Newton Carnegie Library

On April 15, 1903 construction began on this site. The Cottonwood stone, red brick facade and Ionic columns combined to provide a striking addition to Main Street Newton. The two story building was designed by W.W. Rose, and constructed by ...

Cohocton Valley

Historic New York

Seneca Indians inhabited this area until 1779 when their towns and cornfields were destroyed by the Sullivan-Clinton expedition, forcing a migration to Niagara.

After the Revolution these lands were included in the Pulteney Purchase of one million ...

Crenshaw's Battery

Charles L. Crenshaw, Jr 1921-2002

This authentic 12-pound brass Napoleon, a favorite of the Confederate artillery, was constructed by Charles Crenshaw Jr. Gharlie co-founded the "Southern Guns of Thunder" and for years built and fired cannons to lend a thunderous salute ...

First Baptist Church of Alpharetta

circa 1905

In 1903, a group of women who met weekly for prayer and Bible study began collecting offerings. From those collections, the women purchased a sixty by one hundred foot lot and began construction of the First Baptist Church. The ...

Cunningham Memorial Park

In 1798, on a nearby site, the first gristmill in this area was built by Valentine and Margaret Cunningham. Later another gristmill was established here. Soon a community was established. The town, first known as Pine Grove, was incorporated as ...

Erected 1834

Quaker Meeting House built and used by the Orthodox Quakers 1834-54 by Hicksites 1854-1873 Grange Hall 1937

Marker is on Quaker Road 0.2 miles west of River Road (New York Route 251), on the left when traveling west.

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St. Matthew’s Church

Erected in 1873

Oldest original church building in Kenosha

Marker is at the intersection of 7th Avenue and 59th Place, on the right when traveling north on 7th Avenue.

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The First Church in Kenosha

Was built ten yards west of this site by the Society of Methodists in 1840

Marker is at the intersection of 6th Avenue and 59th Street, on the right when traveling north on 6th Avenue.

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Ceremony

Sacred Songs and Objects

The Plains Indians drew inspiration and power from their ceremonies. Using sacred prayer songs, objects and dances, accompanied by ritual drumming and rattling, the people created a spiritual atmosphere to induce visions and revelations. Ceremonies were a ...

DeCou House Monument

DeCou's Stone House

1812 -1950

This house of Captain John DeCou (the name was variously spelled by his relatives and descendants and latterly as DeCew) was the Headquarters of the British outpost under Lieut. James Fitzgibbon to which came Laura Secord through ...