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William G. Pomeroy Foundation Historical Markers
Since its inception, the Foundation has grown to six historic signage programs, funding over 1,000 markers & plaques in New York, Ohio and beyond, all the way to Alaska. Does not include the William G. Pomeroy Foundation Legends & Lore Series.
On Fort Morgan Road (State Road 180) west of Burgoyne Road, on the right when traveling west.
On April 8, 1825 General Lafayette bid farewell to Gov. Israel Pickens & others at Mobile Point and departed on steamboat for New Orleans. — — Map (db m271629) HM
On Franklin Street 0.1 miles Washington Street, on the left when traveling north.
Courts met under "Jury Oak" early 1800s. Judge presided while sitting on tree limb. Public executions held at nearby "hanging tree". — — Map (db m221963) HM
On Cahaba Road 1.1 miles east of County Road 9, on the right when traveling north.
On April 5, 1825, General Lafayette was welcomed at the State House, visited Halo Masonic Lodge, and dined at Mr. White's Hotel. — — Map (db m244889) HM
On Lauderdale Street at Selma Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Lauderdale Street.
Selma Suffrage Association
established here March 1910.
Joined the Birmingham League
to form the Alabama Equal
Suffrage Association in 1912. — — Map (db m224540) HM
On 2nd Avenue West east of 12th Street West, on the right when traveling east.
On Aug. 18, 1915, Alabama
Equal Suffrage Association
and Birmingham Barons
hosted suffrage day here in
support of women's suffrage — — Map (db m188885) HM
On Government Street (U.S. 90) east of South Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling east.
Eugenie Marx first president Mobile Equal Suffrage Assn. Educated and organized Mobile women to fight for the right to vote. Lived here 1910-1915. — — Map (db m226705) HM
On Dales Ferry Road (County Road 1) at U.S. 84, on the right when traveling west on Dales Ferry Road.
On April 6, 1825, General Lafayette, descending the Alabama River, was honored in Claiborne where he was addressed by James Dellet. — — Map (db m239945) HM
On Pines Church Road just north of Pines Road, on the right when traveling north.
Russell Cemetery AKA Pines Cemetery. Pvt. E. Thompson served in Revolutionary War 1776-1778. Fought at Germantown & White Plains. — — Map (db m285502) HM
On County Road 33 at Oak Mountain Trail, on the right when traveling south on County Road 33.
As early as 1923 this area was known for its moonshine production, whiskey stills, and bootlegging operations during the Prohibition Era. — — Map (db m310418) HM
On Lakeshore Drive 0.4 miles west of Wisconsin Street, on the right when traveling east.
Completed 1940 connecting Lake Hood and Lake Spenard. Increased takeoff area for floatplanes & made possible Lake Hood seaplane base. — — Map (db m305878) HM
On Main Street at Tombstone Canyon, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
Invited by State Suffrage Assn, Laura G. Cannon spoke to crowd of working men here Sept. 26, 1912. AZ women won right to vote that November. — — Map (db m249433) HM
On North San Francisco Street north of East Birch Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Arizona Equal Suffrage Assn hosted speech by national suffragist Anna Howard Shaw here in 1912 to promote woman suffrage in Arizona — — Map (db m193161) HM
On West Rio Salado Parkway at South Mills Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West Rio Salado Parkway.
1842-1907. VP AZ Territorial Suffrage Assn. 1895 and mother of US Sen. Carl Hayden who introduced suffrage resolution in congress 1913. — — Map (db m249435) HM
Suffragists Helen Hurlbut of California & Elizabeth Upham Yates of Main spoke here, the former Janssen's Hall, for the 1896 Suffrage Campaign. — — Map (db m243782) HM
On Gottfried Place north of Cesar Chavez Drive, on the left when traveling north.
Gottfried Maulhardt Farm has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m301355) HM
On D Street at East 4th Street, on the right when traveling south on D Street.
Salida Equal Suffrage League
formed by Carrie Chapman
Catt here at former Baptist
church in support of 1893
women's suffrage referendum. — — Map (db m250652) HM
On Pennsylvania Street north of East 13th Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Home of Margaret Brown, Titanic survivor & national advocate for Suffrage & Labor Rights. Proposed as candidate for U.S. Senate 1914. — — Map (db m177950) HM
On Central Row west of Market Street, on the right when traveling west.
On Sept. 4, 1824, General Lafayette visited Hartford during his triumphal return to the U.S. He was addressed here by Governor Wolcott. — — Map (db m230408) HM
On Elm Street (Connecticut Route 160) west of Silan Deane Highway ( Route 99), on the right when traveling west.
Elm Street Historic District has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m230832) HM
On Old Main Street at Glastonbury Avenue ( Route 160), on the right when traveling north on Old Main Street.
Rocky Hill Center Historic District has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007 by the United States Department of the Interior. — — Map (db m230830) HM
On Riverview Road north of Meadow Road, on the right when traveling north.
Rocky Hill-Glastonbury Ferry Historic District has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m230787) HM
On Mapleton Avenue (Route 159) 0.1 miles south of Hickory Street, on the right when traveling north.
Hilltop Farm has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m230482) HM
On Hyde Avenue (Connecticut Route 30) at East Street, on the right when traveling west on Hyde Avenue.
On Sept. 4, 1824, General Lafayette was received at King's Tavern by the 1st Co., Governor's Horse Guard and escorted to East Hartford. — — Map (db m230442) HM
On East Main Street (U.S. 1) just east of Waterside Lane, on the right when traveling west.
On August 21, 1824, General Lafayette, traveling on the Post Road, was welcomed with military and civil honors in Killingworth, now Clinton. — — Map (db m245608) HM
On Main Street (Connecticut Route 154) just north of Pennywise Lane, on the right when traveling south.
On August 21, 1824, General Lafayette reached Saybrook where he spent the night while traveling from New York City to Boston, MA. — — Map (db m227271) HM
On Town Hall Road, on the left when traveling west.
Union Green Historic District has been placed on the National Register of
Historic Places in 1990
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m222813) HM
On Main Street 0.2 miles east of U.S. 1, on the right when traveling west.
On August 21, 1824, General Lafayette was welcomed in Branford where he received civil and military honors on his way to New London.
(same message both sides) — — Map (db m298233) HM
On Main Street (Connecticut Route 100) at Park Place, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
On August 21, 1824, General Lafayette was welcomed in East Haven where a crowd had assembled and a militia company fired a gun salute. — — Map (db m276254) HM
Meeting House Hill Historic District has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m269660) HM
On N Road (Connecticut Route 117) 0.1 miles Newtown Road ( Route 117), on the right when traveling north.
Jabez Smith
House
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
in 1981
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m227184) HM
On Main Street (Connecticut Route 27) just south of Old Mystic Center Road ( Route 27), on the right when traveling south.
Mystic Bank has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014 by the United States Department of the Interior. — — Map (db m227175) HM
Near River Road (Delaware Route 9) 0.3 miles west of Deemers Beech Access, on the left when traveling south.
Women munitions workers at former Bethlehem Steel Plant south of here jailed in Washington DC protesting for women's suffrage 1917-1919. — — Map (db m211090) HM
On North Market Street (Business U.S. 13) just north of Race Street, on the right when traveling north.
On October 6, 1824, General Lafayette entered Brandywine Village and he was escorted to Joseph Tatnall's house where he addressed family members. — — Map (db m210793) HM
On North Tatnall Street just south of West Girard Street, on the left when traveling south.
Blanche Stubbs, 1872-1952. Equal Suffrage Study Club leader & advocate for African American voting and civil rights. Lived here. — — Map (db m184935) HM
On North French Street just north of East 13th Street, on the right when traveling north.
Alice Dunbar-Nelson, 1875-1935. Teacher, author, civil rights leader. Elected president Equal Suffrage Study Club 1914. Lived here. — — Map (db m186358) HM
On West Pine Street 0.1 miles west of Gardner Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
Margaret W. Houston Sussex Co. suffrage leader elected V.P. of Delaware Equal Suffrage Assn. 1896. Helped est. town library 1899. — — Map (db m190454) HM
On 16th Street Northwest at R Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south on 16th Street Northwest.
Founded 1896, the National Association of Colored Women fought for women's suffrage and human rights for all the disenfranchised. — — Map (db m235653) HM
On M Street Northwest at New York Avenue Northwest (U.S. 50), on the right when traveling east on M Street Northwest.
Nannie Helen Burroughs advocated for equality and women's suffrage. Graduated with honors 1896 from the former M Street High School. — — Map (db m198384) HM
On South Harbor City Boulevard at Riverview Drive, on the right when traveling north on South Harbor City Boulevard.
Green Gables has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m239349) HM
On Utility Street just north of Route 100, on the right when traveling north.
Bunnell Water Tower has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m209101) HM
On North Franklin Streeet at East Zack Street, on the right when traveling south on North Franklin Streeet.
WDAE was the first radio station to broadcast in Florida, doing so on May 15, 1922. The Tampa Daily Times was the original license holder, and the first radio studio was located in the Florida Citrus Exchange Building (later part of the Maas . . . — — Map (db m176260) HM
On North 15th Street just north of East 7th Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Violence was commonplace during the early years of Ybor City. Even duels were sometimes fought over honor, women, and at least once over an argument regarding which novel was appropriate to be read by the lector of a cigar factory. These duels, . . . — — Map (db m176191) HM
On East 8th Avenue 0.2 miles east of North 15th Street, on the right when traveling east.
Soon after the founding of Ybor City, Cuban, Spanish, and Italian immigrants established comprehensive health maintenance organizations. For small weekly dues they received medicines, hospitalization, and medical services.
On June 18, 1888, Don . . . — — Map (db m130180) HM
On East 7th Avenue (Florida Route 574) 0.1 miles west of I-4 Connector to the Leroy Selmon Expressway, on the right when traveling west.
On May 16, 1896, during Cuba's 1895 Revolution against Spanish rule, the Captain General of Cuba, Valeriano Weyler, enacted an embargo against Cuban tobacco to the United States. He was enraged by the revolutionary activities of the Ybor City . . . — — Map (db m176267) HM
On Southwest 111th Street (Red Road) (Florida Route 990) 0.1 miles west of Southwest 57th Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Parrot Jungle Historic District has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m266655) HM
On Edgewater Drive (U.S. Alt 19) just south of Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
Elizabeth Skinner, Florida Equal Suffrage Assn. organized county women here in former library hall. Lobbied for suffrage in Tallahassee 1919. — — Map (db m174829) HM
On West Greene Street at South Clarke Street, on the right when traveling west on West Greene Street.
From March 27 to 29, 1825, General Lafayette stayed at
the Government House during his visit to Milledgeville, then Georgia's capital. — — Map (db m227241) HM
On Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard south of West Huntingdon Street, on the right when traveling south.
Saint Philip A.M.E. Church has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m301247) HM
On Bull Street north of East Congress Street, on the left when traveling north.
On March 19, 1825, General Lafayette arrived in Savannah. Escorted here on March 21, he laid the cornerstone for the Nathanael Greene Monument. — — Map (db m301241) HM
On Greene Street east of 6th Street, on the right when traveling east.
On March 24, 1825, General Lafayette was welcomed at City Hall, attended a dinner on Greene St. & a ball in the evening at Planters' Hotel. — — Map (db m294568) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 278) east of Norwood Street, on the right when traveling east.
On March 25, 1825, General
Lafayette spent the night in
Warrenton on his way from
Augusta to Milledgeville.
He departed the next morning. — — Map (db m227214) HM
On 134th Place at St. Lawrence Avenue, on the right when traveling east on 134th Place.
From the 1830s until the Civil War, many enslaved African descendants in the South escaped to Chicago on their way to freedom in Canada. Black and white abolitionists in the region were part of the networks of assistance known as the Underground . . . — — Map (db m261050) HM
Near Bethany Road east of Sycamore Street (Illinois Route 23), on the right when traveling east.
Hybrid corn results from the cross of two inbred parents, each of which is developed by selfing (in-breeding) a corn line for 6-8 generations until it is mostly homozygous.
Corn plants are diploid with one set of chromosomes coming from the . . . — — Map (db m230907) HM
On Grace Street near Parkside Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
Built in 1839 and lived in by the Peck family until 1996, the Peck Homestead is significant locally, for the state of Illinois, and nationally as the home of Sheldon Peck, a radical abolitionist, keeper of a documented URR station and prolific . . . — — Map (db m255670) HM
On West Maple Street just west of South Park Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
On April 6, 1891, attorney Ellen Martin & 14 women voted in Lombard election asserting town charter gave right to all citizens of voting age. — — Map (db m173085) HM
On College Avenue near Washington Street, on the left when traveling east.
Before and during the Civil War, thousands of freedom seekers fled northward to escape bondage. Aided by abolitionists and other sympathetic allies, these men, women, and children often traveled by night on foot or by wagon, boat, or train. By day . . . — — Map (db m286023) HM
On North Clear Lane 1.5 miles east of North Campground Lane, on the right when traveling east.
The Atkinson Cemetery was established March 11, 1875, by James Atkinson, who granted the land as a community burial ground. The first recorded burial (1843) was of Sarah A. Short, daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Martha "Patsy" (Maddux) Short. The . . . — — Map (db m236731) HM
On West Madison Street at La Salle Street (Illinois Route 23), on the right when traveling east on West Madison Street.
In 1859, Jim Gray, a slave who escaped from Missouri, was apprehended in Illinois by slave hunters. Gray was taken to Ottawa for a hearing before Justice John Dean Caton of the Illinois Supreme Court's northern division.
On October 19, with a . . . — — Map (db m201759) HM
On Washington Avenue south of 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north.
More than 250,000 horses were brought in from mid and western United States and shipped out of the East Alton stockyards during World War I. The horses of various breeds were shipped overseas to the British, French, and Belgian governments for the . . . — — Map (db m211576) HM
On West Percy Baker Junior Avenue at North Richard Pryor Place, on the right when traveling east on West Percy Baker Junior Avenue.
George Washington Carver Community Center fulfills the legacy of black women who believed in the motto "lifting as we climb."
The Colored Women's Aid Club was part of a rich network of women active in the social reform and social welfare . . . — — Map (db m267235) HM
On 1st Street 0.1 miles Webster Street, on the right when traveling south.
On Apr. 30, 1825, Lafayette arrived at Gen. Edgar's home, dined at Col. Sweet's Tavern & attended a Ball at William Morrison's house. — — Map (db m223511) HM
On South 11th Street at East Washington Street, on the right when traveling south on South 11th Street.
Near this site in 1917, union miner Henry Stephens walked a long route home "with headlamp and dinner bucket" at dusk in support of the streetcar workers' strike and boycott. He vowed to trek long miles in solidarity: "I'd live in the fields on . . . — — Map (db m281233) HM
On Field Street east of 4th Street, on the left when traveling east.
Wilhelmina Minnie Vautrin, (1886-1941) was born in Secor,
Illinois, to French immigrants. Her mother died when Minnie
was 6, and she was raised by her father and grandparents. She
excelled at school and worked her way through Illinois
State . . . — — Map (db m239248) HM
On South Wayne Street at East Maple Street, on the right when traveling north on South Wayne Street.
Side 1
Ornithologist Jane L. Hine was born
in Ohio and graduated from Oberlin
College before moving to DeKalb
County. She raised a large family,
starting ornithological work later in
life by studying the birds near her
Sedan farm. . . . — — Map (db m241163) HM
On Main Street (Indiana Route 162) at East 11th Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Ida Hagan grew up in the Pinkston Settlement, a free Black community west of Ferdinand. In 1904, local physician Dr. Alois Wollenmann appointed her deputy postmaster of the Ferdinand Post Office at age 16. at a time when few professional . . . — — Map (db m289750) HM
On North Lafayette Park Drive north of West Spruce Street, on the right when traveling west.
Born in Princeton, Dodgers first baseman Gil Hodges grew up in Petersburg. In 1941, he played American Legion baseball here. The field was renamed for him in 1970. Hodges debuted with MLB's Brooklyn Dodgers in 1943 but served with the U.S. Marine . . . — — Map (db m285517) HM
On Garfield Avenue at Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Garfield Avenue.
After devastating parts of Missouri and Illinois, the Tri-State Tornado crossed the Wabash River and entered southern Indiana on its 219-mile path. The tornado destroyed the town of Griffin and caused massive damage to Owensville before hitting . . . — — Map (db m285508) HM
