Tuscaloosa Formation

The sand clay formation here represents the first prominent Coastal Plain deposits laid upon an ancient floor of granites and gneisses. Southward this formation (Tuscaloosa Upper Cretaceous) becomes more and more deeply buried and contains marine beds. These rocks are ...

Andrew Jackson Downing

[Inscription on urn pedestal, 1856]:

This vase was erected by his friends in memory of

ANDREW JACKSON DOWNING

who died July 28, 1852, aged 37 years.

He was born, and lived, and died upon the Hudson River. His life was ...

Lake Solitude and Taylor Falls

Tayor Steelworkers Historic Greenway

The Union Forge Heritage Association welcomes you to Lake Solitude and Taylor Falls

With the depletion of natural resources that provided energy to power the adjacent Iron Works, Lake Solitude was constructed by the Taylor Iron and Steel ...

Battle of Kolb's Farm

June 22, 1864

The extension of the right wing of Federal forces S. of the Dallas Rd. threatening to outflank him, Johnston sent Hood’s Corps [CS] from the right (E. of Kennesaw) to this, the extreme left, with directions to stop ...

Fairfield

Marker front:

In 1639 Roger Ludlow and five companions, after serving in the Pequot War, purchased from the Indians a rich and abundant expanse of land which they called by the Indian name "Uncowaye." Shortly thereafter the name "Fairfield" replaced "Uncowaye." ...

Gen. John B. Gordon

General John Brown Gordon (1832-1904), CSA, lawyer, statesman, owned this farm, “Beechwood,” from 1888 until his death. Here he raised Texas ponies, goats, horses and cattle. For a time he lived in “the old John D. Mitchell home”; later, he ...

Reverend John Jones Memorial

In

memory of

Revd John Jones

AB MA

The Revd

John Jones

was born in

Southampton England

in 1595 and was a graduate of

Queens College Cambridge

A Puritan divine of the

Church of England he was

the first pastor of the

First Church of Christ

in Fairfield

which he faithfully served

from 1644 until ...

Thomas Sherwood Memorial

In memory

of

Thomas Sherwood

1586 – 1655

Puritan – Pioneer – Ancestor

A founder of New England

A first settler of Fairfield

Deputy to the General Court

Committeeman

Soldier of the Pequot War

and his wives

Alice Seabrooke 1587 – 1639

Mary Fitch 1619 – 1693

Marker can be reached from the ...

Andrew Ward Memorial

In memory of

Andrew Ward

Born in England 1597

One of the founders of

Wethersfield and Stamford

———

An honored citizen of

Fairfield Conn.

where he died in 1659

———

Member of a Commission graunted to

sev'al p'sons to governe the people att

Conecticott by the General Court

of Massachusetts Bay under

John Winthrop ...

Patapsco Superlative:

"The Premiere Flour"

"Any Monday morning one could hear the beginnings of the stir of activity as the heavy machinery in the mill started to move, gather speed and settle into a steady rythmic rumble which was maintained at the same ...