Near Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street at Central Avenue when traveling north. Reported missing.
At this intersection November 12, 1914 John Evans a black laborer from Dunnellon FL was lynched condemned by a secret council of fifteen of St. Petersburg's most influential citizens. He was then turned over to a mob of fifteen hundred white . . . — — Map (db m64413) HM
On Cordova Street north of Orange Street, on the right when traveling north.
The lynching of Isaac Barrett did not occur in the City of St. Augustine. He was murdered in Orangedale, over twenty miles to the west of this location. Regardless, both communities are in St. Johns County and as such, this event is a part of our . . . — — Map (db m211791) HM
On Cordova Street north of Orange Street, on the right when traveling north.
The Lynching of Isaac Barrett Isaac Barrett, an African American tenant farmer, was lynched in St. Johns County, Florida, on June 5, 1897, after he was accused of assaulting the family of his white employer. According to press accounts, Mr. . . . — — Map (db m219783) HM
On Martin Luther King Boulevard.( West Broad Street), on the right when traveling south.
1755 - 1841
Born in London, Isidore was educated
in France. As a young volunteer he
fought in India, returning to France in
1771. In the Battle of Savannah he
carried orders, exposing himself to the
deadly crossfire in front . . . — — Map (db m63722) HM WM
On Roswell Road (Georgia Route 120) at Larry McDonald Memorial Highway (Interstate 75), on the right when traveling west on Roswell Road.
Near this location on August 17, 1915, Leo M. Frank, the Jewish superintendent of the National Pencil Company in Atlanta, was lynched for the murder of thirteen-year-old Mary Phagan, a factory employee. A highly controversial trial fueled by . . . — — Map (db m16574) HM
On Max Cleland Boulevard south of Bond Street, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
Lynching in America
Following the Civil War, violent resistance to rights for African
Americans, a need for cheap labor, and an ideology of white supremacy
led to fatal violence against Black women, men, and children.
Thousands of Black . . . — — Map (db m242055) HM
On Courtland Street Northeast at John Wesley Dobbs Avenue Northeast, on the left when traveling south on Courtland Street Northeast.
Lynching in America Racial terror lynching between 1865 and 1950 claimed the lives of thousands of African Americans and created a legacy of injustice that can still be felt today. During this era, lynching emerged as the most notorious form . . . — — Map (db m227435) HM
On Wells Road at Georgia Route 122 on Wells Road. Reported permanently removed.
Near this site on May 19, 1918, twenty-one year old Mary Turner, eight months pregnant, was burned, mutilated, and shot to death by a local mob after publicly denouncing her husband’s lynching the previous day. In the days immediately following the . . . — — Map (db m219578) HM
On North Duke Street north of Wardlaw Street East, on the left when traveling north.
The Lynching of Henry White
On September 20, 1916, Henry White, a 24-year-old African American was lynched by a large white mob in the city of Durham in Walker County. Georgia. Mr. White had come to Durham from Chattanooga, Tennessee and . . . — — Map (db m168093) HM
On U.S. 78 at Locklin Road, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 78.
2.4 miles east, at Moore’s Ford Bridge on the Apalachee River, four African-Americans - George and Mae Murray Dorsey and Roger and Dorothy Dorsey Malcom (reportedly 7 months pregnant) - were brutally beaten and shot by an unmasked mob on the . . . — — Map (db m19775) HM
On St. Louis Road at National Terrace on St. Louis Road.
On April 5, 1918, German immigrant Robert Prager was hanged by a mob at this site. Prager's lynching was the high-water mark of the anti-immigrant and anti-German hysteria that gripped the nation during World War I. Persecution in the guise of . . . — — Map (db m151267) HM
On West Washington Street at South Illinois Street, on the right when traveling west on West Washington Street.
John Tucker, a local farmer, was born enslaved in Kentucky ca. 1800 and later obtained his freedom. He moved to Indianapolis by the mid-1830s, where he raised two children. On July 4, 1845, white laborer Nicholas Wood physically assaulted Tucker . . . — — Map (db m238599) HM
Erected by
Union Pacific Railroad Company
to mark the burial place of
Alexander McKeefer and John Lynch
who were killed
by a band of Cheyenne Indians,
May 28, 1869
while working as track laborers
two miles west of
Fossil Creek . . . — — Map (db m95544) HM
On West Main Street (Kentucky Route 160) west of Church Street, on the right when traveling west.
To build the town and mine support facilities Bog Looney Creek was rerouted and over one mile was walled with local quarried native sandstone.
Among the structures chronicled here, the coal company constructed six miles of concrete paved . . . — — Map (db m121691) HM
On State Highway 6 at S. Reservoir Street, on the left when traveling east on State Highway 6.
Built by U.S. Steel Corp., 1917-25, this was largest company-owned town in Kentucky through World War II. Crucial need for steel during WWI led to founding of town, site of millions of tons of high-quality coal. With largest coal tipple then in . . . — — Map (db m97159) HM
On State Highway 6 east of Pirate Way, on the left when traveling east.
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This brick facility was built in 1923 by the United States Coal and Coke Co., then leased to Lynch Colored Common Graded School District. Students from Benham and Lynch enrolled in the high school. The first four graduates . . . — — Map (db m97161) HM
On West Main Street (Kentucky Route 160) at Church Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
This building, constructed of native sandstone, as were most of the mine structures, was completed about 1920.
Machine shop personnel served as firemen.
The second story of the firehouse quartered mining company personnel; usually ten to . . . — — Map (db m121789) HM
On Washington Street (U.S. 60) at Jail Hill Road, on the right when traveling west on Washington Street.
In the early morning of January 15, 1911, a White mob abducted three Black men named Eugene Marshall, Wade Patterson, and Jim West from the Shelby County Jail. Although reports indicate that police were aware of the threat of mob violence, law . . . — — Map (db m175130) HM
On Washington Street (U.S. 60) at 5th Street, on the left when traveling west on Washington Street.
Reconstruction in America
The end of the U.S. Civil War and the emancipation of enslaved Black people ushered in the era of Reconstruction. America had an opportunity to drastically change the experience of formerly enslaved Black people . . . — — Map (db m203119) HM
On Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard at Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard, in the median on Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard.
Mass Lynching in New Orleans
July 24 to 27, 1900, White mobs unleashed a campaign of racial terror
throughout the city of New Orleans that resulted in the lynching of
at least seven Black people. Violence began after police tried to . . . — — Map (db m163962) HM
As a labor organizer, civic leader, political activist, and small business owner, Gene led a life dedicated to family, community, and public service. He served in many roles working to promote positive community change, including Montgomery County’s . . . — — Map (db m225758) HM
On North Washington Street at West Main Street, on the left when traveling north on North Washington Street.
Manchester Township Library
In 1838, one year after Michigan attained statehood, Manchester Township established its library, one of the first township libraries in Michigan. During the early years the township clerk maintained the collection. . . . — — Map (db m170062) HM
On July 20, 1899, Giuseppe Di Fatta, Pasquale
Di Fatta, Francesco Di Fatta, Giovanni Cerami
and Rosario Fiduccia, all natives of Sicily, were
murdered by a lynch mob in Tallulah, Louisiana.
The murders triggered an international . . . — — Map (db m236878) HM
On Confederate Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Capt. J.P. Lynch.
A detachment of the company served one 32-pounder smoothbore gun in this position from about May 24 to the end of the defense, July 4, 1863. One 30-pounder Parrott rifle was served in this position by a detachment from a . . . — — Map (db m134013) HM WM
Near South Providence Road (State Highway 163) 0.1 miles south of East Stewart Road, on the left when traveling north.
Near this place James T. Scott, a Black janitor in the medical school at MU, was killed on April 29th, 1923. A mob brought Mr. Scott to the bridge, placed a noose around his neck, and pushed him over the railing while hundreds of spectators watched. . . . — — Map (db m169415) HM
On Park Central Square east of South Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Lynching in America
Thousands of black people were the victims of lynching in the United States between 1877 and 1950. The lynching of African Americans during this era was a form of racial terrorism intended to intimidate black people and . . . — — Map (db m173592) HM
On Silver Street, near Crystal Street, on the right when traveling west.
In 1900, Sixth Ward alderman and assayer Albert G. Sienbenaler lived here, in what was then a one-story residence. The characteristic Queen Anne style home boasted a polygonal bay and open front porch. Some time before 1916, owners added a second . . . — — Map (db m185689) HM
On East Quartz Street near North Wyoming Street, on the right when traveling west.
In June of 1917 a strike broke out in the aftermath of the deadly Speculator Mine disaster where 164 lives were lost. Frank Little, one of the "toughest, most courageous and impulsive" leaders of the Industrial Workers of the World came to Butte to . . . — — Map (db m234841) HM
On Gold Street at Myrtle Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Gold Street.
Born into slavery in Holly Springs, Mississippi in 1862, Ida B. Wells was an investigative journalist, newspaper co-owner and suffragist who launched the nation's first anti-lynching campaign from Memphis, Tennessee in 1892. Exiled to Brooklyn, . . . — — Map (db m242968) HM
On Lewiston Road (Route 104) 0.1 miles north of Hyde Park Boulevard (New York State Route 61), on the right when traveling north.
Lynch Hall (1927) One of the campus residence halls, this four-story structure was completed in 1927. It is named for the Rev. John J. Lynch, C.M. (1816-1888), the co-founder of this university. In 1856, Father Lynch and a colleague, Father . . . — — Map (db m77246) HM
On Old Durham Road (County Road 1700) 0.1 miles south of Walker Nelson Drive, on the left when traveling south.
On the afternoon of July 7th, 1920, Ed Roach was lynched by a mob of approximately 200 white terrorists. He was wrongly identified as the person who attempted to assault a young white girl. He was arrested and taken to jail. A mob gathered at the . . . — — Map (db m171769) HM
On North Greenwood Avenue at East Cameron Street, on the right when traveling north on North Greenwood Avenue.
Lynching in America
Thousands of Black people were the victims of racial terror lynching in the United States between 1877 and 1950. During this era, racial terror lynching of African Americans emerged as a stunning form of violent . . . — — Map (db m171252) HM
On Doe Run Road (Pennsylvania Route 82) 0.2 miles south of the Coatesville city limits, on the left when traveling south.
An African American steelworker, Walker was burned to death by a mob near here on August 13, 1911. He was accused of killing Edgar Rice, a white security guard and a former borough policeman. Fifteen local men and teenage boys were indicted for . . . — — Map (db m14833) HM
On Court Square (State Highway 202), on the right when traveling north.
The Lynching of Anthony Crawford
In Abbeville on Saturday, October 21, 1916, a white mob lynched a black leader named Anthony Crawford for cursing a white man. A 56-year-old planter, "Grandpa" Crawford owned 427 acres of land, had 13 . . . — — Map (db m101841) HM
Lower Fork Of Lynches Creek Baptist Church This church, which probably evolved from a branch meeting house built nearby in 1770 by First Lynches Creek Church, was constituted in 1789; Joshua Palmer became minister in the same year. The church . . . — — Map (db m38125) HM
On South Church Street south of Deep River Street, on the right when traveling south.
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In 1898 a building here was the scene of a lynching that sparked outrage across the nation. Frazier Baker, an African American who had recently been postmaster of Effingham, was appointed postmaster of Lake City in 1897. Whites . . . — — Map (db m222376) HM
[Front] This Beaux Arts building, built in 1916-18, was the fourth Greenville County Courthouse, from 1918 to 1950. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. The largest lynching trial in U.S. history was held here . . . — — Map (db m40504) HM
On Old Easley Highway (State Highway 124) near Bramlett Road (County Road 105), on the left when traveling north. Reported missing.
[Front] The Willie Earle lynching was the last recorded in S.C. and one of the last in the South. On the night of February 15, 1947, white cabdriver Thomas W. Brown was found mortally wounded beside his cab in Pickens County. Earle, a young . . . — — Map (db m40503) HM
Near North Hospital Street north of Brewer Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Lynching in America
Between 1865 and 1950, white mobs lynched over 6,500 Black people across the U.S. Following the Civil War, white Southerners fiercely resisted equal rights for Black Americans and sought to uphold an ideology of white . . . — — Map (db m238729) HM
On Brattonsville Road (South Carolina Route 165) at Percival Road, on the right when traveling south on Brattonsville Road.
Brick House
In 1841, Dr. John S. Bratton began construction of a new, all-brick two-story house at Brattonsville. Completed c.1843, the Greek Revival building housed the Brattonsville Store and Post Office. A two-story rear frame section was . . . — — Map (db m247331) HM
On Old Burkitt Road, 0.1 miles east of Nolensville Pike, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.
Racial Terror Lynchings in America
Thousands of African American men, women, and children were the victims of lynching and racial terror violence in the United States in the century following the end of the Civil War. As the federal . . . — — Map (db m220683) HM
On 1st Avenue North at Union Street North, on the right when traveling north on 1st Avenue North.
Lynching in America
Thousands of African Americans were the victims of lynchings and racial violence in the United States between 1877 and 1950. After the Civil War, violent resistance to equal rights for African Americans and an ideology of . . . — — Map (db m147760) HM
On 1st Avenue North north of Bank Street, on the right when traveling north.
Post-Emancipation Violence in America
After the Confederacy's defeat, the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution ended slavery and guaranteed newly emancipated black people constitutional rights of citizenship. Reconstruction . . . — — Map (db m147755) HM
On South College Street (Alternate U.S. 41A) north of 1st Avenue SE, on the right when traveling north.
Did you know?
The original Home Bank building is the location of Coldwell Banker Lynch-Rigsby Realty & Auction. In the 1940s, the Red Cross, Woodmen of the World, and Franklin County Board of Education used the upstairs of this . . . — — Map (db m172598) HM
On Summer Avenue (U.S. 79) 0.2 miles west of Shelby Oaks, on the right when traveling west.
Near this spot on May 22, 1917, a lynching party chained Ell Persons to a log, doused him in gasoline, and burned him alive. An estimated 5,000 spectators witnessed his death or viewed his remains soon afterward. Persons, a black woodcutter who . . . — — Map (db m103638) HM
On South Houston Street north of Commerce Street, on the right when traveling north.
After Reconstruction, white southerners began adopting laws and codes, known as Jim Crow laws or black codes, that affected everyday life for African Americans. One instrument of enforcement was the threat of violence as well as actual violence, . . . — — Map (db m229630) HM
On W. White Street at N. Mulberry Street, on the right when traveling east on W. White Street.
At this site, on Tuesday night, Nov. 19, 1929, Marshall Ratliff was hung from a utility pole guy wire until dead before a crowd of about 1,500 people. Ratliff was also known as the Santa Claus Robber for his dressing as Santa Claus and leading a . . . — — Map (db m113560) HM
On Independence Parkway, on the right when traveling south.
A pioneer ferry of Texas under Mexico and the Republic. Established at the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and the San Jacinto River, 1822, by Nathaniel Lynch, one of Stephen F. Austin's "Old Three Hundred" colonists. Usual charges at ferries like . . . — — Map (db m125910) HM
On Independence Parkway at Decker Drive (State Highway 330 Spur), on the right when traveling north on Independence Parkway.
Established before 1824 by
Nathaniel Lynch
one of Austin's first colonists
on land granted August 19, 1824.
Granted exclusive privilege to
operate ferry at this point
January 1, 1830, by Ayuntamiento
of San Felipe. Now known as . . . — — Map (db m168757) HM
Near Park Road 28, 0.5 miles west of State Highway 14.
Born in Kentucky 1810 A private and captain in the Army of the Republic of Texas, served in the San Jacinto Campaign 1836 Died in Springfield 1860 Erected by the State of Texas 1962 — — Map (db m161537) HM
On S. 2nd Street (State Highway 6) at S. Main Street (U.S. 283), on the right when traveling west on S. 2nd Street.
This was Albany’s first stone mercantile store. It was erected in stages, combining Greek Revival and Victorian Italianate designs. In 1878, W.H. Miller built 1-story east unit, and permitted Albany Masonic Lodge to erect a second story. Local . . . — — Map (db m85198) HM
On Martin Luther King Drive at Hicks Street, on the left when traveling south on Martin Luther King Drive.
Racial Terror Lynchings
Thousands of black people were the victims of lynching and racial violence in the
United States between 1877 and 1950. During this era, racial terror lynching of
African Americans emerged as a stunning form of violent . . . — — Map (db m221216) HM
On King Street at South Fairfax Street, on the right when traveling east on King Street.
Close to midnight on Tuesday, August 8, 1899, Benjamin Thomas, a 16-year-old Black Alexandrian, was lynched from a lamppost on this corner.
Earlier, white rioters attacked the City Jail on N. St. Asaph Street, where they seized and dragged . . . — — Map (db m188809) HM
On Main Street (Business U.S. 29) at Wards Droad (U.S. 29), on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
During the Revolutionary War, loyalists in the
Virginia backcountry periodically conspired
against the Revolutionary authorities. Colonels
Charles Lynch, James Callaway, and other militia
officers and county justices formed extralegal
courts to . . . — — Map (db m65382) HM
On Courthouse Road (Route 644) at Courthouse Green Way (Route 628), on the right when traveling east on Courthouse Road.
A mob of about 75 masked men dragged Isaac Brandon from a cell in the old Charles City County jail and hanged him from a tree on this hillside on the night of 6 April 1892. Brandon, a 43-year-old black man, had been held in jail on a charge of . . . — — Map (db m244424) HM
On Tidewater Trail (U.S. 17) west of Forest Grove Road (Virginia Route 718), on the right when traveling east.
Thomas Washington, an African American man, was lynched on 23 March 1896 for allegedly attempting to assault the young daughter of a prominent white citizen. A boy found Washington’s body hanging from a tree about 1/8 mile southwest of here. A . . . — — Map (db m191126) HM
On Court Square (U.S. 33) just west of South Main Street (U.S. 11), on the left when traveling east.
About a dozen disguised people took Charlotte Harris from the custody of jailers in eastern Rockingham County on the night of 6 March 1878 and hanged her from a tree approximately 13 miles southeast of here. This is the only documented lynching of . . . — — Map (db m158137) HM
On The Trail (Virginia Route 14) at Allens Circle (Virginia Route 681), on the left when traveling west on The Trail.
James Horace Carter, a 45-year-old African American husband and father, was lynched on 12 Oct. 1923 a mile southeast of here. Two weeks before the lynching, a white woman had admitted that Carter was the father of one of her children. He was charged . . . — — Map (db m244176) HM
Near Church Street at 9th Street, on the right when traveling south.
The Blue Ridge Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution erects this tablet to the memory of John Lynch The Founder of Lynchburg. Incorporated 1786 — — Map (db m156585) HM
Near Fort Avenue (Business U.S. 460) at John Lynch Place, on the right when traveling east.
Founder of Lynchburg,
who was the proprietor of lands
upon which the city is built
and for whom the city is named.
A zealous Quaker, benevolent
gentleman and promoter of
whatever advanced the general
good of his community.
Born 1740 . . . — — Map (db m54418) HM
On Orby Cantrell Highway (U.S. 23) 0.1 miles west of Apostolic Drive, on the right when traveling east.
Leonard Woods, a black coal miner from Jenkins, KY, was lynched near here on the night of 29-30 Nov. 1927. Officers had arrested Woods for allegedly killing Herschel Deaton, a white man from Coeburn, VA, and had taken him to the Whitesburg, KY jail. . . . — — Map (db m217840) HM
On West Monroe Street east of North 4th Street (U.S. 21), on the left when traveling east.
On the night of August 15, 1926, a mob of rowdy Wythe County citizens forced their way into the Wythe County jail that stood on this site until 1928. Overpowering the county jailer, the mob breached the cell in which a black man, Raymond Arthur . . . — — Map (db m208773) HM
Near Cramer Street north of East High Street, on the left when traveling north.
Has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
——————————
In 1857 George Lynch and George Walker, both of Milwaukee, . . . — — Map (db m60891) HM
On U.S. 80 at milepost 114 at Steel Haven Road, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 80.
Lowndesboro, AL—Enraged whites, jealous over the business success of a Negro are believed to be the lynchers of Elmore Bolling. Bolling, 39, was found riddled with shot gun and pistol shots 150 yards from his general merchandise store. It is . . . — — Map (db m184279) HM
Near West Atlanta Street SE just north of Cemetery Street SE.
Celebrated in song as "Little Mary Phagan" after her murder at age 13 on April 26, 1913 in Atlanta. The trial and conviction of Leo Frank were controversial, as was the commutation of his death sentence four days before Confederate Veterans marked . . . — — Map (db m16571) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 56) at 5th Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.
"Only jail in early days on the Santa Fe Trail. Within its walls desperados, border ruffians, and robbers were held. During the Indian Raid of 1859 two Indians were taken out and hanged by a mob. A bad man, Jack McDowell, was hanged from the Neosho . . . — — Map (db m44992) HM
On East Central Avenue (U.S. 81) east of North Main Street (State Highway 49), on the right when traveling east.
By 1885 a reform movement had begun in this wild cowtown. The open saloons were being forced underground into "blind tigers", a place where liquor could be bought through a slot in the door but neither the seller nor the buyer could see the other. . . . — — Map (db m96537) HM
On East Broadway, 0.1 miles west of North 1st Street, on the left when traveling west.
Gravesites for blacks were initially segregated in the south-central end of Columbia Cemetery near its intersection of Boone Road and Todd Drive. Blacks buried in this section include famed ragtime pianist and composer J.W. "Blind" Boone and . . . — — Map (db m169446) HM
This was Virginia City’s first Cemetery. There were many markers here, but only those of the road agents and Daltons remain. The road agent’s graves, which gave the Cemetery its name Boot Hill, were first marked by the city in 1907.
William & Clara . . . — — Map (db m49490) HM
On Wallace Street at Van Buren Street on Wallace Street.
On January 14, 1864 , the Vigilantes used the heavy center support beam of this building, then under construction, to hang five of Henry Plummer’s road agents: Frank Parish, Boone Helm, Jack Gallagher, Haze Lyons and Club Foot George Lane. Druggists . . . — — Map (db m49487) HM
On North Michigan Avenue just north of Atlantic Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
"Asked…how she felt about the frightening situation in her native South she said 'I think it's the unintelligent white people who've been creating all the violence. It's a tragic situation and I resent it being made a political football. I read . . . — — Map (db m153479) HM
Designed by J. W. Yost, a renowned Ohio architect, the jail first opened
for use in 1889 and closed in 1987. The front three levels were built to
house the families of the sheriff and the jail matron. The rear portion of
the building was used for . . . — — Map (db m205988) HM
Near East Capitol Avenue west of North Euclid Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
The first and only hanging in Hughes County was April 18, 1885 when James H. Bell, who killed Forest G. Small with a hatchet on Dec. 4th, 1884, was hanged to a ladder leaned against the county flag pole here after a mob took him from the county jail . . . — — Map (db m124279) HM
Near Harrison Street Southeast, 0.2 miles south of Loudon Street Southeast, on the right when traveling south.
On November 8, 1889, between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m., a 14-year-old African-American boy named Orion Anderson (1875-1889) was lynched at this site where the Leesburg freight depot was located along the Washington and Old Dominion (W&OD) Railroad. . . . — — Map (db m136586) HM
On Mississippi Boulevard at Walker Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Mississippi Boulevard.
Thomas Moss, Calvin McDowell, and Will Stewart, all African-Americans and co-owners of People's Grocery (located at this site), were arrested in connection with a disturbance near their store. Rather than being brought to trial, they were lynched on . . . — — Map (db m116288) HM
On Commercial Street (State Highway 49) south of Main Street, on the left when traveling east.
The Spanish woman also known as Josefa, was hung off the Jersey Bridge July 5, 1851 a short distance down stream from this spot, for the murder of Frederick Alexander Agustus Cannon.
Cannon and his friends were celebrating Independence Day and . . . — — Map (db m57382) HM
On South Spooner Street at Court Street, on the right when traveling east on South Spooner Street.
September 11, 2001 "Now each of us has a responsibility to live with the same courage embraced by those who died in the attacks on the world trade center, the Pentagon, and the hijacked plane that crashed in Pennsylvania. We have an . . . — — Map (db m234068) WM
Near West Street (Maryland Route 450) at Brewer Avenue.
The record of lynchings in Maryland from 1891-1906
May 13, 1891 - Asbury Green, Centerville
May 17, 1892 - James Taylor, Chestertown
June 8, 1893 - Isaac Kemp, Princess Anne
October 20, 1894 - Stephen Williams, Prince George's County . . . — — Map (db m53171) HM
On U.S. 9W at Westside Avenue, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 9W.
Lest We Forget
The Honored Dead
Louis W. King • John Cashman Oldfield • Michael James McGuire • Richard V. Brophy • James E. Hinshelwood • Joseph A. Craven • Thomas F. Lynch, Jr. • Harold Ferguson • Herbert Matlege Schaper • Leo B. Laders • . . . — — Map (db m36884) HM
On West Napa Street (California Route 12), on the right when traveling east.
The Sonoma Index was founded in 1879 by Benjamin Frank. It is the successor to the Sonoma Bulletin (1852-1855), the first California newspaper published north of San Francisco.
The Index was purchased in 1884 by Harry H. Granice, maternal . . . — — Map (db m78925) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 20) at Mechanic Street / Granger Boulevard, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
Front Panel Ernest D Marshall • Willis H Page • John O Cole • Louis Sasseville • William S Wadden • Timothy E McGee • Ernest A Carpenter • Arhur B Hersey • Cornelius J Donahue • Joseph North • George Lynch • Herbert H Chase They died . . . — — Map (db m66598) WM
On West Main Street (South Carolina Route 49) west of South Herndon Street, on the left when traveling west.
Reconstruction Era Lynchings in Union County
After the Civil War, Black Americans were emancipated after more than two centuries of chattel slavery. Formerly enslaved people purchased land, built churches and schools, and eligible Black men . . . — — Map (db m196452) HM
On North Broad Street, 0.1 miles south of Hackney Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
From a Sycamore near this spot, L.V. Grime and C.B. Hawley were lynched on Aug. 24, 1882 for the hold up – murder of Andrew Hall, Wells Fargo Packer, and Dr. S.T. Vail. The culprits had a fair hearing before JP Allen on Wednesday eve, and at 2 . . . — — Map (db m34116) HM
Near East Polk Street, on the left when traveling west.
This boiler used to sit in the Claremont Oil Lease, known as Section 24-D. The boiler was used to create steam to inject into the ground to make the pumping of crude oil easier. In the early 1960s the boiler was moved onto the Polvadero Lease to be . . . — — Map (db m64104) HM
On East Polk Street at South 5th Street, on the right when traveling west on East Polk Street.
Coalinga School built in 1908 was five times larger than Coalinga’s first school. Over the years it became affectionately known as the Polk Street school. Not long after the school was first built, a fire burned the original bell tower. The . . . — — Map (db m64106) HM
Near East Polk Street near South 5th Street, on the right when traveling west.
Coalinga’s first school opened with forty one students and two teachers. After 1908 and the opening of the Polk Street School, it is believed to have been converted to the local library. This school building still exists today as family housing. . . . — — Map (db m64105) HM
This log cabin was built east of the Lowell Cemetery in the late 1870's. R.A. Hibbard built it as a home for his brother-in-law's family. Kent Lynch purchased the property and donated the cabin to the historical society in memory of Marsha Moncrief . . . — — Map (db m80219) HM
On Avenue of the States south of United Nations Avenue S, on the left when traveling north.
This plaque is dedicated to the memory of detectives
Joseph J. Lynch and Ferdinand A. Socha
Bomb and Forgery Squad
who were killed in the line of duty while examining a time bomb taken from the British Pavilion of the World's Fair in . . . — — Map (db m21514) HM
Near South High Street, on the left when traveling south.
Champion of human freedom, African American abolitionist, newspaper editor, U.S. Colored Troops recruiter, U.S. ambassador to Haiti, and orator, Frederick Douglass gave his last public address "Against Lynch Law" here on February 1, 1895. A frequent . . . — — Map (db m8135) HM
On Independence Parkway North, 0.3 miles east of Crokett Street, on the right when traveling west.
The Lynchburg Cemetery is one of the few remaining traces of the early town of Lynchburg, founded and named by Nathaniel Lynch, who arrived in the area in 1822 and received a Mexican land grant near the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and the San . . . — — Map (db m169003) HM
In front of you is the Percival’s Island Natural Area, a mile-and-a-half-long refuge that is bisected by the RiverWalk Section of the James River Heritage Trail. The 56-acre island reflects centuries of natural and human expansion, development, and . . . — — Map (db m74030) HM
On 9th Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling west on 9th Street.
In October, 1786, the General Assembly approved that 45 acres of land belonging to John Lynch be laid off in half-acre lots to establish a town by the name of Lynchburg. The original trustees Charles Brooks, Jesse Burton, John Callaway, John Clarke, . . . — — Map (db m46483) HM
On Riverside Avenue at Centre Street, on the right when traveling north on Riverside Avenue.
Somerset Remembers
1917 1918
These Sons and Daughters Who Served their Country
And Humanity in the World War
Adamson, Thomas · Almy, Albert B · Almy, Israel T · Auclair, Amos J · Babbitt, Leon P · Banville, Edme F · Beaulieu, Reginald J . . . — — Map (db m208878) WM
Micajah McPherson, a trustee of Freedom Hill Wesleyan Methodist Church and abolitionist, was lynched about a mile and a half southeast of here. Although there are different stories about his lynching, they agree that he was an innocent man lynched . . . — — Map (db m46021) HM
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