Rogers’ Rangers

Robert Rogers and 74 of his

Rangers in Jan. 1757 in this

vicinity fought superior

French forces for several

hours and successfully escaped.

Ticonderoga Historical Society

Marker is on U.S. 9, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Fort Blair Blockhouse

This is a replication of the blockhouse which records tell us was in the center of the encampment. The original blockhouse measured 16 feet square and was constructed of logs. It was built to store equipment and supplies. Reports indicate ...

Franklin Court

I am got into my niche, after being kept out of it 24 years by foreign employments. 'Tis a very good house that I built so very long ago to retire into . . . .

Signature - Benj Franklin ...

“The National Homestead at Gettysburg”

This building was constructed in 1869 as a dormitory for “The National Homestead at Gettysburg,” a school for soldiers’ orphans established in 1866 in the brick building to your right. Among its first students were Alice, Frank and Frederick Humiston, ...

Col. Thomas Cresap

In Memory of

Col. Thomas Cresap

Pathfinder - Pioneer

- Patriot -

Built the first home and

fort in this county at

Oldtown, about 1740

Surveyed the first trail

to the west, starting

near this spot in 1751

His Sons - - -

Daniel Cresap

for whom Dan's Mountain

is named

Thomas Cresap, ...

Benjamin Franklin

(1706 - 1790)

Printer, author, inventor, diplomat, philanthropist statesman, and scientist. The eighteenth century's most illustrious Pennsylvanian built a house in Franklin Court starting in 1763, and here he lived the last five years of his life.

Marker is on ...

Mechanics' Union of Trade Associations

Formed nearby in 1827 as the first central labor council in the nation; recognized as the beginning of American labor movement. Represented workers as a class, not by craft. Advocated for ten-hour day; engaged in political activism and workers' education.

Valley Creek Presbyterian Church

One of state’s first Presbyterian churches

Established in 1816 by eight families form Rocky River Presbyterian Church in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.

In 1859 this two-story brick building replaced original wooden structure.

Sanctuary and former slave gallery are on second floor.

Other meetings held ...

Park Cemetery GAR Memorial

Side 1

Meade

Soldiers Rest! Thy warfare o'er

Sleep the sleep that knows no waking

Dream of battlefields no more

Side 2

Grant

On Fames eternal camping ground

Their silent tents are spread

And glory guards with solumn round

The Bivovac of ...

Rogers Island

Bivouac Area

Major Robert Rogers and his

ten Ranger Companies during

the French and Indian Wars

1755 - 1759

Site of

Fort Nicholson           1709

Fort Lydius                 1731