A Drop to Drink

Pemberton Plantation Historic Trail

In the colonial period, the safety of drinking water was uncertain, so people drank cider, wine, and distilled spirits instead. Each plantation made its own beverages. A cider press extracted juice from fruit. The cider could be ...

Lt. Robert Maynard

Of the Royal Navy. Sent

by Gov. Spotswood of

Virginia, in the sloop

"Ranger," killed the pirate

Blackbeard off shore, 1718.

Marker is on Irvin Garrish Highway (State Highway 12) west of Water Plant Road, on the left when traveling west.

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Bluffton United Methodist Church

The Methodist Society, organized in Bluffton,

built the first church and parsonage on

Boundry Street in 1853. During the Civil War,

two confederate soldiers saved the

church from being burned. In 1875 the church

sold the building to the AME ...

Colonel Richard W. Thompson

Colonel Richard W. Thompson

June 9, 1809 - - Feb. 9, 1900

Orator - Statesman

Partiot - Friend

Marker can be reached from South 3rd Street south of Cherry Street.

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Amor De Cosmos, 1825-1897

[English]

Amor De Cosmos (Lover of the Universe) was the name adopted by William Smith of Windor, Nova Scotia, while in the California goldfields. In 1858 he arrived in Victoria and founded the opposition journal, the Colonist. For over two decades ...

The 75th Anniversary of the Canadian Navy

This tree and anchor dedicated to the City of Victoria celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Canadian Navy by HMCS Malahat 21 April 1985.

Rededicated on 3 May 1998 in celebration of the Naval Reserves’s 75th Anniversary

This historic Admiralty pattern ...

Chesapeake Bay Restoration in Progress

Sharptown Living Shoreline

What is a "Living Shoreline?" A natural shoreline with a gradual transition between the bank and water's edge. Typically, planted with native (plants common to the local area) trees, shrubs and grasses - living shorelines do not end ...

Old Victoria Custom House

Ancien Édifice de la Douane de Victoria

(English)

Completed in 1875 in the Second Empire style, Victoria’s original Custom House is a distinguished example of the buildings erected by the new Federal Government after Confederation. It regulated the trade of the West ...

Sharptown War Memorial

In memory of all who served in the

two World Wars and in unforgetting

remembrance of those who gave

their lives for our country

Marker is on Main Street 0.1 miles north of Church Street, on the right when traveling north.

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Harrison Hills Country Club House

Restoration and Preservation

Historic Landmarks of Fountain County, Inc.

Award Presented to

Harrison Steel Castings Co.

For the Restoration and Preservation of the

Tudor Revival

Harrison Hills Country Club

Club House

Built in 1924

Marker can be reached from East New Street.

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