In Memory of the First Settlers of Hartford

In Memory of the First

Settlers of Hartford

Jeremy Adams • Matthew Allyn • Francis Andrews • William Andrews • John Arnold • Andrew Bacon • John Barnard • Thomas Barnes • Robert Bartlett • John Baysey • Thomas Beale • Nathaniel ...

N.W. Franklin County Historical Society and Museum

Incorporated Nov. 11, 1966

Founding trustees:

Bassel L. Johnson Pres.

Eldon M. Schatz V. Pres.

Mildred Hart Treas.

Raymond K. Bradley

Delmar J. Kunz

James D. Knick

Ruth E. Mast

Richard L. Kuhn

Lester T. Porter

Mary Weaver Miller Sec'y

Courtesy hmdb.org

First Shot - Gettysburg

July 1st. 1863

(Front):First Shot

Gettysburg

July 1st. 1863

7:30 a.m.

(Left):

Fired by Capt. Jones with Serg. Shafer's carbine. Co E. 8th Ill's Cavalry

(Back):

Erected 1886

(Right):

By Capt. Jones, Lieut. Riddler, Serg. Shafer

Marker is at the intersection of Chambersburg Pike (U.S. 30) and Knoxlyn Road, on the ...

The First Line of Defense: The Union Skirmish Line

After sunset on September 14, 1862, the Confederate cannons across the road on School House Ridge vanished in the darkness. The features of the landscape began to blur as the shell-shocked Union soldiers on Bolivar Heights wondered if they could ...

Marquis de La Fayette

Marquis de La Fayette

Where You Are Standing

On September, 1824

Arrives the Marquis de La Fayette in Daniel Wadsworth's carriage drawn by four white horses. Hartford's citizens shout hurrahs, wave banners and throw garlands of flowers at the feet of this ...

John Fagan

John Fagan

Soldier in the Texas

War for Independence

at Goliad, 1835-1836

Marker can be reached from Hagy Drive 0.1 miles east of Charlotte Avenue, on the left when traveling east.

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The First Year of the War

"The people for the most part were tongue-tied with terror...overwhelmed with ruin..."

Porte Crayon, war correspondent

April 18, 1861

The armory and arsenal's destruction signaled the beginning of the war and the end of prosperity in Harpers Ferry. On April 18, 1861, the ...

Clifton–French River

Clifton, first townsite surveyed in the United States section of the North Shore, was platted

west of the mouth of the French River in 1855. The river was known to early explorers

as Riviere des Francais. Rumors of nearby copper deposits resulted ...

Confederate Soldiers of Surry County

In memory of the Confederate

soldiers of Surry County

1861 --- 1865

[ Rear of Monument: ]

1861

1865

“Duty is the sublimest word in

our language. Do your duty in

all things. You cannot do more.

You should never wish to do less.”

Robert E. Lee

Erected by

Sons ...

Drayton Hall / Drayton Family

Front side )

Drayton Hall

Seat of the Drayton family for

seven generations, this land

was acquired in 1738 by

John Drayton (c. 1759~1779)

as the center of his extensive

indigo and rice planting ventures.

One of the finest examples ...