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Daughters of the American Colonists Historical Markers
Markers erected by all chapters of Daughters of the American Colonists. The Society is dedicated to research the deeds of American colonists and to record, publish and commemorate them.
By Douglass Halvorsen, January 5, 2013
Merganser Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Memorial Drive, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Pioneer village founded in 1870. A rival town of Linkville and the first platted in Klamath County. Named after the merganser ducks on Klamath River. A bridge-crossing made it an important trade route. The town served as a settler defense rendezvous . . . — — Map (db m116786) HM |
| On Main Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Martin R. Frain born December 17, 1832 in New York, came west in 1850, arrived in Oregon Territory April 30, 1857 crossed Link river and camped under a ledge nearby. Established the first Trading Post at the present area of Payne Alley and Main . . . — — Map (db m100207) HM |
| | In 1846, first crossed the Applegate Trail. The Southern Wagon Road and Topsy Road made original junction. An Indian Trail, at first; then the
Soldiers traversed these roads and in 1863, the Pony Express Trail was used to carry messages from Fort . . . — — Map (db m100225) HM |
| | Honorable Lindsay Applegate, son of a Revolutionary soldier with Colonial ancestry, born in Kentucky, September 18, 1808. Explorer, soldier, Trailblazer. Came to the Oregon country 1843. An Oregon Patriot, served in provisional, territorial and . . . — — Map (db m112625) HM |
| On Douglas Run Road at Round Hill Road, on the right when traveling south on Douglas Run Road. |
| | This pioneer settler of Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County, arrived in Philadelphia from Rotterdam aboard the ship Mortonhouse in 1729. He and his wife Mary lived for a time near Hagerstown, Maryland and after the Braddock and Forbes . . . — — Map (db m63078) HM |
| On Arboretum Drive east of Eden Park Boulevard. |
| | From whom McKeesport derives its name, first permanent white settler at the forks of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny Rivers in 1755. The Colonial Government granted to him exclusive right of ferrage over these rivers April 3, 1769, called . . . — — Map (db m29962) HM |
| Near High Street (U.S. 19) north of West 1st Alley, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Built by the French in 1752
Under British flag 1759 - 1763 — Map (db m32010) HM |
| Near N. Seventh St. at Torrence Ave.. |
| | British Major General Edward Braddock camped here at Stewart's Crossing on the banks of the Youghiogheny River, June 28-30, 1755. His goal was to reach Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh) and drive the French from the area. He was accompanied by colonial . . . — — Map (db m76134) HM |
| Near N 5th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Clarion call of the American Revolution in South Carolina. His eloquence awakened the sons of his native state to their danger and brought them to arms, from the mountains to the sea. President of Provincial Congress in 1775, Chief Justice of S.C. . . . — — Map (db m106453) HM |
| On 2nd Street Extension at Grant Avenue, on the right when traveling west on 2nd Street Extension. |
| | Jacob Rabe came from Maryland in 1770 to Western Pennsylvania while this area was claimed by Virginia. In 1774 he received a Virginia Certificate for 412 acres. Boundary dispute between Virginia and Pennsylvania was settled in 1781, with the . . . — — Map (db m69762) HM |
| On Church Street 0.1 miles north of Queen Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| |
Here in the churchyard of
St. Philip's are buried
Charles Pinckney
(1757-1824)
Signer of the United
States Constitution
and author of the famous
"Pinckney Draught"
Governor of South Carolina
U.S. Senator & Congressman . . . — — Map (db m27541) HM |
| Near Canal Road (State Highway 330) near Landsford Road (State Highway 843), on the right when traveling east. |
| | The most heavily traveled road in Colonial America passed through here, linking areas from the Great Lakes to Augusta, GA. Laid on ancient animal and Native American Trading/ Warrior Paths. Indian treaties among the Governors of NY, PA, & VA and the . . . — — Map (db m13719) HM |
| On Timmonsville Highway (State Highway 340) at Hoffmeyer Road on Timmonsville Highway. Reported missing. |
| | Wilson Crossroads At this point the Camden-Mars Bluff road intersected the road to Darlington on property granted to the Reverend John Wilson (1790-1869) by the state of South Carolina in 1837. Wilson, a North Carolinian, settled here, and . . . — — Map (db m117881) HM |
| On East Seven Pines Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Born in Darlington County in 1859, William Dowling was a descendant of Robert Dowling, who had settled in S.C. in the Parish of St. David by 1773. William served as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 1899-1900, and was . . . — — Map (db m38168) HM |
| On Ashley River Road (State Highway 61), on the right when traveling north. |
| | (Front text)
Middleton Place
These famous gardens were laid out about
1741 by Henry Middleton (1717-84), President
of Continental Congress. His son Arthur,
Signer of the Declaration Of Independence,
lived here as did his son Henry . . . — — Map (db m16281) HM |
| On Rose Hill Road (Local Route 6) at China Grove Lane (private road), on the left when traveling south on Rose Hill Road. |
| | Birthplace of Jeremiah John Snow. China Grove was the birthplace of the Reverend Jeremiah John Snow (1836–1892), a son of the third James Snow who lived here. He entered the Methodist Conference in 1863, and was a chaplain in the Third . . . — — Map (db m16513) HM |
| On Sumter Highway (U.S. 15) near Browntown Road (State Road 31-29). |
| |
[Front]:
The Reverend James Jenkins served in the Methodist ministry for 55 years. He was born in Bitton's Neck, the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Britton Jenkins. His mother was a Revolutionary War heroine. In 1805 he married Elizabeth . . . — — Map (db m27704) HM |
| On Charleston Highway (U.S. 176/321) near Between Dixiana Road and Old Dunbar Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1718, at a site 2.7 miles east, near the place where the Cherokee Path crossed Congaree Creek, the first frontier outpost in central South Carolina was established under the command of Captain Charles Russell. The fort was abandoned in 1722, but . . . — — Map (db m21711) HM |
| On U.S. 378 near South Carolina Highway 908, on the left when traveling west. |
| | (Front)
One of the oldest settlements in Marion County, Britton's Neck lay between Great and Little Pee Dee Rivers extending northward from the mouth of Little Pee Dee. It was named for Francis, Timothy, Daniel, Moses, Joseph, and Philip . . . — — Map (db m45857) HM |
| On Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway (SC Highway 11). |
| | [Front Side]:
The main trading path to the Cherokee Nation paralleled the route of Highway 11 for several miles at this point. This section of the path was used by travelers going from Keowee, the main Lower Town of the Cherokees, across . . . — — Map (db m14383) HM |
| On Keowee Baptist Church Road 0.5 miles south of Talton Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| |
(side 1)
Fort Prince George, covered by Lake Keowee since 1968, was built nearby in 1753, near the unofficial boundary between Cherokee lands and white settlements. Across the Keowee River from the Cherokee Lower Town of Keowee, it was . . . — — Map (db m78989) HM |
| On East Main Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In 1732 Roger Gordon led 40 Scotch Irish to found Williamsburg Township, (Kingstree), one of 11 inland sites granted by the Provincial Governor in King George’s plan to develop a successful English colony in South Carolina. In 1738 the town acquired . . . — — Map (db m54667) HM |
| On Long Hollow Pike (Tennessee Route 174), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Here on west bank of the creek that he discovered in 1772, Kasper Mansker and other first settlers built a log fort in 1779. John Donelson’s family fled here in 1780 for safety from Indians. Mansker abandoned the fort in 1781 and moved to Fort . . . — — Map (db m2586) HM |
| | Built in 1906
First
privately endowed public high school
Smith Hughes Grant
FFA chapter
in United States — — Map (db m155863) HM |
| On West Washington Street at North Poplar Street, on the right when traveling east on West Washington Street. |
| | Built in 1896 — West Tennessee's oldest working courthouse
Court-first held in Peter Wall's home in 1821. A log courthouse built in Clifty 1823. Two story brick courthouse erected on this land in 1825 and replaced in 1852.
The . . . — — Map (db m155871) HM |
| On North Poplar Street at Greer Street, on the right when traveling south on North Poplar Street. |
| | Home of O.C. Barton
Built 1914
Museum for cultural and
historical activities to
enhance the present and future — — Map (db m155912) HM |
| On East Lakeview Drive just west of Reelfoot Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| |
Reelfoot Lake is a by-product of the "New Madrid Earthquakes", a series of 1,874 recorded tremors centered generally about 70 miles southwest of the Lake, taking place from December 16, 1811 until March 8, 1812. The "hard shock” came at 3 . . . — — Map (db m155949) HM |
| On Campground Road 0.2 miles east of Marion Thompson Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Est. c 1833
Buried here families
who founded Obion County
in 1824 — — Map (db m155948) HM |
| Near Southeast Broad Street (U.S. 41/70S) just south of Ash Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Three principal Indian and pioneer trails
cut across Rutherford County connecting
the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and
the Atlantic Coast substantially following
animal trails to salt and water. Great South
Trail continued to Alabama and . . . — — Map (db m158268) HM |
| On Warrior Drive 1.2 miles north of Hemlock Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The most heavily traveled road in Colonial America passed through here, linking areas from the Great Lakes to Augusta, GA. Laid on ancient animal and Native American Trading/Warrior Paths. Indian treaties among the Governors of NY, PA, & VA and . . . — — Map (db m158112) HM |
| | Daughters of
the American Colonists
“1673 — James Needham & Gabriel
Arthur, first English-speaking
visitors, passed here en route
to the Cherokee towns on the
Little Tennessee River.”
“1700 — Daniel . . . — — Map (db m157847) HM |
| On East Main Street east of North Cherokee Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Colonial and Revolutionary Service
A native of South Carolina; Founder of Brown’s Settlement on Nolachucky River, 1771; Merchant, Gunsmith and Blacksmith to the Cherokee Indians; purchased from those Indians two boundaries of land-a . . . — — Map (db m83139) HM WM |
| On Commerce Street at North 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west on Commerce Street. |
| | Resting place of many Texas pioneers and heroes. Placed by Texas Society Daughters of American Colonists March 7, 1966 — — Map (db m158444) HM |
| On Sugar Land Street 0 miles west of Brooks Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The center of the sugar industry from Texas colonial days and the site of the first sugar refinery in Texas located by S. M. Williams on land granted to him by the Mexican government. — — Map (db m27764) HM |
| On Seawall Boulevard east of 28th Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| |
1836 - 1845
In commemoration of
The Texas Navy
that played heroic part
in the struggle of
the Texas Republic
and made headquarters at
the port of Galveston
Erected by
the Texas Society
Daughters of the American . . . — — Map (db m90704) WM |
| On Alumni Drive at Griffith Boulevard, on the right when traveling north on Alumni Drive. |
| | At contact, Europeans found that Native American communities and regions were connected by trails. The major trail in Texas was known to its' colonizers as the Camino de los Tejas. This road, also known as Camino de Arriba and El Camino Real and . . . — — Map (db m156886) HM |
| On U.S. 67 0.8 miles east of Highland Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | At confluence of Concho and
Rio Grande Rivers.
A settlement for over 10,000 years
Site of
first recorded wagon train
crossing into Texas
December 10, 1582
Headed by Antonio de Espejo — — Map (db m60844) HM |
| On State Highway 21, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Site of
Historic Crossing on the Sabine River
Erected by
Sabine River Chapter
Texas Society of the
National Society Daughters
of the American Colonists
Mrs. Roy E. Massengill,
Chapter Regent
Mrs. Walter M. . . . — — Map (db m30763) HM |
| Near Main Street (State Highway 30) 0.1 miles south of Seymour Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Vermont is crossed by a complete system of ancient major routes from the Lake Champlain Valley to the Connecticut River Valley leading eventually to the sea. Paths were first made by migrating herds of animals searching for salt, and later by Native . . . — — Map (db m144471) HM |
| Near Harrison Landing Road 0.9 miles south of Westover Road (Virginia Route 633), on the left when traveling south. |
| | In this graveyard is buried
Col. Benjamin Harrison, V
December 13, 1730
April 24, 1791
Singer of the
Declaration of Independence
Member of
Virginia House of Burgesses
Continental Congress
Federal Constitutional Convention . . . — — Map (db m87114) HM |
| | Here at Cape Henry first landed in America, upon 26 April 1607, those English colonists who, upon 13 May 1607, established at Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English colony in America.
Erected by the National Society, Daughters of the . . . — — Map (db m23198) HM |
| | On May 30, 1792 Captain Vancouver and his party anchored off this point and came ashore the following morning. Commissioned by the British to survey the N.W. Coast of America, they named this area Rose Point for the many wild roses that grew here. — — Map (db m83866) HM |
| On Washington Street SE south of Legion Way SE, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Here, in February 1909, both Houses of the Washington Legislature authorized a vote by the State’s qualified voters to amend the Washington State Constitution to enable women to vote in all elections. Male voters of Washington approved the amendment . . . — — Map (db m83709) HM |
| On Dalles Military Road near Northeast Myra Road. |
| | During the period of its existence Fort Walla Walla protected a vast area of the Northwest. Indian Wars which were fought by troops from this fort are Steptoe Expedition, Wright Expedition, Modoc War and Bannock War.
Regiments stationed here . . . — — Map (db m158915) HM |
| Near South Webster Avenue at Greene Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This park, built to portray and preserve Wisconsin's beginnings, is located on a site that is itself a part of history. On this 40-acre site stood Camp Smith--a temporary location of Fort Howard--part of the pioneer settlement known as Shantytown, . . . — — Map (db m10544) HM |
| Near South Monroe Avenue (State Highway 57) 0.1 miles north of Emilie Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | On this site Morgan L. Martin (1805-87) built this home in 1837, after his marriage to Elizabeth Smith of Plattsburgh, N.Y. It was a center of social, literary and political accomplishment for nearly a century. Coming here in 1827 as a young . . . — — Map (db m37202) HM |
| On Hamilton Road 0.1 miles north of Green Bay Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | In our ancient past, Wisconsin was crossed by a system of trails first forged by deer and elk as they migrated in search of good weather, food and salt. Native Americans used the Paths as they hunted, traded, and made war in troubled times. Some . . . — — Map (db m66620) HM |
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