Northwest Portal of Wisconsin

Over millions of years, the forces of nature have given Northwest Wisconsin some of the finest scenery in the world. The most striking feature is Lake Superior, largest freshwater lake in the world and the "Gitche Gumee" of Henry Wadsworth ...

First Congregational Church

United Church of Christ

Twinsburg pioneers, many from Killingworth, Connecticut, worshipped in various locations for 31 years until this church was built in 1848. Its design is attributed to master builder Simeon Porter. The spire is an 1857 replacement. The ...

The Norfolk 17

Four years after the May 1954 U. S. Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education that segregation of public school students based on race was unconstitutional, the Commonwealth of Virginia continued to resist compliance. A fierce legal battle ...

The University of Wisconsin-Superior

Authorized by the legislature in 1893, the University of Wisconsin-Superior opened its doors in 1896 as the state's seventh Normal School to train teachers, drawing most of its students from ten northern Wisconsin counties. The original building, Old Main, burned ...

Town of Monroe

Created by NYS March 23, 1799

First named Cheescocks, renamed Munroe April 6, 1808, popularized Monroe ca. 1818 after President James Monroe.

Marker is at the intersection of New York Route 17M and New York Route 208, on the right when traveling ...

Village of Monroe

A small farming community which grew from the ashes of the disastrous fire, being incorporated in 1894.

Marker is on 17M (New York Route 17M) 0 miles east of Lake Street, on the right when traveling west.

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Freedom High School Sundial Memorial

In memory of the citizens of Prince William County and other Americans who lost their lives on September 11, 2001

Marker is on Neabsco Mills Road.

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James Edward Freimuth

In memoriam

James Edward Freimuth

Division Chairman

Business and Social Sciences

Woodbridge Campus N.V.C.C.

1975

Marker can be reached from S. College Drive near Neabsco Mills Road.

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Beginning Point of the U. S. Public Land Survey

West Side:Ohio1112 feet South of this spot was the "Point of beginning" for surveying the public lands of the United States. There, on September 30, 1785, Thomas Hutchins, first Geographer of the United States, began the Geographers Line of the ...

Parish of St. Paul’s

This Parish of St. Paul’s was founded in 1737 by a missionary priest sent to the colonies from London. The present church building is the fifth erected on this site. The second structure was destroyed by the British on July ...