Sounds along the byway...saws, picks and axes.

Frontier Military Scenic Byway

"The ax, pick, saw and trowel, has become more the implement of the American soldier than the cannon, musket or sword."

Colonel Zachary Taylor, 1820

In 1836, President Andrew Jackson authorized $100,000 to build a military road from Fort ...

Robert E. Lee

Dixie Highway

Erected and dedicated by the

United Daughters of the Confederacy

and friends

in loving memory of

Robert E. Lee

and to mark the route of the

Dixie Highway

"The shaft memorial and highway straight

attest his worth- he cometh to his own"

Littlefield

Marker is on Main Street, ...

Sounds along the byway...fur traders bringing their goods.

Frontier Military Scenic Byway

In 1825, Cyprian Chouteau, of the Chouteau family that founded St. Louis, Missouri, came to this area to open a trading post. The Choteau family members were extensive fur traders in the Missouri River Valley and present-day ...

Town of Lisbon

The Town of Lisbon was once part of Wayne County (Detroit), then Brown County (Green Bay), Milwaukee County and finally Waukesha County in 1846. The first male settler was Thomas S. Redford (1818-1903). He claimed 160 acres May 15, 1836. ...

Sounds along the byway...auto, trucks and buses.

Frontier Military Scenic Byway

Today's Frontier Military Scenic Byway visitors travel at higher speeds and in greater numbers than those who traveled the Frontier Military Road in the 1800s. Vehicles protect today's travelers from the weather, and our roadways of today ...

Site Of Kent County’s First Presbyterian Church

A Presbyterian Society, present in Kent from c1694, was organized and worshipped in a log church on this site from c1708 until 1791. The Presbytery of Philadelphia recognized its congregation in 1714. The present church was built in 1791 and ...

St. Alban’s Episcopal Church

Named for English martyr and saint. The parish was organized in 1842. The first church, 1844, stood at the southwest corner of God’s Acre. The first grave was there opened in that year. The edifice was dedicated by Bishop Jackson ...

United Brethern [sic] Church of Springboro

Circa 1874

The United Brethern [sic] Church building and bell tower were built in 1874. By 2004 the original wooden bell house had been modified to remove the gothic gables. In 2007, a [sic] appropriate, but not original gothic steeple was ...

Salem Harbor

If Salem was once a prosperous world seaport, it was not due to the geography of the harbor, but to the enterprise of her seamen, tradesmen, and merchants.

Unlike other major ports such as New York, Salem Harbor had no major ...

Bethel A.M.E. Church

Incorporated in 1843

Moved in 1845 to the

building called “The

Seminary” standing here

at that time.

Marker is on Park Avenue (County Route 35), on the right when traveling south.

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