Civil War Memorial

In Memory of Our

Nation's Heroes

To Our Silent

Victors

Lest We Forget

Marker is on Union Street near the railroad tracks, on the left when traveling south.

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First Public Building

1877

When Hettie Austin came to this community from Indiana in 1876, she immediately began roaming about in her "sad little mule-drawn cart" soliciting contributions for a Methodist Church. Henry DeLand convinced her that the greater need was for a ...

Pike County Courthouse

Pike County Courthouse

Pike County, named for Zebulon Pike, was organized in 1815. In 1875, the county seat was moved from Holmesville to Magnolia, and a courthouse was built the next year. All records were lost when the wood-frame building burned ...

Roncal

Site of Civil War home of Charles Etienne Arthur Gayarre Louisiana historian, lawyer, judge, legislator, & Secretary of State, 1846-1853. Grandson of Etinne de Bore

Marker is on U.S. 51, on the right when traveling north.

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Henegar School Complex

The western most building of this complex was built in the period 1919-1921 and the first high school graduating class graduated May 12, 1921 with 13 students.

The building was soon overflowing and six "shacks" were built to care for ...

Winfield Scott Memorial

Scottsdale's founder, a minister, Civil War hero, member of the Territorial House of Representatives and Chancellor of the University of Arizona who promoted the dusty desert east of Phoenix is honored here by the citizens of Scottsdale for his many ...

400 Broad Street

It was at this location on the afternoon of June 5, 1880 that a fire erupted in John White’s Upholstery Shop. More than fifty buildings – including the nearby New York Hotel and most of the Chinese Quarter – were ...

A Daring Rescue

During the Gold Rush, Rebecca Judkins and her sons William and Charles built a home near the northeast corner of 11th and Jackson Streets, just a block east of here. Bill Judkins was outside the day of June 6, 1869 ...

First Bicycle Mishap in Golden

The earliest bicycles that were popular in Golden were called velocipedes. One daredevil rider, son of Judge Boyd, who was to become a pioneer farmer east of Golden, made the following news in the Colorado Transcript on May 19, 1869 ...

John F. Cance / Galesville Area Veterans Memorial

Memorial

John F. Cance

1870 — 1953

Civic leader and benefactor who

provided a permanent charitable

trust to the City of Galesville

and the surrounding area for

education, beautification, and

charitable endeavors for the

benefit and enjoyment of the

residents of the City of Galesville

and the surrounding area.

Dedicated to the ...