Freestone Point Earthworks

Blockading the Potomac

On August 22, 1861, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee issued orders to blockade the Potomac River by building a series of artillery positions that would command the sailing channel. One of these positions was on the grounds of ...

The Battle of Ridgefield, April 27, 1777

Ridgefield, Connecticut

British General Tryon’s Raid on Danbury occurred on April 26, 1777. The beginning of the 1777 campaign was the first British invasion and the only pitched battle in Connecticut. Following the burning of Danbury the British troops marched through ...

Seaford Fire Department

On November 14, 1901, a group of concerned citizens met in the Seaford town conncil room for the purpose of discussing the organization of a fire company. By the end of the month, over 50 person had volunteered. The company ...

Hedges – Fish Homestead

Circa 1751

Property acquired by Deacon

Gideon Hedges, and still

owned by Fish descendants.

Farm contracted to supply

Continental Army with oats

For forage 1779.

Marker is on Brooklake Road, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Franklin Township Veterans Monument

This monument is dedicated to the veterans of Franklin Township who fought for our freedom. They will always be in our hearts.

Marker is on New Jersey Route 57, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

In Memory of General John A. Sutter

Benefactor of the Great State of

Who mined here and gave Sutter Creek its name and under whose regime gold was discovered.

Also to those pioneer mothers, fathers and miners of the Mother Lode, which has produced millions is gold.

This rock used ...

House of Four Winds

House of

Four Winds

Built in the late 1830's

by Thomas Oliver Larkin

Traditionally used as an

early Hall of Records

Monterey History & Art Assn.

Courtesy Thomson J. Hudson

Memorial Fund

Marker is on Calle Principal 0.1 miles south of Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling north. ...

Ridgefield

This town was founded in 1708 by a group of families from Norwalk who purchased twenty thousand acres from the Ramapoo Indians for one hundred pounds sterling. They were aided by John Copp, a surveyor, who explored the land now ...

Stringfellow Orchards

Nationally and internationally recognized horticulturist Henry Martyn Stringfellow (1839–1912) started an experimental garden and orchard at this location in 1883. In 1890 he published a treatise containing innovative organic gardening methods that were adopted by Japanese, German and many American ...

First Vermont Brigade

Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Regiments

(Right):First Vermont Brigade,

Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Regiments,

Second Brigade, Second Division, Sixth Corps.

—————————Organized in the summer of 1861 by Major General William F. Smith, and commanded by Brig. Gen. W.T.H. Brooks and Brig. ...