Markers of History

I feel the urge to get more Portsmouth pho­tos some­time soon. I’ve been want­ing to for a few days (and at one point had plans to go yes­ter­day), but I was been deal­ing with a hor­ri­ble cold and throat stuff for a few days, as well as being quite tired. Most of that has passed, but I’m still a lit­tle wary of strand­ing myself far from home (in city bus terms) and get­ting over-tired. So I decided to try to plan for that trip that will hope­fully hap­pen tomor­row or Wednesday (since I think it’s sup­posed to get hot again at the end of the week).

So, ten­ta­tive plans for my next trip to Portsmouth (and future con­tent for this blog and snarfs at Markeroni):

1. Take ferry to North landing.
2. Visit Visitor’s Center, look­ing for brochure on Path of History.
3. Visit some sites from the National Register of Historic Places that I didn’t see on my last trip:
   1. Cedar Grove Cemetery
   2. Old Norfolk County Courthouse, cor­ner of Court & High Sts
   3. Pythian Castle, cor­ner of Court & County Sts
   4. Seaboard Coastline Bldg, next to High St ferry landing
   5. St Paul’s Catholic Church, High St
4. Find other state his­tor­i­cal mark­ers, espe­cially along Crawford Pkwy/Elizabeth River.
5. Buffalo Bill Cody marker, Water St, S of High St

Of course, not all of these may come to pass. That’s a lot of walk­ing and while I might be up to that on an ordi­nary day, I’m likely to play it safe and cut things short so I don’t get overtired.

I may also aim to find a few Cannonball Trail mark­ers over in Norfolk if I have energy, but I don’t really have a plan for those.

So hope­fully this blog won’t stay dor­mant for too much longer and we’ll return to more explo­rations of his­tory in a cou­ple of days.