Early Exploration across Kansas
Kansas, Logan County, Oakley For over 300 years -- from 1541 to 1853 -- the role of the military in Kansas was one of discovery. The first Europeans in what is now Kansas were Spanish soldiers led in...
View ArticleMurphys Grammar School
California, Calaveras County, MurphysBuilt in 1860, second oldest building in California used continuously for school purposes. Cost four thousand dollars for two rooms as at present. Called "Pine...
View ArticleBuena Vista Cemetery
California, Calaveras County, MurphysBuena Vista Cemetery's oldest grave marker, for a six year old boy, has the date of death of June 26, 1855. Older graves may exist that have no markers on them....
View ArticleDundurn Castle
Ontario, HamiltonThis villa was completed in 1835 for Allan Napier MacNab. Incorporating an existing farmhouse, it was designed by the local architect, Robert Wetherell, as a statement of its owner's...
View ArticleDundurn Castle
Ontario, HamiltonThis mansion was built 1832-35 by Allan Napier MacNab (1798-1862) and named after the family ancestral seat in Scotland. Enlisting at fifteen, MacNab distinguished himself by his...
View ArticleSite of the First Flour Mill
California, Butte County, Oroville“Site of first flour mill in Ophir City now Oroville, built in 1858. Erected and dedicated by Argonaut Parlor No. 8 Native Sons and Gold of Ophir Parlor No. 190 Native...
View ArticleLiberty Pole
California, Butte County, OrovilleIn 1767, when our yet to be united nation felt the stirrings of revolution, freedom-loving colonists carved and erected the first “Liberty Pole”. It served as a...
View ArticleCounty Community Well
California, Butte County, Oroville 1856 Renovated Oroville Rotary 1980 (Seal of the American Revolution Bicentennial 1776-1976) (Natural Resources) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS...
View ArticleButte County Courthouse Bricks
California, Butte County, OrovilleThese bricks are from the first Butte County Courthouse erected at this site, in Oroville, in 1856. (Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS...
View Article1879 Site of Messilla Valley School
California, Butte County, OrovilleThe Oregon School District was formed in 1856 and the schoolhouse stood near Dry Creek behind the old Pence Hotel. In 1872 the schoolhouse was relocated and rebuilt...
View ArticleMarysville City Cemetery
California, Yuba County, MarysvilleThe Marysville Cemetery was founded in 1850 and is the final resting place for numerous personages of national, state and local historical significance. On May 19,...
View ArticleMarysville Hebrew Cemetery
California, Yuba County, MarysvilleFounded by the Marysville Hebrew Benevolent Society in 1853 to provide “...relief to the poor, needy, sick and the burial of the Jewish persuasion in Marysville and...
View ArticleHistorical Marysville City Cemetery
California, Yuba County, MarysvilleFirst city-owned cemetery West of the Rockies (Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
View ArticleSir Allan Napier MacNab
Ontario, HamiltonPolitician, businessman, land speculator and soldier, Allan MacNab enjoyed a very public life. He was a successful lawyer and was appointed Upper Canada's first Queen's Counsel. In...
View Article"CCC Boy" Statue
Florida, Columbia County, near Mikesville This "CCC Boy" Statue was erected by Chapter 143, NACCCA, Gainsville, Florida In 2007. Chapter 143 was organized by CCC veterans of the area on October 1,...
View ArticleUnited Empire Loyalists
Ontario, HamiltonIn Lasting Memory of the United Empire Loyalists Who preferred to remain loyal British subjects and came to canada in large numbers immediately following the American Revolution of...
View ArticleMiddleton's Beginning
Wisconsin, Dane County, MadisonThis immediate area was the site of the first Middleton, settled shortly after Dane County was formed. Early settlers Harry Barnes and his father, Joe, were captains in...
View ArticleEdgeworth Ussher, Esq.
Ontario, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Niagara FallsEdgeworth Ussher, Esq. November 16, 1838 Here rests, in the hope of a joyful resurrection, the mortal remains of Edgeworth Ussher, Esq., whose...
View ArticleHenness Pass Road
California, Sierra County, near AlleghanyThe main emigrant trail leading from Virginia City to Marysville, California. Traveled by pioneers as early as 1849. (Roads & Vehicles) Includes location,...
View ArticleCornish Ranch House
California, Sierra County, near AlleghanyBuilt by N.O. Cornish to serve traffic on the Henness Pass Road “a large and commodious house for the accomodation (sic) of the public provided smithing and hay...
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