A Battlefield Landmark

The Thomas J. West house stood as a prominent part of the battlefield scene—a goal for attacking Confederates and a landmark along the Union line. Most of the fresh Federal troops marching to the front on July 1 moved past ...

Old Men and Boys of Petersburg

This stone marks the spot where the Old Men and Boys of Petersburg under Gen. R.E. Colston and Col. F.H. Archer 125 strong on June 9th, 1864 distinguished themselves in a fight with 1300 Federal cavalry under Gen. Kautz gaining ...

In This Building

Sat the First Senate and the First House of Representatives

of the United States of

America

Herein George Washington

was inaugurated President

March 4, 1793 and closed

his official career when

herein, also John Adams

was inaugurated the second

President ...

Freedom Fighters

By November 1864, several thousand African American soldiers, designated as United States Colored Troops or USCT, held Fort Harrison and the nearby earthworks. Many of these men had survived the bloody combat at New Market Heights, Fort Gilmer, and the ...

Dallidet Adobe

This was the home of Pierre Hyppolite Dallidet, a native of France, who settled in San Luis Obispo in 1853 and became a vineyardist. His son, Paul Dallidet, gave it to the San Luis Obispo County Historical Society in 1953, ...

(Hadley Mountain) Fire Tower

Fire Tower

Erected of wood in 1916

Steel tower erected in 1920

Cabin built to house ranger

Closed 1990, restored and

staffed summers from 1996

Marker is on Tower Road, on the right when traveling south.

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Delta Transmission Towers/Delta Cross Channel Gates

Delta Transmission Towers

The Delta area is home to four separate transmission towers which provide reception for television and radio stations serving the residents of Northern California. Three of the towers rival some of the tallest structures in the world. The ...

Sacred to the Memory Monument

Sacred to the Memory of

Major Willian Chronicle, Captain John Mattocks

William Rabb and John Boyd

Who Were killed at this place on the 7th.

of October 1780. Fighting in Defense of America.

Colonel Ferguson an office of his Britannic

Majesty, was defeated and killed at

this ...

Site of the Vine Street Brown Derby

1628 Vine Street

The most famous Hollywood restaurant of its day, the Brown Derby opened Valentine's Day, 1929. Owner Robert Cobb was also the inventor of the Cobb Salad. He originated furnishing telephones at tables during mealtime. celebrities popularity was ...

Col. Frederick Hambright

This Tablet

Marks the spot where

Col. Frederick Hambright

was wounded

Marker can be reached from Kings Mountain Park Road, on the right when traveling east.

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