First Brick Rural Road in United States

Olde York Road

Side A:

In the late nineteenth century, a movement to improve inadequate plank and dirt roads was brought on by the popularity of bicycling, the introduction of the automobile, and the need to improve travel to and ...

Here Fredericksburg Began

the Lease Land

John Buckner and Thomas Royston

First Settlers

May 2nd 1671 A.P.V.A

Marker is at the intersection of Sophia Street (Business Virginia Route 3 West) and William Street (Business Virginia Route 3 East), on the right when traveling north on Sophia Street. ...

Former Grand Trunk Railway Station

The Saint-Jean station, built in 1890, symbolizes the presence of the Grand Trunk Railway in Québec before its amalgamation in 1923 with the Canadian National Railways. The Grand Trunk was incorporated in 1853 to provide service through the Province of ...

Fulton Mansion

Built between 1874 and 1877 by George Ware Fulton (1810 – 1893) and his wife, Harriet Smith Fulton (1823 – 1910), this imposing residence was named “Oakhurst”. The three-story French second empire style home is of plank wall construction, with ...

Old Wolf River Crossing

This landing was the chief point of entry for pioneers who first settled the land between the Wolf and Wisconsin Rivers. On June 1, 1852, a legislative proclamation opened these lands for settlement. The Big Crossing almost immediately followed and ...

St. Francis Solanus Indian Mission

?Lac Courte Oreilles remains one of the earliest Ojibway (Chippewa) Indian settlements in Wisconsin. In 1796 John Baptiste Corbine, a French-Canadian fur trader, arrived at Little Lac Courte Oreilles and established a trading post here in 1800. Corbine's Christian devotion ...

Fulton Cemetery

Land for this community graveyard was set aside when the town of Fulton was platted by George Ware Fulton in 1868. The earliest documented burial is that of a child, Louis L. I. Greenough (1868-1869). The large number of childrens’ ...

First Railway in Canada

Canada's first steam railway, the Champlain and St. Lawrence, was opened in 1836 to better facilitate trade with the United States. It was built by promoters led by brewer John Molson and merchant-forwarder Jason C. Pierce. This 23-kilometre line expedited ...

Glimpses of Detroit's Riverfront History

St. Aubin Park Riverwalk

Stone 1:

St. Aubin Park Riverwalk

Glimpses of Detroit's Riverfront History

This walk made possible by:

Friends of Partners

Detroit Recreation Department

Dedicated July 1969

Stone 2:

The Many Names of Detroit

1880: City of the ...

Fulton Community Church

Before the growth of fishing and tourism industries, Fulton was a community of only about 200 settlers. Although Sunday schools met in town, residents had to travel to Rockport for worship services. In 1943, Frank Walker, visiting the area on ...