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 ...

Ponkapoag Plantation

1630 - 1930

The north line of Ponkapoag Plantation second of the Apostle Eliot's Praying Indian towns, set apart by the Dorchester Proprietors in 1657.

Marker is on Washington Street (Massachusetts Route 138).

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Potter's Fort

Built 1777 by Gen. James Potter. A stockaded fort refuge for the settlers of the valley region. Teh site is on the nearby rise.

Marker is at the intersection of Old Fort Road (State Highway 144) and Earlystown Road (State Highway ...

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 ...

D T & I Railroad's Uniopolis, Ohio, Station

Lincoln Park Train Exhibit

In 1964, the Detroit, Toledo, and Ironton Railroad donated an equipped station to the Lincoln Park Railroad Exhibit. The depot behind you was moved from its original location at Uniopolis, Ohio ten miles to the south. ...

Pennsylvania Canal

Juniata Division

This Division was built in 1828-33. It extended to the eastern end of the Allegheny Portage Railroad at Hollidaysburg, a distance of 127 miles. Just west of here, the Canal crossed the Juniata by an aqueduct which was used ...

Peak House

1630 - 1930

The original house, built in 1651, was burned when King Philip's Indians burnt the town of Medfield in 1676. Seth Clark, the owner, received indemnity from the colonial government and in 1680 rebuilt the present Peak house, so ...

Union XIIth Corps Winter Camp

In the woods on this hill are the remains of a regimental-sized union infantry winter camp. A New York regiment of the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, most likely occupied this camp, the remains clearly visible and run in most cases ...

Redemption Rock

1630 - 1930

Upon the rock fifty feet west of this spot Mary Rowlandson, wife of the first minister of Lancaster, was redeemed from captivity under King Philip. The narrative of her experience is one of the classics of colonial literature.

Marker ...

The Old Connecticut Path

1630 - 1930

An Indian trail before 1630 left the road here to go over Fay Mountain.

Marker is on Ruggles Street.

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