High Point University

Founded by Methodist Church in 1924 with aid from City of High Point. University since 1991.

Marker is on Montlieu Avenue 0.1 miles south of College Drive, on the right when traveling south.

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Lincoln in Beardstown

Abraham Lincoln first saw Beardstown in the Spring of 1831 as he, two friends, and Denton Offutt steered Offutt's flatboat laden with merchandise on their way to New Orleans. He returned in 1832, first in March to help get the ...

Captain Abraham Lincoln

Rejecting a treaty, Black Hawk, a leader of the Sauk and Fox, led his hungry people back into Illinois from Iowa in early 1832, intending to plant corn. Black Hawk also hoped to form an alliance with the Winnebago and ...

Anderson Dock

Aslag Anderson, Norwegian born mill-wright, built this store and dock in 1858.

The dock served as the transportation center for this area from the sailing days through the steamship era in the 1920's.

On Anderson's death in 1892, two of his children, ...

SS Gulfamerica

This marker commemorates the attack on the USS Gulfamerica on April 10, 1942, during World War II (1941-1945) by a German U-boat just off the coast of Jacksonville Beach. The Gulfamerica, a merchant marine vessel, was on her maiden voyage ...

Alligator

Originally called Alpata Telophka, or Alligator Town, this site was a Seminole village, ruled by the powerful chief Alligator, an instigator of the Dade Massacre, which began the great Seminole War of 1835. Following the cessation of hostilities, a white ...

Beard's Hat Shop

William Beard made & sold hats at his well-known shop, established before 1795 and later operated by his son David. Site 1 1/3 mi. N.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Penny Road, on the left when traveling ...

Red Rocks Amphitheatre

City and County of Denver Landmark

Principle construction by Civilian Conservation Corps Company 1848, SP-13C, Mt. Morrison, CO.

1936 - 1941

Dedicated as a memorial to all who served at Mt. Morrison and to the 3 million who served in the CCC nation-wide, ...

Center Cemetery

Early burial ground established 1813 on land given by Lyman Barker

Marker is on Ayrault Rd. 0 miles from Thornfield Way, on the left when traveling east.

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General Andrew Jackson Trail

Here passed the trail used by General Andrew Jackson and his troops on his way to Fort Hughes [now Bainbridge] and Fort Scott fourteen miles southwest during the First Seminole Indian War, March 8, 1818

Marker is at the intersection of ...