On Washington Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
1200 Washington Avenue
The Everett Block enshrines the memory of one of the greatest scandals of early Golden. Frances E. Everett, banker, mining investor, and respected businessman built this commercial block in 1873. Twice elected mayor, he . . . — — Map (db m288348) HM
On George Street at Washington Street, on the right when traveling north on George Street.
You now stand in the center of a town that is almost as old as the United States, laid out on 80 acres of Washington lands in 1786 - four years before the First President took office.
Charles Washington, youngest of the five brothers of the . . . — — Map (db m12600) HM
On West Main Street west of South 1st Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Oldham was the 75th county created by the Kentucky Legislature. It was formed on January 15, 1824, from portions of Jefferson, Henry and Shelby Counties. The county is named for William Oldham, Revolutionary War patriot and early pioneer.
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On East German Street (State Highway 45) at Princess Street (County Route 230), on the right when traveling west on East German Street.
In 1775, Shepherdstown (formerly known as Mecklenburg) was asked to furnish one company (about 100 men) to assist patriots fighting the British around Boston. In July, the company marched in high spirits down German Street with the entire town . . . — — Map (db m4851) HM
On Congress Avenue just south of East 18th Street.
The initiator of Anglo-American settlement in Texas. Moses Austin was a native of Durham, Connecticut. After his marriage to Mary Brown in 1785, Austin became a leading figure in the development of the American lead industry. His business took him . . . — — Map (db m158896) HM
On Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Fearsome Floods
The most fearsome flood on Clear Creek was in 1896, part of the flood that claimed 29 lives on rivers and gulches across Jefferson County. The deaths included three in Golden: Annie Laura Edwards, Andrew A. Johnson, and Anna A. . . . — — Map (db m288684) HM
On Washington Heritage Trail (West Virginia Route 51) near the Opequon Creek Bridge, on the right when traveling east. Reported missing.
Jefferson County. Formed, 1801, from Berkeley. Named for Thomas Jefferson. Home of Gens. Gates, Darke, and Charles Lee. Here four companies of Washington’s men organized. Shepherdstown was strongly urged as the seat of the National Capitol.
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On E Washington Street (U.S. 340 Bus) at S Seminary Street, on the right when traveling east on E Washington Street.
The Federal offensive in the Shenandoah Valley begun in May 1864 faltered in the summer with Confederate victories and Gen. Jubal A. Early's Washington Raid in July. Union General Philip H. Sheridan took command in August, defeated Early . . . — — Map (db m238786) HM
Near Upper Hoh Road 0.1 miles east of Linder Creek Lane, on the left when traveling east.
The tribal name for the Hoh River is Chalak'At'sit (meaning "The Southern River"). The river itself is focal in Hoh tribal identity and folk-history and in traditional economic patterns. The Hoh people were created along the river. Mythic . . . — — Map (db m129587) HM
On Tennessee Route 160, on the right when traveling north.
The homesite and grave of Revolutionary War officer, Colonel Robert McFarland, is located two miles north at Springvale. Born in 1759 in Orange County, North Carolina, he served in the Virginia Militia from 1776 to 1781. In 1783, McFarland moved . . . — — Map (db m80442) HM
On Tennessee Route 160 at Grigsby Road, on the right when traveling north on Tennessee Route 160.
Built around 1799 of native limestone rock by Alexander Outlaw for his son-in-law Joseph Hamilton and his wife Penelope, original settlers in Bend of the Chucky in 1783. Hamilton served for many years as court clerk of Jefferson county and was a . . . — — Map (db m84486) HM
Near Sheriden Drive just south of St. Andrews Drive, on the left when traveling south.
When George Washington surveyed his brother Samuel’s Berkeley County land in preparation for the building of Harwood, the property included a sizable portion which has since been separated from the Harwood Estate. Dr. Samuel Washington, Colonel . . . — — Map (db m159433) HM
On Kearneysville Pike (West Virginia Route 480) at Starkey's Landing, on the right when traveling north on Kearneysville Pike.
Patriots March to the Aid of Washington and American Independence
When news of the Battle of Lexington reached Shepherdstown in 1775, most of its able bodied men sprang to arms. The Continental Congress's request for two companies of . . . — — Map (db m269291) HM
Near Beechland Road (Kentucky Route 438) at Lincoln Park Road ( Route 528), on the left when traveling east.
Thomas Lincoln
Thomas Lincoln was born on January 7, 1778, in Rockingham County, Virginia, to Captain Abraham and Bathsheba Lincoln. He was the youngest of three sons and the fourth of five children. The Lincoln family migrated from . . . — — Map (db m46311) HM
On Washington Avenue. Reported permanently removed.
John M. Ferrell came to the Golden valley from upstate New York in June of 1859. He camped on the southeastern banks of Clear Creek and created the Washington Avenue crossing for the gold rushers. When Golden was organized, Ferrell became one of . . . — — Map (db m287883) HM
On Washington Avenue at 12th Street, on the right when traveling north on Washington Avenue.
Built in 1871, the Iller Block is the oldest commercial building in Jefferson County and one of the first built in Colorado. Originally the Mallon & Chamberlain meat market, the store featured marble counters harvested in Marble, Colorado, from . . . — — Map (db m287716) HM
On Fielden Store Road at River Road, on the right when traveling west on Fielden Store Road.
A Revolutionary War veteran wounded at the Battle of King's Mountain on October 1, 1780, William Cox Sr. built Cox Mill, a grist mill, on this site about 1792. He was an "Overmountain Man" living in Watauga in 1775. As a delegate from Washington . . . — — Map (db m84368) HM
On Bakerton Road at Morning Calm Lane on Bakerton Road.
In this cemetery are buried George Adam Moler (1714–1783) and his wife Eve. George Adam Moler came to American on Aug. 29, 1730 with his father Ludwig Mohler, settling first in Lancaster, Penn. He moved to this area around 1758. He received a land . . . — — Map (db m1962) HM
A. Waterproof, Louisiana
Mile 381.0 AHP
This small community was moved four times due to floods and the towns caving banks. The original location is now said to lie in the Mississippi River. During its third washout, a newspaper reported . . . — — Map (db m115163) HM
On Engle Road (Washington Route 20), on the left when traveling west.
From the end of the Lake Ozette Road, 2 trails lead to the ocean beaches. One, the Indian Village Trail, leads to the site of an abandoned Ozette Indian village at Cape Alava. For over 2000 years, Cape Alava was home to the Makah Indians. . . . — — Map (db m179353) HM
Dedicated to the memory
of those who paid the
supreme price...that they
gave their lives for
our country
Autauga County – Carter, Emmett James
Baldwin County – Beveridge, Bruce Jr. - Conway, Brooks E. - Davison, . . . — — Map (db m85350) WM
Near Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
History of the Avenue Bridge
The 1859 gold rush brought many people
from all walks of life to the Golden valley as a
portal to the mountain gold fields. When spring
came, Clear Creek's waters rose and it became
a daring adventure for . . . — — Map (db m288288) HM
Near Beechland Road (Kentucky Route 438) at Lincoln Park Road ( Route 528), on the left when traveling east.
The Lincoln Cabin is a replica of the cabin in which President Abraham Lincoln’s grandmother Bersheba Lincoln, lived and raised her children after the death of her husband, Abraham.
In the spring of 1786, Abraham and Bersheba Lincoln were . . . — — Map (db m46305) HM
Near Beechland Road (Kentucky Route 438) at Lincoln Park Road ( Route 528), on the left when traveling east.
President Abraham Lincoln’s great, great, great, great grandfather, Samuel Lincoln, left England in 1637, settling in Hingham, Massachusetts. The next four generations of Lincolns continued to move south and west — to New Jersey, then . . . — — Map (db m46301) HM
On Pine Street south of Elizabeth Street, on the right when traveling south.
Tennessee-born Robert Washington Sanders (1850-1916), a master wood carver, was drawn to Beaumont in 1878 by the newly-emerging lumber industry. He worked in several local lumber mills until 1902, when he went into business for himself as a . . . — — Map (db m173697) HM
On Jefferson Pike (U.S. 340), on the right when traveling west.
Jefferson County. Formed in 1801 from Berkeley. Named for Thomas Jefferson. Home of Generals Gates, Darke, and Charles Lee. Here four companies of Washington's men organized. Shepherdstown was strongly urged as the seat of the National . . . — — Map (db m167196) HM
On Charles Town Road (West Virginia Route 9) at Appalachian Trail, on the left when traveling west on Charles Town Road.
Jefferson County. Formed in 1801 from Berkeley. Named for Thomas Jefferson. Home of Generals Gates, Darke, and Charles Lee. Here four companies of Washington’s men organized. Shepherdstown was strongly urged as the seat of the National . . . — — Map (db m167397) HM
On North King Street (West Virginia Route 480) 0.1 miles east of Shepherd Grade Road, on the right when traveling east.
Jefferson County. Formed in 1801 from Berkeley. Named for Thomas Jefferson. Home of Generals Gates, Darke, and Charles Lee. Here four companies of Washington's men organized. Shepherdstown was strongly urged as the seat of the National . . . — — Map (db m167398) HM
On 6th Avenue North west of 17th Street North, on the left when traveling west. Reported damaged.
Civil rights activist and pastor, the Rev. Calvin Wallace Woods Sr. was born in Birmingham in 1933. The son of a Baptist preacher, Woods attended historic miles college and various seminary institutions. He distinguished himself as a leader during . . . — — Map (db m187533) HM
On Beechland Road (Kentucky Route 438) at Lincoln Park Road ( Route 528), on the left when traveling east on Beechland Road.
Pioneer Spirit
The westward movement was an enticement felt by many nineteenth century families, and the Lincolns were in the heart of it. A friend of the family was the infamous frontiersman Daniel Boone, and it has been reasoned that . . . — — Map (db m46249) HM
On North Samuel Street at East Washington Street (West Virginia Route 51), on the right when traveling north on North Samuel Street.
Jefferson County’s association with significant events in Civil War history began in October 1859, when abolitionist John Brown raided the U.S. Arsenal at Harpers Ferry. Quickly captured, Brown and his followers were brought here to Charles Town . . . — — Map (db m41671) HM
On Summit Point Road (County Road 13) 0.2 miles west of McCormack Lane, on the right when traveling east.
1730 John and Isaac Van Meter, sons of Dutch immigrant Jobst Jansen Van Masteren, obtained grants for 40,000 acres in then Berkeley County, VA. from Virginia Lt. Gov. Gooch.
1731 Jost Hite, a German immigrant, purchased this land . . . — — Map (db m173642) HM
On Millville Road, on the right when traveling south.
This is the site of the last Civil War engagement in Jefferson County and one of the last fights involving Col. John S. Mosby’s Rangers. It also marked the end of the Independent Loudoun Rangers, a small cavalry unit recruited in 1862 from Loudoun . . . — — Map (db m59417) HM
On Lafayette Street North (U.S. 431) just south of Alabama Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Chambers County, created December 18, 1832 from Creek Indian cession. Named for Dr. Henry C. Chambers of Madison County, member of Constitutional Convention 1819, legislature of 1820, elected U.S. Senator 1825 but died enroute to Washington.
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On South Bronough Street 0.1 miles south of West Pensacola Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Jefferson County
“The willingness with which our young people
are likely to serve
in any war, no matter how justified,
shall be directly proportional
as to how they perceive
the veterans of earlier wars
were treated . . . — — Map (db m210470) WM
On Morgan Jaymes Drive west of Justine Court, on the right when traveling west.
This small family cemetery is all that remains of what was once Joseph Hite's 1000 acre estate. Joseph's son and intended heir, Stephen Hite (1700-1828), is buried here. Stephen's wife, Martha (1798-1830), and daughter, Sarah (1824-1827), are also . . . — — Map (db m223424) HM
On East Broadway at South Hancock Street, on the right when traveling east on East Broadway.
Smoketown
This historically black community began to flourish following end of slavery in 1865, when thousands of African Americans moved to Louisville. Shotgun-type houses on closely spaced streets and alleys allowed both black and white . . . — — Map (db m161263) HM
On North Street just south of Melbourne Street, on the right when traveling north.
Fort Sumner Park, located behind you acros North Street, began its history in 1775 during the Revolutionary War. Initially referred to as The Great Fort, and later, as The Citadel, it was commissioned in 1794 as the first . . . — — Map (db m311684) HM
On Portage Lakes Drive (County Route 75) at South Turkeyfoot Road (County Route 123), on the right when traveling east on Portage Lakes Drive.
Coventry Township. The land on which Coventry Township is situated was ceded in 1785 to
the United States by the Delaware, Chippewa, Ottawa, and Wyandot tribes under the Treaty of Fort McIntosh. The area was a choice location for Native . . . — — Map (db m277653) HM
On South Mt. Parvo Street at West Congress Street, on the right when traveling south on South Mt. Parvo Street.
This 5.26-acre waterside community park was created through a collaborative effort by the City of Charles Town, the Evitts Run Conservancy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the West Virginia Department of Environmental PRotection. . . . — — Map (db m148888) HM
On U.S. 63/79 0.1 miles north of Myrtle Street, on the right when traveling north.
The Arkansas Flag/Wabbaseka Memorial was founded by Jason Irby in 2013. Jason is an author and humanitarian who grew up in Wabbaseka and attended the public schools around the city. Jason attended Willie K. Hocker Elementary/Jr. High schools, . . . — — Map (db m169051) HM
Near Old Stage Coach Road 0.1 miles east of Long Run Road, on the right when traveling east.
This spot was frequented by the ancestors of two presidents of the United States of America, namely Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) and Harry S. Truman (1884-19 ).
The old church ruins occupy a site selected by Captain Abraham Lincoln . . . — — Map (db m203147) HM
On South 2nd Street (Kentucky Route 1020) at West Cardinal Boulevard, on the left when traveling north on South 2nd Street.
Between 1750 and 1840, British colonists and later United States citizens acquired and settled millions of square miles between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River. The Ohio River bisects this vast region, flowing 981 miles from . . . — — Map (db m245720) HM
Near South College Street (U.S. 127) at West Lexington Street, on the right when traveling south.
The Lincoln family first came to America in the seventeenth century, originally settling in the Massachusetts Bay colony. The Lincolns continued to move throughout the colonies, settling in present-day New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Thomas . . . — — Map (db m46319) HM
On Lincoln Park Road (Kentucky Route 528) south of Fairlane Drive, on the left when traveling south.
Mordecai Lincoln, uncle to President Abraham Lincoln, lived in this house from around 1797 to 1811.
His father, Captain Abraham Lincoln, the grandfather and namesake of the future president, came to Jefferson County, Virginia, in 1782. In . . . — — Map (db m46243) HM
The Veteran War Memorial Plaza is dedicated
to the air pioneers and U.S. Army Corp pilots,
crew members and military personnel from
Jefferson County who served in World War II.
At one time, the Madras Airport was the "Madras Army Airbase, . . . — — Map (db m112870) HM WM
On Chestnut Hill Road (Tennessee Route 92) at Circle Drive, on the right when traveling north on Chestnut Hill Road.
Powerful Transformations
Named for First Lady Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, the town of Dandridge became the Jefferson County seat in 1793. Dandridge spent almost 150 years as the center of government and commerce in Jefferson County. A . . . — — Map (db m225853) HM
On Jefferson Street at Tyler Street, on the left on Jefferson Street.
This is the last remaining
wooden fire bell tower in the
United States.
Port Townsend’s Fire Bell Tower is a 75-foot wooden structure built in 1890 to hold a 1,500 pound brass bell and the city's new $900 fire engine.
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On Water Street east of Madison Street, on the right when traveling east.
In 1891 architects Batwell & Patrick designed a multi-purpose civic structure to house administrative offices, council chamber, courtroom, fire hall and jail to serve the needs of a city of 20,000.
Port Townsend's city council still meets . . . — — Map (db m129357) HM
On Route 9 Bike Path 0.2 miles north of Leetown Road (County Road 1), on the right when traveling north.
Shepherdstown and Smithfield Turnpike Tollhouse/John Fox House
Immediately west of Rellim Farm is a mid-19th century log dwelling, and the only known surviving toll house on the old Shepherdstown and Smithfield Turnpike (previously Leetown . . . — — Map (db m148880) HM
Near Capitol Avenue Southwest south of M.L.K. Junior Drive Southeast, on the left when traveling north.
Expelled Because of Color” is dedicated to the memory of the 33 Black state legislators who were elected, yet expelled from the Georgia House because of their color in 1868.
The cinder block forms at the base of the sculpture symbolize the . . . — — Map (db m130191) HM
Near Chestnut Street (Pennsylvania Route 66) at West Spruce Street.
First called "Blood's Settlement", and then later Marien, then Marienville, after Marien (Blood) Hunt, daughter of Cyrus Blood, the founder of Forest County. Marienville is located on a flattened ridgeline known as the "Big Level", . . . — — Map (db m138604) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 322) at White Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.
Built in 1851 by John McCall, the Railroad House was one of many hotels in Brookville. It offered a comfortable room along with a place to stable one's horse for the night. The Railroad House was purchased by John McCracken during the Civil War . . . — — Map (db m176807) HM
On Water Street at Madison Street, on the right when traveling west on Water Street.
[(Top plaque)] Under the provisions of the National
Historic Preservation Act of
October 15, 1966, this property
possesses exceptional value in
commemorating, or illustrating
American history.
Placed on the National Register on . . . — — Map (db m197156) HM
On Melvin Road (County Road 17/2) 0.1 miles Flowing Springs Road (County Road 17), on the right when traveling east.
This station structure was erected in 1839 by landowner Richard Duffield, in cooperation with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. It is the oldest surviving purpose-built freight/passenger rail station in the United States, and is listed on the . . . — — Map (db m157741) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
