Evaporator Works & Grimm Marker

Evaporator Works/Grimm Marker

46 Ravenna Street

A marker to Gustave H. Grimm on Ravenna Street was approved by the Ohio Historical Society and installed in 2007, thanks in part to the efforts of Hudson Archivist, Gwen Mayer.

Grimm, a German ...

Upper Swan Valley Historical Museum

The Swan Valley retains many signs of its varied history. Old Indian trails crisscross the mountains. Remnants of trapper cabins, notched trees for marten trapping, and old phone wires strung between trees by the U.S. Forest Service to improve communication, ...

Samuel Parris

Reverend Samuel Parris was the minister during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. He had only been living in Salem for three years prior to the outbreak. His father lived and operated in Barbados. He made enough money to fund ...

Lieutenant Colonel Jeremiah Page

At the historic High Street Burial Ground, visitors can find many of the men from Danvers who fought during the Revolutionary War. Lieut. Col. Jeremiah Page (1722-1805) is one of those men. Page was a brick maker from Danvers, Massachusetts. ...

Historic King's Chapel

Originally built in 1689, King’s Chapel operated as an Anglican church. The original building was a small wooden chapel. Over time it started deteriorating, creating a need for the newer stone building. The stone building was a marvel, it was ...

John Winthrop: Founder's Memorial

John Winthrop (1588-1649) was an English aristocrat and the only son to a lord. He married numerous times and became a widower. His wife Margaret by all accounts was the love of his life. Altogether, Winthrop had 16 children between ...

Israel Putnam

Israel Putnam (1718-1790), also known as “Old Put,” was born in the Putnam House in Danvers, Massachusetts. After living in Danvers for much of his youth, he moved to Connecticut in the hopes of purchasing cheap land. While living in ...

Dr. Joseph Warren

Dr. Joseph Warren (1741-1775) came from an average middle-class farming family not far from Boston. He attended school and then at the age of fourteen he went to Harvard and graduated with his medical degree. It is through being a ...

The Boston Tea Party

The Boston Tea Party is an event that led to the occupation of Boston by British soldiers. The Tea Act of 1773 was one of the final acts that led to the true rebellion of the patriots living in and ...

Wendell Phillips

Wendell Phillips (1811-1884) was born into a wealthy, prominent Bostonian family. His ancestors did not reside in Africa, but in England. They came to the New World around 1630 and led a very promising life in Boston. He was educated ...