The First Complete County Rural Free Delivery Service

In the United States was inaugurated by the post office department on December 20, 1899 covering the whole of Carroll County and small parts of adjacent counties with Westminster as the central distributing point.

Marker is at the intersection of Main ...

The First Maryland Brigade

Morristown National Historical Park

The Marylanders were ordered south in April 1780 to reinforce the garrison at Charleston, South Carolina. The New Jersey Brigade, just back from guard posts near the British lines, moved into the Maryland huts for the next ...

The First Public Park in Kansas

North Esplanade Park and Historic District

North Esplanade Historic District

In the plat of the Town of Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, filed December 20, 1854, in the Surveyor General's Office at Fort Leavenworth, the proprietors of the town donated to the public "the ...

Site of the First Public School in Castro Valley

This site was part of the original Don Castro Land Grant. In 1866 pioneer settler Josiah Grover Brickell made a land grant of this site for “educational purposes only” and paid the teacher’s salary, who taught children by day, in ...

The First Presbyterian Mission in the Maumee Valley

On this ground was established

In the year 1822

The first Presbyterian Mission

In the Maumee Valley

—————

Rev. Joseph Badger,

Missionary, 1805 - 1812.

Rev. Isaac Van Tassell,

Its first superintendent, 1822 - 1834.

Marker is on West River Road (Ohio Route 65) north of Middleton Pike (Ohio ...

The First Telephone Exchange South of the Potomac River

The first telephone exchange south

of the Potomac River opened

at this site April 1, 1879

1219 E. Main Street

Old Dominion Chapter

Telephone Pioneers of America

C.&P. Telephone Co. of Va.

1979

Marker is at the intersection of South 13th Street and East Main Street (U.S. 60), ...

The Livery Stable and the First Catholic Church

Ridgefield, Connecticut

Whitlock's Livery, later the Sperry Livery stable, was across the street from the firehouse. Whitlock ran a stage to the Branchville station before the branch line was built in 1870. The livery stable also boarded horses, including those ...

Site of the First County Free Library Branch in California

In 1908 Elk Grove acquired through the efforts of Miss Harriet G. Eddy, then principal of Elk Grove Union High School, the first county free library branch in California. Subsequently, California's county free library branch system has become one of ...

Site of the First Office of The Union Democrat

Established in July, 1854, the pioneer newspaper was published at this location continuously until 1954. First publisher was Albert N. Francisco followed by a colorful group of editors that included Prentice Milford, John and Ferdinand Van Harlingen, Judge C.H. Randall ...

To Honor the Maker of First American Flag

Betsy Ross

[In Circle]

To Honor the Maker of First American Flag

Erected

1923

Elizabeth Griscom

ROSS

Ashbourne

Claypoole

1752

1836

BETSY ROSS

Marker can be reached from Valley Forge Road (Pennsylvania Route 23), on the left when traveling west.