Horsfield House

Built A.D. 1749.

First store in the

Lehigh Valley

Opened A.D. 1753

in the west end of this

house.

Torn down A.D. 1879.

Marker is on Market Street, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The First Telephone Central Office in Columbus Ohio

Began service here January 1, 1879. It was located on the second floor of the Sessions Building which then stood on this site.

N. C. Kingsbury Chapter No. 2, Telephone Pioneers of America placed this tablet on the 70th anniversary of ...

Santo Domingo Redoubt

Archaeology

In 1704, following the English siege of 1702, the Spanish built the Cubo Line to protect the town's northern sector. In the 1730s, they rebuilt the line in anticipation of an English attack from Georgia.

In 1808, a time of ...

Heckwelder House

One-half block south, stands the home of John Heckewelder, famed Indian missionary and interpreter, author of works on American Indians. House was erected in 1810.

Marker is at the intersection of Market Street and Heckwelder Place, on the left when traveling ...

Mason-Dixon Crownstone

Responsible for marking the boundaries of Maryland and Pennsylvania (including the "Three Lower Counties" of Delaware), Mason and Dixon began their survey of the North-South or Tangent Line at the southwestern corner of present-day Delaware in June 1764. Proceeding northward, ...

Mount Vernon School

District 78

Built around 1860 as one room schoolhouse. Served until 1928 as one of four township schools. Renovated as Chatham Township Hall 1959.

Marker is at the intersection of Southern Blvd and Fairmount Avenue, on the left when traveling south on ...

Naval Air Station - Sanford

In November 1942, NAS Sanford was commissioned to meet the need for additional naval aviation training facilities. Originally planned for bomber training, within a year it converted to fighter plane training. A major portion of fighter pilots that served on ...

Waterworks

1762

“They have a Sett of Pumps which go by Water, which force the water up through leaden Pipes, from the River to the Top of the Hill, near an hundred feet.”

John Adams to Abigail Adams

1777

A bountiful spring supplied Bethlehem's water ...

New Jersey Journal

During the Revolution, former

soldier Shepard Kollock printed

the New Jersey Journal on this

site “to maintain the cause of

freedom” and serve the army in

Morristown. The Journal, north

Jersey’s only wartime newspaper,

founded in 1779, later thrived

in Elizabeth from 1786 to 1991.

Morris County Heritage Commission

Marker ...

Oak Grove Cemetery

Originally called "American Cemetery," Oak Grove Cemetery is located on the 1826 land grant of Empresario Haden Edwards. The leader of the 1826 Fredonian Rebellion, Edwards is interred here. The earliest marked burial on this site is that of Franklin ...