Noah Lane Farnham

Noah Lane Farnham

Col.

Of the II, New York Vol's

Oldest Son of Geo. W. & Caroline Thompson

Farnham

Born in New Haven June 6, 1829.

Died at Washington City

Aug. 14, 1861.

Of Wounds Received While

Gallanty Leading His

Regiment, in the Battle

Of July 21, 1861

Col. Farnham

[ south side ...

Frankford Springs

(Keystone Marker)

Hookstown - 9

Frankford Springs

Named For Frankford

Near Philadelphia

Founded

1772

Marker is at the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 18 and B&K Lane, on the right when traveling north on State Route 18.

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Frankfort Mineral Springs

Famous resort and health spa initiated in the late 1790's. The "Frankfort House" serviced patrons in the summer months for over a century and closed in 1912. The waters contained fifteen different minerals thought to have medicinal qualities.

Marker is on ...

Site of Early Methodist Church

Early Methodist Episcopal Church c.a. 1832. Ground given for church use and free burial plot. Deeded in 1834 by Mathias Hook. Hookstown's founder and a Revolutionary soldier who is buried here Summer subscription school held here in 1859.

Marker can be ...

The "Battle of Riverton"

First Union Raid into Pendleton County

At this site on March 2nd, 1862, Union forces numbering forty were attacked by local Confederate infantry and two units of cavalry. In the skirmish that resulted, Union troops rallied forcing the Confederates from the ...

U.S. Infantry Trench

July 23, 1814

This Monument erected July 25, 1991

by the American Legion, Niagara

County Committee & Dept. of New York

In memory of the U.S. Officers &

Soldiers who died at the Battle

of Lundy's Lane

Connecticut 25th; New York 23rd;

Massachusetts 9th & 21st;

Pennsylvania 22nd & ...

Church of the Incarnation

Protestant Episcopal

Incorporated in 1871.church was admitted into union. Heirs of John Bach donated the present site. In 1872, the Rev. Herman Cope Duncan, missionary to the area, made first rector.

Marker is on Olive Street.

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The Tuna Club of Avalon

The Tuna Club of Avalon marks the birthplace of modern big game sportfishing. In 1898, led by Dr. Charles Frederick Holder, the club's founding members adopted the rules of conduct stressing conservationist ethics and sporting behavior. Today, their work remains ...

Afong Villa

On this site stood the villa of Chun Afong, Hawai‘i’s first Chinese millionaire, who arrived

in Honolulu in 1849. By 1855, he had made his

fortune in retailing, real estate, sugar and rice, and for a long time held the government

monopoly opium ...

Father Juan de Padilla & Quivira

In 1540 Francisco Vasquez de Coronado marched north from Mexico with 300 Spaniards in search of the "Seven Golden Cities of Cibola." With them were several priests, including Juan de Padilla, a Franciscan friar. When the golden cities proved ...