Florence Graded School

Florence Graded School was named for Florence Bowser, a noted educator who was instrumental in having the school constructed. It was built in 1920 with state and local funds and a grant from the Julius Rosenwald Fund which had been ...

California Road

First Crossed Here 1849

Near here on May 28, 1849, was the camp of a large party of gold seekers en route to California with a military escort under the command of Captain R B Marcy. The California Road was used ...

Oglevie Post 64 G.A.R. Civil War Memorial

Erected by Oglevie Post, No. 64, G.A.R.

and Patriotic Citizens

Dedicated to the memory and honor

of our country’s

defenders and preservers

1861 – 1865

We Honor our Dead

We Inspire the Living

Marker is on Liberty Street, on the left when traveling north.

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Buffalo Springs

On the Old Chisholm Trail. 1/3 mi West

From this noted watering place came the name of "Bison," 1 mi. so., "Buffalo Springs" was the camp site of Pat Hennessey and his men just before they were massacred, 7 mi. so., ...

The Underground Railroad in West Milton

Side A:

In the year 1798, several prospectors traveled north from their North Carolina homes in search of new lands for themselves and their friends. Four of these known Quaker prospectors were John Mast, Jr., Martin Davenport and David Hoover ...

Frenchman's Creek

In an effort to regain the initiative lost at Queenston, the Americans planned a general invasion for 28 November 1812. Before dawn advance parties crossed the Niagara River to cut communications between Fort Erie and Chippawa and to silence the ...

Bernard de la Harpe 1719

This French Explorer, seeking trade with the Wichita Indians, came north from Louisiana, on August 25, 1719, he camped three miles east of Hartshorne and the next day, following Gains Creek, passed here on his way to the Canadian River ...

Overfield Tavern

Benjamin Overfield (1774-1831), son of a Revolutionary War soldier, opened his tavern in this log house on September 13, 1808. Never moved, it is the oldest surviving building in Troy. The tavern provided food, lodging and space for business and ...

Junior Girls Canteen 1943-1946

During World War II, forty of Troy's teenage girls, their mothers, and volunteers operated a free canteen service for troops on the platform of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad station. The group began as a few neighborhood girls providing magazines ...

Pratt Hall

This building constructed in 1912

is named in honor of

Dr. and Mrs. R.N. Pratt

Outstanding Teachers

at Anderson College

Dr. Pratt - 1922-1927

Mrs. Pratt - 1922-1946

Marker can be reached from Boulevard.

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