The Davis Mill

Built in 1864 by

William A. Davis First stone mill with carding machine in this vicinity. A sawmill and gin were added in 1866. French burrs, Leffel water wheel and silk bolt brought from Galveston by wagon in 1871. Made flour ...

Louisa Adeline (Addie) Barton

When Addie Barton (1858-1921) was seven years old, her parents, Dr. Welborn and Louisa Barton, moved to Salado so their children could attend Salado College. Upon graduation, Addie became a teacher. She felt called to become a missionary in 1883 ...

Politics in the Neighborhood

Just Imagine!

On August 8, 1860, an exuberant political rally parade passed by the Lincoln home, including:

180 train cars of Lincoln supporters

28 oxen pulling a mammoth wagon

21 Wide Awake Clubs (groups of young pro-Lincoln men)

10 decorated caravans of ladies

1 full ...

Hoover Dam Turbine Runner

This cast steel turbine runner (water wheel), which is 14.2 feet in diameter and weighs over 34 tons, powered the N-7 generator at Hoover Dam Power Plant from 1944 to 1982. The function of a turbine runner is to convert ...

This is Sullivan's Island

A place where...Africans were brought to this country under extreme conditions of human bondage and degradation. Tens of thousands of captives arrived on Sullivan's Island from the West African shores between 1700 and 1775. Those who remained in the ...

The Old Spanish Trail – Armijo's Route

On January 8, 1830, the first pack train to pass from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Los Angles crossed Las Vegas Valley. Antonio Armijo, a merchant in Santa Fe, commanded the train and roughly sixty men. The successful completion of ...

Ladd’s Castle

John Ladd, who helped

Penn plan Philadelphia,

built this house in 1688.

The original name was

Candor Hall.

Marker is at the intersection of Lafayette Avenue and Colonial Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Lafayette Avenue.

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Hempstead Historic District

Free African Americans have lived and worked in this neighborhood since colonial times. In the 1840s both blacks and whites bought home (some still standing) through the efforts of abolitionist and developer, Savillion Haley. Travelers on the Underground Railroad were ...

Hocking County Iraqi Freedom Memorial

In honor of

all military personnel

who have served in

or supported

Operation Iraqi Freedom

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Market Street, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.

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Hocking County Desert Storm Memorial

In honor of

the men and women of

Hocking County

who served in

Operation Desert Storm

January 16, 1991

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Market Street, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.

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