John Brown House

The home of John Brown Reflecting the wealth and position gained from his lucrative career as a slave trader, privateer, China trade merchant and Patriot.

Marker is on Powers Street, on the left when traveling east.

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Susan B. Anthony Voted Here

At a shop on this site on November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony and 14 women from this neighborhood voted in the presidential election.

Two weeks later, Miss Anthony was arrested in her home on Madison Street for this illegal ...

The Crash of Flight 307

March 7, 1950 at 9:02 PM

During its approach through a blinding snowstorm, NWA Flight 307 clipped its left wing on the flagpole at Ft. Snelling Cemetery. Captain Donald Jones struggled to maintain altitude as he circled around for another attempt. ...

Umbarger

In 1895, Civil War Veteran and farmer S.G. Umbarger established a wagon yard and sheds for travelers passing through this area. The area became known as Umbarger when the Pecos Valley Railroad, built in 1898, named a rail switch after ...

L. T. Lester Home

Built 1904; mantel pieces for 4 fireplaces, 2 marble lavatories bought in Kansas City, Mo. Site of political, social, church gatherings.

Lester—buffalo hunter and cattleman—settled here, 1889; opened first bank, 1900. Active in civic affairs, he helped bring West Texas State ...

Brady's Bluff

Brady's Bluff was designated a State Natural Area in 1952 to preserve the high quality ecological systems found here. This uncultivated 65 acre remnant is characterized by steep, dry prairies, exposed cliffs, and oak woodland. The bluff, a favorite hiking ...

The Pecos River in Literature and Folklore

Noted for mineral-thick waters and sudden floods, the Pecos River snakes through Texas on its way to the Rio Grande. Historian J. Evetts Haley and folklorist J. Frank Dobie, who called it “a strange river,” and a “barricade,” are among ...

Weaverville Drug Store

This property

Weaverville Drug Store

Established 1853

Has been place on the

National Register

of Historic Places

By the United States Department

of the Interior

Marker is on Main Street (California Route 299), on the right when traveling north.

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Clifford Hall

Built by Richard Clifford in 1855. One of three two story Weaverville structures with outside circular staircases hand made by village blacksmiths. Once home of Mt. Bally Parlor No. 87, Native Sons of the Golden West.

Dedicated by Grand Parlor, Native ...

Hamilton’s Store

Near this site in April, 1850, William S. Hamilton, the son of Alexander Hamilton, established the first store in the basin. During a business trip to Sacramento he died from cholera, August 7, 1850.

Marker is on Mill Street, on the ...