Home Site of Robert Treat

Near this site stood

The home of Robert Treat

A founder of Milford

Deputy Governor and Governor

Of Connecticut 1676 – 1708

Founder of Newark, New Jersey

1665 - 1672

Marker is at the intersection of North Street and Governor’s Avenue, on the right when traveling north ...

Birthplace of the Grand Army of the Republic

In a second floor room on this spot the Grand Army of the Republic was organized April 6, 1866, by Dr. Benjamin E. Stephenson.This tablet is placed by The Department of Illinois Woman's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army ...

Jack Berry's Town

Largest post Revolutionary Seneca Indian village occupied this site 1780-1840

Marker is on Clinton Street (New York Route 354) 0.1 miles east of Union Road (New York Route 277), on the right when traveling east.

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To the Battlefield

?   1777

Marker is at the intersection of New York Route 32 and Lohnes Road, on the left when traveling south on State Route 32.

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Let Us All Be United

By 1856 Abraham Lincoln had realized that his former political party, the Whigs, was in ruins. The political landscape had changed to the point that Lincoln accepted an invitation to attend an Anti-Nebraska Editors Convention held at the Cassell House ...

The Richard J. Oglesby Mansion

A three time Governor of Illinois

A Major General in the Civil War

A United States Senator

Marker is at the intersection of West Williams Street and North Edwards Street on West Williams Street.

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Burgoyne Surrendered his Sword

Here

Gen. Burgoyne

surrendered

his sword to

Gen. Gates,

Oct. 17, 1777.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 4 and Schuyler Street, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 4.

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B. F. Shirley Home

circa 1910

This Queen Anne home was built by Mr. Benjamin Franklin Shirley using a Sears Roebuck house pattern. Features include a nine-room interior, a veranda, and exterior stairs leading to the second floor. Renovations have been made, but the original ...

Newton Carnegie Library

On April 15, 1903 construction began on this site. The Cottonwood stone, red brick facade and Ionic columns combined to provide a striking addition to Main Street Newton. The two story building was designed by W.W. Rose, and constructed by ...

The Battles of Saratoga - 1777

Historic New York

          One of the most decisive battles in world history ended with the surrender near here of the British army invading from Canada under General “Gentleman Johnny” Burgoyne in 1777. The defeat ended ...