Benjamin Tallmadge

Colonel, 2nd Regiment, Light Dragoons, Continental Army. As a spy for General Washington, was instrumental in the capture of Major Andre, although he grieved at his hanging. Born in the Setauket Parsonage, 25 February 1754.Michael Gressel, Sculptor

Marker is on Main ...

Bourbon County, 1786

Named for the royal French family who aided the colonies in the War of Independence. Bourbon was one of nine Virginia counties formed before Kentucky became a state in 1792. From its original area all of twenty-four counties and parts ...

The Depot at Beaver Dam

The first railroad depot at Beaver Dam was built ca. 1840 to serve the farmers of Hanover and Louisa counties. Its strategic location during the Civil War made it a target of many Union raids. The July 20, 1862, raid ...

Oliver Club

With the mining activities expanding and the village of Hibbing's population growing, there was a lack of entertainment for the miners, so the Oliver Iron Mining Company constructed a building which was once known as the Oliver Club.

It had a ...

Carnegie Library

This library was donated to Hibbing by Andrew C. Carnegie. Mr. Carnegie was a financier who made his fortune in steel.

The library was finer than many in larger cities. It had all the major books available at the time.

When the ...

Setauket Presbyterian Church

Oldest church organization in Brookhaven

Instituted 1660.

Present church building completed in 1812.

Second Marker : >

Setauket Presbyterian Church

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

1812

Marker is on Caroline Avenue, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy ...

Waukesha Beach Amusement Park

On the 67 acres N & W of this marker was the former site of Waukesha Beach Amusement Park, which officially opened on June 25, 1895 with a swimming beach on Pewaukee Lake. It included the Palm Gardens ballroom, a ...

Sounds of the byway...moccasins and tears.

Frontier Military Scenic Byway

Potawatomi Tribal members were marched from Indiana in 1838 to be relocated on Indian Territory lands. The march was long and arduous. Many Potawatomi, especially children and the elderly, died of illness along the way. Those who ...

Old School Baptist Church

Circa 1805

Has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

By the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on Main Street (New Jersey Route 535) near Thomas Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Hampton Roads Golf And Country Club

First in Virginia & One of the First 100 in the Country

The Hampton Roads Golf and Country Club was established in 1893 on undeveloped land purchased for speculation by Mary Frances Armstrong in 1888. This site today would extend from ...