Rebecca Nurse Homestead

1678

In 1636 Francis Weston was granted this land upon which he laid out a farm. This property was purchased by Governor John Endicott in 1648, and in 1678 Francis and Rebecca Nurse moved here and built a house. In March, ...

Goodsprings Mining District 1856 - 1957

Ore deposits readily recognized in the faulted and folded limestone deposits of this district remained unworked until 1856, when the Mormons developed a single lead mine at Potosi—probably the oldest lode mine in Nevada.

Named for cattleman Joseph Good, the open ...

The 1734 Addition

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In 1717 Rev. Peter Clark became minister at Salem Village. The 1681 parsonage was in poor condition, so that by the early 1730's Clark asked the inhabitants to come to a decision either ...

Toledo’s Canals

Ohio Historical Marker

[Marker Front]:

The first canal boat arrived in Toledo from Indiana in 1843 via the Wabash & Erie Canal. The Miami & Erie Canal from Cincinnati was completed in 1845. It joined the W&E Canal near Defiance and they ...

Projectiles for U.S. 20-inch Rodman Gun

These thousand pound cast iron balls fit the huge gun in the park just outside the fort’s main gate. The 20-inch model of 1864 was experimental; the largest standard seacoast gun in use during our Civil War was the 15-inch ...

Heritage Gardens Entrance

This Heritage Gardens entrance is given by the Class of 1939 in honor of their classmate

Walter T. Cox, Sr

whose lifetime of dedication to Clemson included serving as President from July 1985 to March 1986.

Marker can be reached from Perimeter Road. ...

Heritage Gardens

The Heritage Gardens Project was initiated in 1990 by the Class of 1939. Sponsored by several loyal classes, alumni, and friends of Clemson, its design and early stages of construction was managed by the Class of '39 Heritage Gardens Committee, ...

Windsor Hotel

The Windsor Hotel was originally called the Victoria Hotel when it opened in 1858, and boasted the city’s first brick building. It still stands across the street from here, with bricks now covered in stucco, at the corner of Government ...

S.S. Dorchester Memorial

The Ship

Built 1926

Statistics:

Length overall · 368'

Beam · 52'

Draft · 19'

Gross tons · 5,649

Speed (knots) · 12

Radius (miles) · 5,500

Propulsion · Recip. eng.

Passengers · 788

Cargo (cu. ft.) · 187,250

Jan. 24, 1942 Became U.S. Warship USAT

Jan. 22, 1943 Departed N.Y. to Greenland ...

Ceres Volunteer Fire Department

Dedicated to the

CERES VOLUNTEER

FIRE DEPARTMENT

Organized June 1, 1911

George W. Wood

First Chief

— Reorganized 1921—

Erected by the People of

Ceres 1940

Marker can be reached from 3rd Street near El Camino Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org