Old Deerfield

1630 - 1930

Indian land called Pocomtuck, settled by men from Dedham in 1671. Attacked by Indians, burnt, and abandoned in 1675. Reoccupied and attacked in 1704 by French and Indians, who took 47 lives, and carried off 112 captives to ...

Confederate Breakout

February 15, 1862

"Fill your cartridge boxes, quick, and get into line; the enemy is trying to escape and he must not be permitted to do so."

Col. J.D. Webster, USA

The advantage lay with the Confederates. They could press the attack and ...

Lieut. Ebenezer Sheldon's Fort

1630 - 1930

Built in 1740 on this site. The first Proprietor's Meeting in Fall Town was held here in 1741. The Lieutenant's son Eliakim was shot by Indians in 1747 while working west of the fort walls.

Marker is on Northfield ...

The Valley of Utoy Creek

Federal Forces conducting siege operations on North & West fronts of Atlanta's fortified lines were, at intervals, moved S. toward East Point, in attempts to seize the 2 railroads that entered the city from the Southwest.

Palmers XIV A.C. marched from ...

First Settler

1630 - 1930

Here stood the cabin of Richard Tarr founder of the Tarr Family on Cape Ann. He came to Marblehead in 1680, then settled in Sacco, Maine. Driven thence by Indians, he became the first settler of Sandy Bay ...

113th Ohio Infantry

John Beatty's Brigade - Davis' Division

113th Ohio Infantry.

John Beatty's Brig., Davis' Div., 14th Corps.

Maj. Lyne S. Sullivant.

Nov. 25, 1863.Davis' Division, in which this regiment served, was concentrated at Caldwell's crossing opposite the mouth of the west Chickamauga, previous to the ...

Schofield School

[Front]):

This school was founded by the Freedmen's Bureau shortly after the Civil War to educate freedmen, women, and children. In 1868 Martha Schofield, a Quaker from Pennsylvania, came to Aiken and began her long career as superintendent. The school soon ...

David H. and Jerusha Dyches McFadin House

Built 1850 by David H. and Jerusha Dyches McFadin, born in Tennessee, came to Texas 1828; fought in Battle of San Jacinto. House has 27” native stone walls. By its cool, perpetual spring, Confederates camped on way to Civil War.

Marker ...

Friendship Community

Beneath the waters of Granger Lake, constructed by the U.S. Corps of Engineers in the 1970s, lies the site of an early agricultural settlement known as Allison and later as Friendship. Brothers Elihu Creswell Allison and James A. Allison began ...

VFW Post 7079 POW/MIA Memorial

In memory of

Prisoners of War

Missing in Action

All Wars

You Are Not Forgotten

In God is Our Trust

Marker is at the intersection of Front Street and Water Street, on the left when traveling west on Front Street.

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