Reading’s Bar

Major Pierson B. Reading discovered gold on this bar behind this monument in July, 1848. After crossing the Trinity Divide from the North Fork of Cottonwood Creek. His party of three whites, close friend Delaware Indian scout Tom Hill, and ...

C.R. Burrow House

Charles Richard Burrow moved to Canyon city in 1899 to work for Eagle Hardware, and by 1919 he was able to buy the business and rename it Burrow Lumber Company. Burrow remained an active business and civic leader until his ...

Shaw-Keiser House

Travis Shaw (1875-1946) was a local banker and civic leader who later served as secretary and business manager of West Texas State Normal College. He commissioned the Dallas firm of Lang and Witchell to design a one-story Craftsman style brick ...

Presbyterian Church Building

Constructed in 1926 for Canyon's growing Presbyterian congregation, this church building is a fine example of classical revival architecture. After serving the Presbyterians for 48 years, it was purchased by the First United Pentecostal Church in 1974. Prominent features of ...

Roper Park / Old City Park

Roper Park is the original site of the parade grounds and barracks for the East Florida Seminary, a non-sectarian

educational institution and a forerunner of the University of Florida, which was located in Gainsville in part due to the

presence ...

Greenwood County Cattlemen's Association

BEEF

Organized in hotel lobby

1924

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

"Eureka, I found it"

shouted a small band of hardy pioneers in August of 1857. A spring of cool, clear water near this very spot. Abundant drinking water was a strong factor in search for a place to settle. They soon agreed that they ...

Greenwood County and the Bluestem Pasture Region of Kansas

This county lies almost wholly within one of the world's great beef cattle feeding grounds, the Bluestem pasture region of Kansas. The area, more popularly known as the Flint Hills, extends across the state from north to south in a ...

Stony Brook

Chartley Pond Area

This historic area along Stony Brook was named Chartley before 1700. The name is thought to be related to the iron business, which thrived in this area.

In 1695, the Taunton North Purchase granted to Thomas and James Leonard ...

Redoubt No. 2 / Fort No Name

Federal Defenses of Aquia Creek Landing

Twelfth Corps / Army of the Potomac, USA

Stafford County, Virginia

Circa 1863

National Historic Registry

February 2006

Virginia Historic Registry

DHR # 089-5057/44ST0082

Marker is on Old Fort Lane 0.1 miles south of Courthouse Road (State Route 630), on the right ...