Town of Kenton

The origin of this community can be traced to the mid-18th century, when growing travel between Dover and the head of the Chester River resulted in the establishment of a Public House here to support the needs of travelers. Increasing ...

Cheswold Volunteer Fire Company

This company was organized on February 2, 1928, when a group of interested citizens met at C. H. Pearson’s Store for the purpose of electing officers. William S. Scarborough was chosen to be the President of the organization, and Willard ...

“Aim, Load, Fire”

This scene features a replica 32-pound cannon that would have been employed here during the 1850s and 1860s. Thirty-two pound refers to the weight of the cannonballs used in this weapon. The soldiers are in the process of sponging the ...

Fowler House

Built 1872 by Josiah Fowler, a settler from Tennessee, Confederate veteran, co-editor of "Fowler's Arithmetic", and a college teacher.

Marker is on Interstate 35 Frontage Road north of Main Street, on the right when traveling north.

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The Elgin & Belvidere Electric Company/Rebirth of the Elgin & Be

Upper:

The Elgin & Belvidere Electric Company

The Elgin & Belvidere interurban line carried passengers and freight between its named endpoints for more than two decades, until growth in private auto ownership, better roads, and the Depression drove the ...

Schaefferstown Water Company

One of North America's oldest documented public water systems. Alexander Schaeffer built a hotel on the square in 1744, and construction of the water system began here shortly after. On July 16, 1763, he and his wife Anna Engle deeded ...

Carp for sale

Live carp were kept in holding pens and fed corn, then sold when market conditions were favorable. Shipped live--sometimes 30,000 pounds at a time--by truck and railroad to fish markets in Chicago, Memphis, St. Louis, Philadelphia, and New York, carp ...

Flint Homesite

Flint

Homesite

Robert Flint - Pioneer and

Lieutenant French and

Indian Wars, Cornelius

Flint - Soldier Revolution

Marker is on Spout Brook Road (County Route 163), on the right when traveling west.

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Frank Selvy

Carolina Legends

This All-American Furman graduate averaged 32.5 points a game during his college basketball career. He achieved lasting fame when he scored a NCAA Division One record 100 points in a 149-95 win over Newberry on February 13, 1954.

Marker can ...

7th Iowa Infantry

Tuttle's Brigade - W.H.L. Wallace's Division

U.S.

Army of the Tennessee.

7th Iowa Infantry,

Tuttle's (1st) Brigade,

W.H.L. Wallace's (2d) Division.

This regiment charged the enemy from this position at about 2 P.M. April 7, 1862 and assisted in the ...