Glass Works Site

Glass Works Site

Newburgh Glass Co 1867 72

Patented Glass From Rock

Quarried at Butter Hill

Products Included Bottles

Pocket Flasks and Insulators

Hudson Valley

Bottle Club

Marker is at the intersection of River Road and Clinton Street, on the right when traveling north on River Road.

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Battlefield Archaeology

The Battle of Monmouth – 28 June 1778

Where Was Molly Hays during the Battle of Monmouth?

Documents and Archaeology provides clues.

During the Battle, Commander-in-Chief George Washington watched approvingly as Captain Francis Proctor’s artillery company cannonaded the British. Joseph Plumb Martin noted ...

J. Monteverde General Store Museum

Typical of old country stores at the turn of the century. Opened in 1898. Over its counter and from its shed, the Monteverde Family offered for sale all manner and description of merchandise. The emporium served as a meeting place ...

Taylor

Silver and gold were discovered in 1873, in what was to become Taylor, a typical mining community supported chiefly by the Argus and Monitor Mines. In 7 years, the town boasted a population of 1500 people, 7 saloons, 3 general ...

The Prairie

A Sea of Grass

In its early days Fort Snelling was surrounded by a sea of head-high grass. The vast Minnesota prairie was broken only by small groves of trees—willows, cottonwoods, and oaks that grew near creeks, lakes, and marshes.

Early soldiers ...

Potomac River Military Testing

Almost from the beginning of the new nation, the United States established military facilities along the Potomac River - to test guns and munitions before placing them into service, to train troops and to defend the Nation's Capital.

Piney Point became ...

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

In Search of the Nomination for the

Presidency Addressed a Rally in the

Town Hall of Meriden – March 7, 1860

" – and that government of the people,

by the people and for the people,

Shal not ...

General LaFayette

(General LaFayette) was the official guest of the State of Indiana at Jeffersonville on May 12, 1825 at the house of Former Governor Posey on the West corner of Front and Fort Streets. He was welcomed by the Governor of ...

Miller's Point / Cathedral Gorge

Miller's Point

Named by the Union Pacific Masonic Club February 22, 1935. Dedicated by St. John Lodge No. 18 F & A M August 18, 1935.

Cathedral Gorge

Named by Mrs. W. S. Godbe 1894. Designated a state park by Gov. Jas G. ...

USS Maine Memorial

In Memoriam

U.S.S. Maine

Destroyed in Havana Harbor

February 15, 1898

This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. Maine

Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street and Catlin Street, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street.

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