North San Juan United Methodist Church

1856

One of the oldest of this faith in continuous operation in California. Escaped three major fires which destroyed the town. The Rev. H.B. Sheldon first assigned Pastor. Rode circuit from Brandy City to French Corral on horseback.

Marker is on Flume ...

Cathedral-Carmel School

Established in 1846. A combination of Mount Carmel Academy and Cathedral School. Operated by the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist Parish in the Diocese of Lafayette. Affiliated with the Sisters of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and the De ...

Site: Hardy Pace’s Res. Howard’s Headquarters

Hardy Pace (1785-1864), operated the Chattahoochee River ferry at site of bridge where Pace’s Ferry rd. crosses. Federal forces occupied Vining’s Station, July 5-17, 1864, while preparing to cross at Pace’s & Power’s for the move on Atlanta. Gen. O. ...

Toll Road Stake

Across the street from this location is a tree stump in which the original stake exists that was used to close off the passage to travelers from Grass Valley to Penn Valley. Drivers who frequented this road had to stop ...

Commemorate the 1st crossing from east to west and the 1st doubl

To commemorate the first crossing from east to west and the first double crossing of the Atlantic by air accomplished by the British airship R34

which left East Fortune Scotland on July 2nd 1919, landed Mineola Long Island on July ...

The DeButts Family Comes to Maryland - Mount Welby

[Panel 1:] The DeButts Family Comes to Maryland

Samuel DeButts was born in Ireland in 1756. He began a career as a doctor in England and there met and married his wife, Mary Welby, in 1785. Samuel’s medical practice was ...

Frisco Depot

Seeking a rail line to speed marketing of their livestock, residents of this area in 1909 asked the Ft. Worth & Rio Grande Railroad, a branch of the Frisco System, to extend track from Brady (40 mi. NE) to Menardville. ...

Mother of Georgia's Pecan Industry

Recognized officially and designated in 1923 by the American Tree Association as “The Mother of Georgia’s Pecan Industry,” the giant seedling just west of this marker was planted in 1848 in the flower and fruit garden of Judge and Mrs. ...

Reedy River Falls Historic Park

Richard Pearis settled near this site in 1776, and built a trading post and grist mill by the falls. This early settlement eventually became the City of Greenville.

Marker can be reached from University Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Dutch of Bergen County

“Bergen County is chiefly inhabited by Dutch people. There is a peculiar neatness in appearance of their homes, having an airy stoop supported by pillars in front, and their kitchens at the ends in the form of wings. The ...