Hop Brook Mill

1630 - 1930

To the left is the site of Hop Brook Mill, erected in 1659 by virtue of a town grant to Thomas and Peter Noyes, "to build and maintain a mill to grind the corn of the settlers." It ...

Sudbury Fight

1630 - 1930

One-quarter mile north took place the Sudbury Fight with King Philip's Indians on April 21, 1676. Captain Samuel Wadsworth fell with twenty-eight of his men; their monument stands in the burying ground.

Marker is at the intersection of Boston ...

Fairbanks House

1630 - 1930

Oldest house in Dedham, a part of it built about 1636. Homestead of Jonathan Fairbanks, who, with his sons John, George, and Jonathan, Junior, signed the Dedham Covenant September 10, 1636. Ancestral home of the late Vice- President ...

Bellefonte

Laid out by James Dunlop and James Harris, 1795. Named by Talleyrand for "beautiful fountain". Early center of the iron industry. One-time home of five of Pennsylvania's governors.

Marker is on Willowbank Street (State Highway 550), on the right when traveling ...

Tangier Harbor

Mailboat Harbor replaced Steamboat Harbor in the 1930’s as the age of steamboats came to a close. The harbor was first dredged in 1922, from the Eastern side. In 1967, the harbor was dredged through to the Western side of ...

Williams-Barker House

1630 - 1930

A portion of the house built by John Williams in 1634 is incorporated in the present house. It was a "garrison" or place of refuge and defense during King Philip's War.

Marker is on Barker Road 0.1 miles north ...

NKP Caboose No. 1091

Caboose No. 1091 was built in 1882 by the Lafayette Car Works of Lafayette, IN. It has been completely restored and equipped by the Allen County Historical Society. Although much of the structure has been replaced during its years of ...

NKP Berkshire Locomotive No. 779

Locomotive No. 779, built by the Lima Locomotive Works in 1949, is the last steam locomotive manufactured in Lima. As a “Berkshire-type”, it represents the most advanced development of steam power. The Nickel Plate Railroad had a total of 80 ...

Sherborn

1630 - 1930

Settled in 1652 and called Boggastow, became a town in 1674.

Marker is on North Main Street just from Coolidge Road.

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The Old Oaken Bucket

1630 - 1930

Homestead and well made famous by Samuel Woodworth in his poem “The Old Oaken Bucket.” Homestead erected by John Northey in 1675; poet born in Scituate January 13, 1785.

Marker is on Old Oaken Bucket Road, on the left ...