First Mill

1630 - 1930

A few rods east stood the house and mill of John Wing built in 1684. This was the only house left standing after the breaking of the second settlement of Worcester.

Marker is at the intersection of Grove Street ...

4th Tennessee Infantry

Stewart's Brigade -- Clark's Division -- Polk's Corps

C.S.

Army of the Mississippi.

4th Tennessee Infantry,

Stewart's (2d) Brig., Clark's (1st) Div.,

Polk's Corps.

This regiment was engaged here, April 7, 1862 until 10 A.M.

Marker can be reached from Cavalry Road 0.1 miles east of Sherman ...

Veterans Home of California

Established in 1884 by Mexican War Veterans and members of the Grand Army of the Republic who recognized the need for a home for California’s aged and disabled veterans. In January 1897 the Veterans Home Association deeded the home and ...

16th Iowa Infantry

Miller's Brigade - Prentiss' Division

(front)

Iowa

To Her

16th Infantry

Miller's (2d) Brigade.

Prentiss' (6th) Division.

Army of the Tennessee.

(back)

16th Regiment Infantry Volunteers,

Commanded by Col. Alexander Chambers, (Wounded),

Lieut. Col. Add H. Sanders.

This regiment early in the morning of April 6, 1862, formed on the bluff at ...

War Comes to Valley Forge

The British Raid

Just upstream is the site of the Valley Forge, for which this area was named. The Continental Army used the forge to store foods and weapons. Three months before the winter encampment, the British swept through on September ...

Pursued Beyond the Battlefield

After the battle, Cornwallis’s exhausted infantry held the field while Tarleton and his cavalry chased the Americans, capturing hundreds and killing untold others. Loyalists living north of Camden rounded up more patriot prisoners, turning them over to the British. Tarleton’s ...

Third Cliff

1630 - 1930

The first plantations at "Satuit" were laid out by the Men of Kent before 1628 on this cliff, which was then much more extensive.

Marker is at the intersection of Collier Road (a one-way street) and Cliff Avenue, on ...

Driven from the Field

Defeated along the entire front, the remaining American troops lost all military organization and fled in confusion. Some Continentals from the 1st Maryland Brigade retreated along the Great Wagon Road. Others, including survivors of the 2nd Maryland Brigade, escaped through ...

Fort Miamis

Anthony Wayne Parkway

On this site in 1794, the British built Fort Miamis to block Gen. Anthony Wayne's expected march on Detroit. Its strategic location commanded both the land and water routes in the Maumee Valley. The post, constructed after ...

Site of Yount’s Blockhouse

In this vicinity stood the log blockhouse constructed in 1836 by George Calvert Yount, pioneer settler in Napa County. Nearby was his adobe house in 1837. And across the bridge his grist and saw mills, erected before 1845. Born in ...