Rockaway Presbyterian Church

First Meeting House built

1758. During struggle for

Independence, church furnished

leadership and public forum

for patriots. Burying place of

General William Winds. Present

church built 1832.

Marker is at the intersection of Church Street and Academy Street, on the right when traveling south on Church Street. ...

Gascoigne Bluff

Throughout the ages Gascoigne Bluff has been the gateway to St. Simons Island. An Indian village was located here. Capt. James Gascoigne of HM Sloop-of-was, HAWK, which convoyed the Frederica settlers on their voyage across the Atlantic in 1736, established ...

North Dakota Badlands

The badlands you see from here were so named because they were "badlands" to travel over before modern roads were built. Rain, wind and running water have carved these hills. A thick series of shale and sandstone layers, all of ...

Site of Old Block House

Site of

Old Block House

Used As A

Fort And Indian Trading Post

Built About 1697

By Omey Ackerson

First Business Building

In The

Pascack Valley

Marker Placed By

Wampum Mill Chapter D.A.R.

1950

Marker is at the intersection of Pascack Road and Mill Lane, on the right ...

John Brown's Last Stand

You are in the line of fire. The stone marker in front of you identifies the original site of the armory fire engine house - now known as John Brown's Fort. Barricaded inside the fort, abolitionist John Brown and his ...

American Exchange Bank

1871

This Italian Renaissance Revival style structure, a distinguished example of its type, was designed by Madison architect Stephen Vaughn Shipman. Built of Madison sandstone as the Park Savings Bank, the structure occupies the former site of the American House where ...

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 ...

Curly Bill Brocius

Curly Bill Brocius killed Marshal Fred White here on October 28th, 1880.

Marker is on East Allen Street, on the right when traveling east.

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Keeler Tavern and the “Big Shop”

Ridgefield, Connecticut

Built as a farmhouse in 1713 on Lot#2 by David Hoyt, it was sold to his grandson Timothy Keeler, who converted it into an inn/tavern in 1772. The Keeler Tavern, which also served as a post office, was inherited ...

Robertville

Named for descendants of Hugnenot minister Pierre Robert, it was the birthplace of Henry Martyn Robert, author of Robert's Rules of Order and of Alexander Lawton, Confederate Quartermaster General. The town was burned by Sherman's army in 1865. The present ...