Ruby Shaft

Most of the ore that brought tremendous riches and fame to Granite was brought out of the Ruby Shaft, operated by the Granite Mountain Mining Company. Several tunnels outside the Ruby Shaft were also important in producing the silver (and ...

Granite Ghost Town

Granite Mtn. Mine located July 6, 1875 and operated by the Granite Mtn. Company.

A rich silver bonanza shoot was discovered in Nov. 1882. The mine closed in 1893 and reopened again in 1911 and 1912 and operated for a brief ...

Laurens County

Laurens County was created by Act of Dec. 10, 1807 from Wilkinson County. Originally, it contained all of Pulaski and part of Johnson Counties. Among prominent residents of Laurens County were Gov. Geo. M. Troup and Gen. David Blackshear. It ...

Nez Perce Camp

The Nez Perce camped near here on Horse Prairie Creek, Aug. 12 1877 following the Battle of the Big Hole Aug. 9-10. General Howard was summoned when beating drums arroused [sic] the citizens of Bannack. Women and children were quartered ...

Loyal Veterans Memorial

All Gave Some

Some Gave All

This memorial is dedicated to our Loyal area veterans of the past and present for their bravery, service, and sacrifice in times of peace and war while protecting the principles of our United States of America.

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Geographic Center of Georgia

One and one tenth mile south-southeast from this marker is the geographic center of the state. The center is defined as the balance point of a plane or thin sheet of a uniform thickness in the shape of the area. ...

Hotel Sunflower

Built 1931

This property

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on NW 3rd Street near Cedar Street, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Albert Gallatin Willis

A Life Laid Down for a Friend

This is the burial site of a Mosby Ranger who sacrificed himself for a friend. By the autumn of 1864, Confederate John S. Mosby’s Rangers had so harassed Union troops, supply lines, and railroads ...

Scale Model of Fort Stevens

Dedicated September 1936

in memory of

The Grand Army of the Republic

by the

Daughters of Union Veterans

of the

Civil War

1861-1865

Marker is on Quackenbos St NW near 13th Street NW, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy ...

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

Built 1878

has been placed on the

National Historic Register

by the United States

Department of the Interior

and on the

Register of Historic Kansas Places

by the State of Kansas

Marker is at the intersection of Cedar Street and ...