The Legend of Greenbush

According to legend, in 1869, Father Phillip Colleton was caught at this site by a furious hail and thunderstorm. The frightened priest took refuge under his saddle and vowed that if his life was spared, he would build a church ...

The First Brick Building in Sacramento

The Bridge Lunch Restaurant was the last of a long line of restaurants, saloons and boardinghouses located at, or nearby, 1323 Front Street, the first brick structure in the city. George Zins, a native of Searsburg, Lorraine, started a brick-making ...

Swampscott World War I Memorial

World War

1917 1918

In Memoriam

They Gave Their Lives

For Their Country

Leon E. Abbott • John E. Blocksidge • Elmer R. Bolinder • William M. Bunting • Wilfred G. Colclough • Harry W. Eastman • Raymond L. Howland • George H. Morrill • ...

Old Bell Telephone Building

Built in 1911 by a local attorney, R.C. Rose, as Osceola's first telephone office, the building features two louver-covered windows, a cornice dividing the two floors and two square pilasters with corbelled brick separating the upper 8-over-8 windows. The Episcopal ...

The Birth Place of the Railroads

“The Docks” area is significant in that California’s first railroad began here. Railroads have directly influenced the development of the southern waterfront for more than 100 years. The Sacramento Valley Rail Road, the pioneer steam line in California, was built ...

Baldwin Locomotive No. 601

Built in 1946 as the first “Road Switcher” of its type in U.S. Columbus and Greenville Railway’s first diesel powered locomotive. Retired in 1984 after thirty-eight years on freight and passenger trains.

Marker is on 3rd Avenue North west of 19th ...

Swampscott Desert Shield - Desert Storm Monument

Desert Shield Desert Storm

2 August 1990 30 November 1995

Berry Jr., Robert R. • Cassidy, Margaret M. • Losano, Joseph A. • DiPietro, David C. • Tibbetts, Paul W. • Cavallaro, Darren R. • Knowles, Douglas B. • Pelletier, Steven ...

Rock Hill Depots / Rock Hill Street Railway

Rock Hill Depots

The first of six railroad depots nearby was built in 1851 on the Charlotte & S.C. RR, after the citizens of Ebenezer objected to a new railroad yard proposed there. The town that grew up here was named ...

Swampscott World War Honor Roll

[ south side ]

Honor Roll

World War

Leon E Abbott • Isaac M Adams • Lawrence W Adams • Antonio Alfonsi • Frank Alley • Christian S Ambye • Arvid S Anderson • Harry Anderson • Michael Arribea • Michael Asconti • ...

Planters Bank Building

The Neo-Classical style 1920 building, designed by noted architect Uzzell Branson, originally housed Citizens Bank, then, First State Bank, a mercantile store, and City Hall. A citizens group, including Congressman W.J. Driver, opened Planters Bank in May 1944. The property ...