Forbes Road

On the hill one mile south was located the Washington Camp. This base for Forbes Road was built Nov. 1758 by Col. George Washington, "Commanding the Troops to ye Westward," on the order of Colonel Henry Bouquet.

Marker is at the ...

Forbes Road

On the hill one mile south was located the Washington Camp. This base for Forbes Road was built Nov. 1758 by Col. George Washington, "Commanding the Troops to ye Westward," on the order of Colonel Henry Bouquet.

Marker is on William ...

Boundary House

Commissioners met here to run boundary in 1764. Popular stop for colonial travelers. Ruins used to establish present state line in 1928. Located 2¾ mi. S.E.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 17 and Country Club Road on U.S. 17. ...

The Willoughby University of Lake Erie Medical College 1834-1847

Willoughby Female Seminary 1847-1856

Side A: The Willoughby University of Lake Erie, Medical College, 1834-1847

The village of Chagrin, founded in 1798, changed its name in 1834 to honor Dr. Westel Willoughby, a pioneer medical educator. That same year, the Willoughby University ...

13th Street Bridge

The keystone inscription bears the initials of the two owners of the Haxall-Crenshaw Mill, which once stood here.

The old 13th Street Bridge and the arch on the bank of the canal opposite this spot were built by Richard B. Haxall ...

Robert Taylor 'Bob' Jones

February 8, 1884 – June 11, 1958

Born in Rutledge, Tennessee, he became a self-taught construction engineer and builder of railroads. In 1909, he settled in the mining town of Superior, site of the Magma Copper Company. He opened his first ...

Site of Log Meeting House of the Baptist Church of Warwick

James Benedict ordained and installed as pastor Nov. 7, 1765 was the first minister and this the first church in the valley. He died Sept. 9, 1792 aged 72 years. His wife, Mary Blackman, is buried beside him in this ...

Weems Botts Museum

The Weems-Botts House offers a fascinating history on Virginia’s oldest chartered town and two of the more colorful personalities to have lived here: the Rev. Mason Locke Weems and attorney Benjamin Botts. Weems, biographer of George Washington, was the creator ...

The PECO Building

Historic Pottstown Walking Tour

On February 19, 1889, the Pottstown Light, Heat & Power Co., located on Queen St. west of Penn St., along the railroad tracks, brought electricity to Pottstown. That night, High St. was illuminated by a series of ...

Edward Green Malbone (1777-1807)

Beneath this modest slab rest the remains of America's foremost painter of miniatures.

Malbone, a native of Rhode Island, began his career in Providence at the age of seventeen. He pursued his calling in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Charleston and in ...