Town of Ellendale

This area began as forest and swamp bridging

the Divide between the Chesapeake and Delaware

Bays. European Contact made it a province of

fur traders and hunters. In the 18th century,

farming and timbering pushed back the swamp.

With the 1780 ...

Leavenworth County World War Memorial

1917 - 1919

Dedicated to the

Memory of our Boys

who made

The Supreme Sacrifice

in the World War

Byron H. Mehl • Ernest Bagwell

Anthony Blanchard • William E. Burns

Edward Blochberger • Riley D. Cunningham

David H. Crockett • Frank Curtis

George T. Ewing • Frank B. Hicks

Hans ...

Hotel Del Puerto

Former Site of Hotel Del Puerto

{picture of the former hotel}

Completed in 1910

Destroyed by fire 1996

Marker is at the intersection of Plaza Circle and West Las Palmas Avenue on Plaza Circle.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Growth Of Dorchester Academy 1874 - 1930s

Dorchester Academy

In 1872, African Americans from Liberty County began another letter writing campaign; this time for a teach to replace Eliza Ann Ward. They requested that their next teacher be both a teacher and a minister. In the spring of ...

We want a school, we need a Teacher 1870-1872

Dorchester Academy

In November 1870, William A. Golding, an African American member

of the Georgia Legislature, wrote the American Missionary Association (AMA) on behalf of the people of Liberty County requesting a teacher. "They want a teacher," he wrote, "preferably one southern ...

To Honor the Revolutionary Soldiers

Buried in Buncombe County, N.C.

James Alexander •

Zebulon Baird •

Willian Brittain •

Adam Cooper •

Samuel Davidson •

Willian Davidson •

Lot Harper •

Joseph Harrison •

William Moore •

John Patton •

Daniel Smith •

Valentine Thrash •

David Vance •

Robert Williamson •

And Others

Marker is at the intersection of College ...

The New Jersey Brigade

Morristown National Historical Park

New Jersey soldiers enlisted early in the Revolution and fought through to the end. The war took them to Canada in the beginning and Yorktown at the end, but most of their service was nearer home.

The brigade ...

Egg House / Telephone Building

Circa 1929

The Egg Association formed circa 1929 as a local cooperative, selling and distributing local eggs to tourist oriented businesses, or to market in Las Vegas. High school boys studying agriculture were part of the enterprise. The Association built a ...

Efforts to Build a Town 1660-1699

The foundations of the multi-dwelling structure that stood here match the dimensions called for in legislation passed by the General Assembly in September 1662.

This row rouse was standing by September 1668 when the justices of James City County asked permission ...

Headfort Place

Kells Heritage Trail

Headfort Place was purposely widened and lined with trees in the 18th century to make it a suitable setting for its attractive Georgian houses. It is also here that a site for a parish church was donated to ...