Madonna of the Trail

The National Old Trails Road

N·S·D·A·R Memorial

to the

Pioneer Mothers

of the

Covered Wagon Days

The Cumberland Road.

Built by

the Federal Government.

Was authorized by Congress

and approved by

Thomas Jefferson in 1806.

Vandalia marks the

western terminus

The Public Oven and Home for Strangers

On this site

March 29, 1734

when Savannah was an English colony

stood

the public oven and next door

22-24 Congress St.

The house for strangers

Marker is on West Congress Street near Bull Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

House of Divine Worship

Erected in 1823

The Illinois General Assembly donated five lots in Vandalia to promote the construction of a church for the use of all denominations. The forty-five by sixty feet one-story frame structure erected in the summer of 1823 was used ...

The First Attleborough Towne House

Was erected near here in 1828

the geographic center

of the town at that time

Committee Selectmen

Noah Claflin Elkanah Briggs

Abijah M. Ide Samual Cushman

Ellis Blackington

Uncle Jacob Capron Builder

Marker is at the intersection of Clifton St and West St on ...

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

On this site

The President of the United States

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

addressed the citizens of the

Tampa Bay Area

and received the ovation of some

10,000 persons on the declaration

of his Latin American policy

Oct. 18, 1960.

Marker is at the intersection of North Pierce Street and ...

North Carolina Museum of History

Collection gathered by Fred Olds merged 1902 with state's artifacts to create Hall of History.

Moved here in 1994.

Marker is at the intersection of North Wilmington Street and Edenton Street, on the left when traveling north on North Wilmington Street.

Courtesy ...

First Baptist Church of Florence

Settlers in the farming and ranching community of Florence gathered in April 1856 to hear the Rev. Robert Hay Taliaferro (1824-1875) preach and help them formally organize a church. Originally known as the Baptist Church of Christ, the congregation changed ...

Potawatomi Trail of Death

Island Grove Encampment

Potawatomi

Trail of Death

Sept 4 - Nov 4, 1838

Island Grove

Encampment

During a drought, 850 Potawatomi Indians were force-marched more than 600 miles from Indiana to Kansas. 40 died, mostly children.

After a 6 mile march from McCoy's Mill east of here, ...

First Long Hunters

1765, Henry Skaggs, his brothers, Charles and Richard, and Joseph Drake and a group of other long hunters were the first Anglo-Saxons to explore this area. They made their campsite at Mansker's Lick, opening the doorway for the future settlement ...

Potawatomi Trail of Death

McCoys Mill Encampment

Potawatomi

Trail of Death

Sept 4 - Nov 4, 1838

McCoys Mill

Encampment

During a drought, 850 Potawatomi Indians were force-marched more than 600 miles from Indiana to Kansas. 40 died, mostly children.

After a 17 mile march from the Sangamon River camp and ...