932 Gordon Purdy turned it into a bar named the Mt. Lassen Club. Margaret and Lee Baker became the club’s ...

Char's Beauty Salon

(Chester Bowl)

Built in the early 1900’s this building was originally a dance hall, owned by Jack Wardlow. In 1926 Leo Speegle bought it and in 1933 it became the Eastside Cafe. In 1945 it became a recreation center, known as ...

Salomon Brothers in the Civil War

In memory of four brothers

Residents of Manitowoc

Distinguished for service in the Civil War

Charles E. Salomon

Brigadier General US Army

Fred Salomon

Major General US Army

Edward Salomon

Governor of Wisconsin 1862-1864

Herman Salomon

Sergt. Co. I 1st MO. Engrs. US Army

Marker is at the intersection of South ...

Olde Towne Corner Store

The “Chester Store”, now known as the Old Towne Corner Store was built in 1912 by George Olsen after he & his brothers subdivided the Olsen Ranch. It is one of the oldest buildings in Chester.

It was purchased by Sue ...

Alpharetta First United Methodist Church

circa 1834

The Methodist Church was part of the Forsyth Circuit of the Cherokee District. Methodist camp meetings were held near this spot in the early 1830s, and there was a meeting house as early as 1834. On April 1, 1871, ...