Turpin/Simpson Properties

Last Stand Hill

These properties make up the site on which the Confederate Army attacked and retreated during the Battle of Mill Springs. These sites are being preserved with the help of a Federal grant from the Land and Water Conservation ...

Peaks of Otter

“A rougher road could not be imagined”

(preface)

On May 26, 1864, Union Gen. David Hunter marched south from Cedar Creek near Winchester to drive out Confederate forces, lay waste to the Shenandoah Valley, and destroy transportation facilities at Lynchburg. His raid ...

Buchanan Bridge

An Artillery Duel Ensued

(preface)

On May 26, 1864, Union Gen. David Hunter marched south from Cedar Creek near Winchester to drive out Confederate forces, lay waste to the Shenandoah Valley, and destroy transportation facilities at Lynchburg. His raid was part of ...

The Grotto at St. Mary's Church

The Grotto at St. Mary's Church, inspired by Our Lady of Lourdes', was built in 1936 under the direction of Rev. Cyril Bayer, OSB and William Wallace Van Liew of Atchison, Kansas. The site of daily recitation of the Rosary ...

Wilson Warehouse

“Fit only for … owls and bats.”

(preface)

On May 26, 1864, Union Gen. David Hunter marched south from Cedar Creek near Winchester to drive out Confederate forces, lay waste to the Shenandoah Valley, and destroy transportation facilities at Lynchburg. His raid ...

Pont de Rennes Pedestrian Bridge

Historic Marker

Historic Marker

Pont de Rennes

Pedestrian Bridge

(Formerly Platt Street Bridge)

Originally Built - 1891

Rochester Bridge and Iron Works

Converted to Pedestrian Mall - 1980

Marker can be reached from Platt St.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Austin Steward 1793-1869

Austin Steward, a freed slave, settled in Rochesterville in 1817, where he opened a butcher shop. In 1818, he constructed a two-story building on this site for his expanding grocery and dry goods store. Steward was a strong advocate of ...

Route of Marcy Trail

This overland route, blazed in 1849 by energetic and efficient Army Captain R. B. Marcy, was best known as part of the California Gold Trail. Starting in Oklahoma, Marcy led an expedition across the Texas Panhandle and back through central ...

Historic Trails

58 yards west to routes of

During the mass slaughter of buffaloes in the Panhandle, 2 trails arose to meet the needs of the hunters and their ever-hungry markets. Started about 1876, both moved vast convoys of wagons across the plains.

Charles ...

First Church Bell

Bought in 1890 and placed in old Presbyterian Church, used by several faiths. Was first church bell in Canadian, Hemphill County.

Congregation held suppers and other projects to repay bank loan on bell.

Later bell was moved to new Presbyterian Church and ...