Harold J. Royer Band Shell

Dedicated in August, 1981, during the 100th anniversary observance of the Abilene Municipal Band, in honor of Mr. Royer's 60 years as a dedicated and talented director of this band.

By resolution of the Abilene City Commission

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Harold J. Royer Bandshell II

Dedicated ...

Palatine Road

c. 1712

First Road West By

German Refugees To

Schoharie Valley

Marker is on New York Route 146 near Wagner Road, on the right when traveling east.

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Reliance Hose Company No. 3

This building, housing

Reliance Hose Co. No. 3

Since 1891, is hereby marked

for preservation, thus honoring

The Volunteer Fire Department

of Grass Valley

March 26, 1988 100th Anniversary of

Manzanita Parlor No. 29

Native Daughters of the Golden West

Marker is on Race Street east of South Auburn ...

The Pioneer Christian Church Bell

This bell cast in 1848, hung from 1854 until 1896 in the Pioneer Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). On demolition of the church, the bell was rescued by Senator C.L. LaRue. Presented by the Ellis McLanahan family, In the interest ...

White Mountain Apache War Memorial

January 11, 1969

Roy Burnette

Ross Colelay

Ross Pinal

Cyrus Burnette

Marker is on Chief Avenue (Arizona Route 73) ½ mile north of East Fork Road, on the right when traveling north.

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Eisenhower Park

Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal and Works Progress Administration was the basis for the construction of Abilene's swimming pool, stadium, rose garden, and other buildings located in this park. This park project under the WPA was one of thirty such ...

Site of First Settlers' Home

1858

The log cabin of

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy F. Hersey

Birthplace of Abilene's

first white child.

A station on the

Overland and Butterfield Stage Lines

Mrs. Hersey named the town Abilene

Luke III.I

Marker is at the intersection of 1st Street and Vine Street, on the right when ...

Thoreau’s Cabin

Site of

Thoreau’s Cabin

Discovered

Nov. 11, 1945

by

Roland Wells Robbins

Also, on a nearby fieldstone (see Fig. 3):

Beneath these Stones

lies the Chimney Foundation

of Thoreau’s Cabin 1845–1847

“Go thou my incense upward

From this hearth”

Marker can be reached from Concord Pike.

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Bi-Metallic Aerial Tramway

The tramway was constructed in 1889 to carry ore from the Blaine Shaft in Granite to the Bi-Metallic Mill in Kirkville, near Philipsburg. The Bi-Metallic aerial tramway was 9750 feet long with a vertical drop of 1225 feet, and was ...

Superintendent’s House

“Silver Queen City”

By 1899, this house stood at the head of Magnolia Avenue, or “Silk Stocking Row,” where the elite of Granite lived. The first floor housed the living quarters for the Superintendent of the Granite Mountain Mining Co. The ...