Biloxi Lighthouse

Since its construction in 1848, this cast iron lighthouse has been the landmark for which Biloxi-bound vessels sail. Tended by the Younghans family, father, mother and daughter, from late 1866 till 1929.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 90 and ...

Bethel College

Founded as Bethel Seminary at McLemoresville in 1842 by the West Tennessee Synod, Cumberland Presbyterian Church, with Rev. Ruben Burrow principal. Incorporated in 1847, it became Bethel College in 1850 and moved here in 1872. It was presented to the ...

Blacksmith Shop

This shop was used by the farmer to make repairs to tools or to forge his own ironwork. Iron could be scarce, so a worn-out horseshoe might become part of a door hinge, as you can see here.

This blacksmith shop ...

George W. Campbell Home

George W. Campbell originally built this highly picturesque structure in 1854. Designed with Romanesque and Norman Revival architectural features - a round tower, arched windows and doorways - and constructed of locally mined blue limestone, the home is representative of ...

Rochambeau Route 1781-82

Rochambeau

Route

1781-82

In This Vicinity

French Troops Under

Rochambeau

Entoute From Yorktown

Encamped During October 1782

Erected By The State

And

Farmington Historical

Society

Cooperating

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Connecticut Route 10) and Hatters Lane, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Battle of Paris

On this ridge on March 11, 1862, 450 Confederate troops under the command of Major H. Clay King, 1st Kentucky Battalion, Cavalry, and Stack's and McCutchan's unattached Tennessee Companies were attacked by Federal troops from Fort Henry. 20 Confederates and ...

Gabriel Mills

Samuel Mather settled here in 1849, building a grist mill on the North San Gabriel in 1852. John G. Stewart opened a store near the mill. A small log cabin was in use by 1854 for church, school and lodge ...

Corn Cribs

Corn cribs housed the family's most important crop. Corn fed humans and livestock. Families consumed it both fresh and as cornmeal cooked into dishes such as mush and cornbread.

After allowing corn to dry on the stalk, farmers stored it on ...

Revolutionary War Patriot John Banning

Born in 1740 in Dover, Kent Co., DE

Died Feb, 15, 1791 in Dover, Kent Co., DE

Justice of the Peace

Member of Joint Committee of Accounts, Committee of Correspondence, Council of Safety, and General Assembly.

Marker can be reached from E. Water Street. ...

Pioneer Radio Telescope / Big Ear Radio Telescope

Pioneer Radio Telescope

One-half mile east is the site of the former BIG EAR radio telescope. Designed by Dr. John D. Kraus, pioneering radio astronomer at Ohio State University, it had a collecting area of 340 by 70 feet (104 by ...