First People of the Potomac

Piscataway Park

When Europeans first arrived on the shores of North America, they found a continent inhabited by perhaps tens of millions of people! These people had arrived more than 10,000 years earlier, and through many generations had created complex societies, ...

Johnny “Appleseed” Land Lease and Nursery

John “Appleseed” Chapman (b. September 26, 1774—d. March 18, 1845) was the first lessee of this 160 acre tract (NW ¼, S 20, T 20, R 16), when he secured it for 99 years from the Virginia Military District School ...

John Read, Gentleman

Home site of

“Lonetown Manor” where

John Read, Gentleman

after whom the town is named

settled in 1711

Title to the original 500 acres

was secured by colony grants

confirmed in 1714 by an Indian

deed from Chief Chickens

This tablet placed by Town of Redding

in 1935

Connecticuts ...

Gopher Tortoise Square

Prior to the 1890's, the town of Ridgeland was

known as Gopher Hill, getting that name from the

abundance of Gopher Tortoises that inhabited the

sand hills of the area.Gopherus Polyphemus,

commonly called the Gopher Tortoise, are long lived

herbivores, typically living 40 to ...

First Balloon Flight in Virginia

On May 7, 1801, J. S. Watson, a student at William and Mary, wrote a letter detailing attempts at flying hot air balloons on the Court House Green. The third balloon, decorated with sixteen stars, one for each of the ...

Walker Cemetery

This part of Angelina County has long been called Red Land, or Redland, for the red soil ridge that forms the center of the community. In 1846, Thomas R. Walker moved into the area from North Carolina. In 1851, he ...

New Hampshire Regiment

Position of

Colonel Nichols

New Hampshire Regiment

Marker can be reached from New York Route 67, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Louis Bromfield / Malabar Farm

Louis Bromfield

Acclaimed author, conservationist, and farmer Louis Bromfield was born in Mansfield in 1896. A graduate of the city's schools, he went on to study agriculture at Cornell University in 1914, but left in 1915 to help run his ...

Federal Troops Occupy Marietta, 1864.

The 23d A.C. [US] seized a position at Moss’ house (at Floyd Station), lower Sandtown Rd., July 1 -- nearer Chattahoochee River than Johnston’s Kennesaw line [CS], whereupon he withdrew his army, via Marietta, to his Smyrna - Ruff’s Mill ...

Methodist Camp Ground

»—¼ Mi. S. ?

On a 10 acre plot of land in the exact center of the county was located, in 1830, the first permanent Methodist Camp Meeting Ground in Stewart County.

It was given by Loverd Bryan to be held and ...