James L. Farmer, Jr.

(Jan. 12, 1920 - Jul. 9, 1999)

Civil rights leader James Leonard Farmer, Jr., son of Pearl (Houston) and Dr. James L. Farmer, Sr., lived here as a child from 1925-30. James, Sr. taught at Samuel Huston College (now Huston-Tillotson University). ...

New Fairfield Veterans Memorial

They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn them.

French & Indian War

Samuel Fairchild Militia K.I.A. Aug. 4, 1759

Burmell Barnum Militia K.I.A. Aug. 4, 1761

Civil War

Frederick C. ...

Farm Tools

Most maintenance and repair work was done by those who ran this farm. This required a variety of tools as well as the diverse skills to use them well.

Marker can be reached from Sagamore Hill Road, on the right when ...

New Fairfield Fire Department Memorial

Upper marker:

The New Fairfield

Volunteer Fire Department

Dedicated To All Members

Past and Present

2003

Lower marker:

The New Fairfield Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. was formed in 1934 consisting of seven districts – Center, New Fairfield bay, Squantz Pond, Balls pond, Pine Hill, Haviland Hollow and ...

New Fairfield

Front

In the year 1724 twelve men from Fairfield, Connecticut , came to this area to purchase land from the Indians who then inhabited it. They negotiated with Chief Squantz of the Schaghticoke tribe, who lived near the pond ...

Confederate Land Mines

Land mines or torpedoes buried along the western approaches to the fort caused most of the casualties to the Union troops in the assault on December 13, 1864. After the taking of the fort, General Sherman personally gave orders that ...

Site of Old Anderson High School; Kealing Jr. High School

Robertson Hill School, the first high school for blacks in Austin, opened on the corner of Eleventh and San Marcos Streets in 1884. In 1907 the school moved to the corner of Olive and Curve Streets and was renamed E.H. ...

Harris Family

Among the earliest pioneers of Oshtemo Township was a Black family, that of Enoch and Deborah Harris. Born in the East in the late 1700's, they settled in the Ohio wilderness about 1810. Moving westward with the advancing frontier, they ...

Clock Donated to the Town of Saluda and Saluda County

Clock Donated to the Town of Saluda and Saluda County

By

Gentry's Poultry Company Inc.

June 10, 2007

Founded by Wesley M. Gentry, Sr. (Matt), Gentry's Poultry began as a small family-run business. Continuing as a family-owned, family-run business, it flourished under the direction ...

C.F. Martin & Co. Guitars

Established 1833

Christian Frederick Martin (1796-1873) established his first instrument shop on this site in the late Fall of 1833. He emigrated here with his family from the small town of Markneukirchen, Germany to form what would become C.F. Martin ...