United States Colored Troops

Civil War Memorial Monument

African Americans have served in every war since the American Revolution. During the Civil War, more that 180,000 African Americans comprising 170 units served in the Union Army and 29,511 served in the Union Navy. Nearly 700 ...

Lampl Produce Company Building

Built 1907-1908

Built as a Warehouse for $17,000

Historic Address: 116/118 N. Rock Island

Current Address: 111 N. Mosley

Marker is on Mosley, on the left when traveling north.

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Lady Carrington and The Blackstone Canal

If this were the year 1828 you could climb aboard the barge Lady Carrington and travel by water all the way to Worcester.

It was October 8, 1828 and the Blackstone Canal had opened for passenger and cargo service between Providence ...

Carlin Springs

In 1872 John F. Carlin developed here a popular resort which could be reached by train from Washington and Alexandria. His establishment included two springs, an ice cream parlor, a restaurant, a dance pavilion, and a swimming hole at the ...

Norton Common Burial Ground

The land which comprises this cemetery dates back to June 1702, and is the original town common. Originally called "The Common," this land consisting of approximately five acres, is the first land set apart for common use in Norton. Situated ...

The Pacolet River Flood of 1903

At dawn on the morning of June 6, 1903, floodwaters roared through the Pacolet River valley. As the high water thundered downstream from mill village to mill village, people in the path of the flash flood had no warning it ...

Winneccunnett Pond Area

Winneccunnett Pond is the only sizable, natural body of water in Norton, Massachusetts. Winneccunnett is a Native American word meaning "the place of the black geese." A Native American village was established on the north end of the pond long ...

Isaac N. Hockaday Building

Built 1908 - 1909

Built To Manufacture Paint

For The Hockaday Paint Co.

Historic Address: 140/148 N. Mosley

Current Address: 150 N. Mosley

Marker is on Mosley near 1st Street, on the right when traveling north.

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Beckwourth Pass

Emigrant Trail

Lowest pass in the Sierra Nevada Mountains

Discovered in 1851 by

James P. Beckwourth

Dedicated to the discoverer and to the pioneers who passed along this trail by the Las Plumas Parlor No. 254 N.D.G.W.

May 1937

No desert’s waste nor redskins bold could ...

Coleman Co. Inc. Factory Building

Built 1936 - 1937

Housed Coleman's Machine Shop

Historic Address: 253 N. Mead

Current Address: 255 N. Mead

Marker is on Mead Street near 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north.

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