Dorchester Baptist Church World War II Veterans Plaque

In honor of the

men and women

serving our country

Dorchester Baptist Church

1941-1945

Breazeale, Thomas C

Cox, James B

Cox, William N

Cox, Fred N

Cox, Charles M

Fullbright, Bessie V

Fullbright, Ralph M

Keys, William R

King, Joseph C

King, William M

Ledbetter, Ina B

McMahan, George H

Saylors, Roy H

Wardlaw, Frank C

McMahan, Jack

Marker can ...

Fourth Avenue Historic District.

Marker front:

Prior to 1900 a "black business district" did not exist in Birmingham. In a pattern characteristic of Southern cities found during Reconstruction, black businesses developed alongside those of whites in many sections of the downtown area.

After the turn of ...

St. Michael’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church

Constructed in 1899, this church is a fine early example of Ukrainian ecclesiastical architecture in Canada. Its distinctive massing, plan and bulbous cupolas reflect the Byzantine-influenced architectural heritage of the homeland of the settlers in the region. The traditional free-standing ...

The Mauretta B. Thomas Pinedale Memorial Bridge

In recognition of her unselfish participation and example in community beautification. Serving on the town bicentennial committee, she proposed the covered bridge and the planting of pine trees along the lane north to the highway as being worth while community ...

Old St. Raymond’s Church

1860

The Oldest Extant Catholic Church Building

In Alameda and Contra Costa Counties

This land was donated as a Catholic site by Michael

Murray and Jeremiah Fallon, who was one of the

rescuers of the ill fated Donner Party in the Sierra.

Tom Donlan was killed ...

"show low and you win the ranch".

In 1876, Corydon E. Cooley and Marion Clark, two ranchers who had both laid claim to, and eventually became partners in managing 100,000 acres of land at the northwest edge of the White Mountains determined that the land could not ...

Highland County Confederate Monument

(Front):Erected by

Highland Chapter

United Daughters of

the Confederacy

1918

(Back):

To the

Confederate Soldiers

of

Highland County

A Loving Tribute to

the Past, the Present,

and the Future

Marker is on High Street (U.S. 250), on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Civil Rights Freedom Riders

May 14, 1961

On Mother's Day, May 14, 1961, a group of black and white CORE youth on a "Freedom Ride" from Washington, D.C. to New Orleans arrived by bus at the Birmingham Greyhound terminal. They were riding through the deep ...

Oldest House In Shades Valley / Irondale Furnace Commissary

Cummings - Eastis - Beaumont House

The original log structure was built c. 1820 - 1830, with the board and batten addition dating to as late as the 1860s. The log cabin was at first one and one-half stories and is ...

Sandy Ridge Baptist Church

First church built in 1818. This building erected 1866. Early ministers served in Flemington on Sunday,

here on weekdays.

Marker is at the intersection of Sandy Ridge Road and Sandy Ridge - Mount Airy Road, on the right when traveling west ...