The Missouri Compromise

(36° 30' North Latitude)

This marker sits on the Missouri Compromise line which by an Act of Congress on March 6, 1820, enabled Missouri to be admitted to the Union as a Slave State. But, the Act forbade slavery in the ...

Samuel Brannan and the Gold Rush

Saco Main Street Museum Walk

Saco native Samuel Brannan became one of the country’s richest men promoting the California gold rush, and one of the most colorful figures in California history, but he wasn’t a gold miner and he died in ...

The Palmer's River Meeting House

Site of "The Palmer's River Meeting House" The first meeting house in the second precinct of Rehoboth. Construction started in 1717 and completed November 29th 1721, with Reverend David Turner as pastor. Fifty pounds was donated towards the cost of ...

The First Landing Place of the Pilgrims, Nov. 11, 1620, O.S.

The map in Mourt's Relation shows that near this spot the Pilgrims first touched foot on American soil.

Marker is at the intersection of Province Lands Rd and Commercial St, on the left when traveling south on Province Lands Rd.

Courtesy ...

The First High Rise Concrete Frame Building in the United States

Commemorating the first high rise concrete frame building in the United States

Erected 1903

Marker is at the intersection of E 4th St and Vine St, on the right when traveling west on E 4th St.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Welcome to Thomaston, Maine, the Town That Went to Sea

The Museum in the Streets

Thomaston is known for its historic white houses. Both Main and Knox Streets are on the National Historic Register. Of the slightly more than 700 homes in town, approximately eighty-five percent are more than one hundred ...

The Builders, the Captains and the Seamen of Thomaston Ships

This flagpole was erected

as a memorial to the

Builders, the Captains and

the Seamen of

Thomaston Ships

by those who take pride

in their accomplishments

Dedicated July 4, 1950

Marker is at the intersection of Knox Street and Main Street (U.S. 1), in the median on Knox ...

The Mother Rudd Barn

Historic Garden

The Mother Rudd Home is the oldest building in Warren Township. It served as a stagecoach stop, inn, tavern and post office. After the organization of the township in 1850, it was the official town hall and all caucuses ...

The Hunt-Phelan Home

During the Civil War, the house was commandeered by General Ulysses Grant as his Memphis Headquarters; Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, and a friend of the Hunt Family, also spent time in the house. Later, it was used as ...

"The First of Patriots - The Best of Men"

Commodore John Barry (1745-1803) was born in County Wexford, Ireland, but by age 15 called Philadelphia, Pennsylvania home. He commanded several Continental Navy ships during the Revolutionary War and won decisive victories over the British. In 1794, Barry received appointment ...