Milford

Town laid out by Joseph Oliver 1787.

Village was located on tract then called

“Saw-Mill Range.” Named Milford from

fording place near mill-dam erected

by Rev. Sydenham Thorne across Mispillion

Creek, 1787. First incorporated 1807. Old

town in Kent County, new ...

Branchburg Veterans Memorial

Main Marker:

In Honor and Memory of all the Men and Women of Branchburg who proudly served our country in the armed forces of the United States of America.

In recognition of the Branchburg Veterans Memorial Committee.

Dedicated November 11, 2000

American Revolution Marker:

Honoring ...

Old Military Road

You are traveling the route of the Old Military Road, built in 1835-36, to connect Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien and Fort Howard at Green Bay, via Fort Winnebago at "The Portage" between the Fox-Wisconsin rivers. The section from ...

Cumberland Valley Railroad

Incorporated in 1831. Completed, Lemoyne to Chambersburg, 1837; eventually, Harrisburg to Virginia. For over 80 years, vital to Valley's economic life; merged into Pennsylvania R.R., 1919. Passenger Station, Stationmaster's House here, built in the 1860's.

Marker is on Strawberry Ave. just ...

Site of the Surrender of Columbia, SC

Erected

Feb. 17, 1914

by

Wade Hampton Chapter, U.D.C.

On the spot where

Mayor T.J. Goodwyn

surrendered the city of Columbia

to

Gen. W.T. Sherman

Feb. 17, 1865

Councilmen

O.Z. Bates • Samuel Leapheart

John Stork • John McKenzie

W.B. Stanley • Clark Waring

Marker is at the intersection of River Drive and Beaufort ...

Union Church

Oldest public building in Mechanicsburg. Built in 1825 on land given by Martin Rupp. As provided in the charter, it has been used by many religious sects on payment of small fees.

Marker is on E. Main St., on the right ...

South Branch School

Erected 1874

Restored by

Branchburg Township

Tercentenary Comm.

J. Fred Baer, Chairman

1964

Marker is at the intersection of South Branch Road and Studdiford Drive, on the left when traveling north on South Branch Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Old Military Road - 100 Mile Point

In July, 1833, Lt. Alexander Center blazed a nearby oak, marking the 100-mile point of a military road he and James Doty were surveying. The Old Military Road, built from 1835 to 1837, connected Ft. Crawford at Prairie du Chien, ...

Old Columbia Cemetery

Site given by Josiah H. Bell family out of their grant, the first deeded to one of "Old 300" in colony of Stephen F. Austin. Has graves of many heroes of Texas Revolution of 1836.

Deeded in 1852 to Bethel ...

Irving Female College

Site of the College that was chartered in 1857, and named for Washington Irving, a trustee. First women's college in Pennsylvania to grant degrees in arts and sciences. It closed in 1929.

Marker is on E, Main Street just from Filbert ...