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The center of town, during the time of Lincoln’s years in Danville, was located in a range from Franklin Street in the West, to Washington Street in the East, bordered by Harrison Street in the North ...

Fort Henry

The first Fort Henry was built during the War of 1812 to protect the British dockyards in Navy Bay. The present limestone citadel, constructed between 1832 and 1837, replaced the old fort as part of a larger plan for ...

Simpsonville Clock Tower

Donated by

Mayor

Ralph S Hendricks

1987

Triad Design Group, Inc. Architects

Waldrop Construction, Inc. Contractors

Marker is at the intersection of South Main Street (Route 14) and West Curtis Street, on the right when traveling east on South Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Henry's Gun Factory

Here rifles and other firearms were made for use in the War of 1812. Built by William Henry, 2nd, about 1800, the famous Henry shotgun was made here as late as 1904. The site is about half a mile away.

Marker ...

Fort Henry

In English:

An earlier fort was built here on Point Henry during the War of 1812 primarily to defend the nearby naval dockyard. When the Rideau Canal was built as part of a military route connecting Kingston with Montreal, ...

Riverside Park / Old Mill Stream

[West Side of Marker] : "Riverside Park"

One of the earliest and largest amusement parks in Northwest Ohio dedicated in 1906 on site of old waterworks. Trains brought visitors from as far away as Cleveland. 1907: Dance Pavilion and 2,000 seat ...

Windsor Hill Plantation

Windsor Hill Plantation, steeped in the history

and traditions of the South of another

day, was for a time the home of one of the best

known and highly respected heroes of the

American Revolution.

General William Moultrie

General William ...

The Remains of Three Soldiers

Here was found in

August 1899

The remains of three

Soldiers who fell on

27th May 1813

In defense of our country

Marker is on Queen Street north of Newark Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

McPherson's Troops March to Decatur

July 17, 1864. The three Federal armies, commanded by Gen. W. T. Sherman, having crossed the Chattahoochee River at Soap Creek, at Power’s & Pace’s ferries, & at Shallow Ford near Roswell, began the moved toward Atlanta on a wide ...

Frasinetti’s Winery

James Frasinetti, an Italian immigrant, founded this winery in 1897. Frasinetti’s is the oldest family owned and operated wine producer in the Sacramento Valley. At its peak, the winery had over 400 acres of grapes.

Today, grapes have disappeared from this ...