Fountain Street

At the turn of the century, the area around Mathewson Street was the core of Providence's entertainment district. By 1916, Providence had as many as sixteen theaters.

The site next to Grace Church marked the changes. The Nickel theater known as ...

Norton Common Burial Ground

The land which comprises this cemetery dates back to June 1702, and is the original town common. Originally called "The Common," this land consisting of approximately five acres, is the first land set apart for common use in Norton. Situated ...

The Pacolet River Flood of 1903

At dawn on the morning of June 6, 1903, floodwaters roared through the Pacolet River valley. As the high water thundered downstream from mill village to mill village, people in the path of the flash flood had no warning it ...

Winneccunnett Pond Area

Winneccunnett Pond is the only sizable, natural body of water in Norton, Massachusetts. Winneccunnett is a Native American word meaning "the place of the black geese." A Native American village was established on the north end of the pond long ...

Johnsville Firehouse

Built in 1908

Restored as a memorial to Jackie Yonge by Trigg Yonge and ECN with the aid of funds donated by friends of Jackie.

Marker can be reached from Main Street/Johnsville Road (County Highway A14), on the left when traveling north. ...

Thar’s Gold in Them Hills!

You might think the discovery of gold led to instant success, but that was not the case.

Early miners lacked the capital to develop the mines. The Sierra Buttes Gold Mining Co. Ltd. bought the mines in the 1860’s and developed ...

Winter in the Sierra

A Struggle For Survival

Back in its hey-day Eureka Mills, high up on the mountainside, was a primarily a family town. Jamison City, down near the creek, was a place for single miners to live.

The mountainside took on quite a village ...

Keen Kutter Building

Built 1905 - 1906

Built as Wholesale Hardware Building

at a cost of $250,000

for Morton-Simmons Hardware Co.

featuring Keen Kutter Tools

and Equipment

Architect: Mauran, Russell and Garden,

St. Louis, Missouri

Builder: Wurster Construction Company,

St. Louis, Missouri

Renovated: 1996 as Hotel at OldTown

Historic and Current Address:

830 East First

Marker ...

Beckwourth Pass

Emigrant Trail

Lowest pass in the Sierra Nevada Mountains

Discovered in 1851 by

James P. Beckwourth

Dedicated to the discoverer and to the pioneers who passed along this trail by the Las Plumas Parlor No. 254 N.D.G.W.

May 1937

No desert’s waste nor redskins bold could ...

A. S. Parks and A. E. Jones Building

Built 1913

Built As Warehouse For $14,000

First Tenant: Rumely Products Company

of Indiana

Builder: MacLean Construction Company, Chicago, IL

Renovated: 2006 as

Rumely Condominiums

Historic Address: 701 East Second

Current Address: 242 N. Mead

Marker is on Mead Street near 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north. ...