First Fulling Mill

1630 - 1930

Ten rods west is the site of the first fulling mill in the English colonies, built about the year 1643 by John Pearson.

Marker is at the intersection of Newbury Turnpike (Massachusetts Route 1) and Mill Street, on the ...

Fort Sewall

1630 - 1930

Built in 1742 for defence against French cruisers. U.S.S. "Constitution" sought shelter under the fort's guns when chased by H.M.S. "Tenedos" and "Endymion" April 3, 1814. Named after Samuel Sewall of Marblehead, Chief Justice of Massachusetts in 1814.

Marker ...

Home of Samuel Annin

Armory Paymaster

The U.S. Armory Paymaster's house stood here. Completed in 1802 as a home for the armory's senior administrator, this building was probably the best house in town when Meriwether Lewis arrived in 1803. Lewis may have stayed here and ...

Camp of 13th Iowa Infantry

Hare's Brigade - McClernand's Division

U.S.

Camp of

13th Iowa Infantry,

Hare's (1st) Brig., McClernand's (1st) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

First position in line of battle April 6, 1862, was 3/4 mile south, at N.W. corner of Review Field.

Marker is on Cavalry Road ¾ mile ...

Original Site of Columbia College

This land was purchased in 1854 by the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church as the site of Columbia Female College, Chartered by S. C. General Assembly Dec. 21, 1854. Classes were held from 1859 to 1865. The ...

The Rail Fence and Grass Line

The rail fence

and grass line of

protection formed

after the British

troops landed

was six hundred

feet in the rear

at the base of

Bunker Hill

Marker can be reached from Monument Square.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Iowa, Sac and Fox Mission

The Iowa, Sac and Fox Mission was one of many Indian missions built in what is now Kansas between 1820 and 1862. Established in 1837 by Reverend Samuel and Eliza Irvin and Reverend William and Julia Hamilton, the mission was ...

The Wolf River Crossing

Before reaching the Iowa, Sac and Fox Mission wagon trains crossed the Wolf River. Travelers often encountered members of local Indian nations. Native Americans thought that some payment should be made to them for the use of their land. Travelers ...

46th Illinois Infantry

Veatch's Brigade - Hurlbut's Division

U.S.

Army of the Tennessee.

46th Illinois Infantry,

Veatch's (2d) Brigade,

Hurlbut's (4th) Division.

This regiment, attached temporarily to Marsh's command, was engaged here at 10 a.m. April 7, 1862. It advanced, fighting, to Woolf Field.

Marker is on Cavalry Road ¾ ...

Thomas Godfrey

Near this spot lies

Thomas Godfrey

Born in Philadelphia Pa. 1736

Died in Wilmington N.C. 1763

Author of

The Prince of Parthia

The first drama written

by an American and

produced upon the

professional stage in

the Colonies

Erected by

The N.C. Society Colonial

Dames of America

1929

Marker can be reached from the intersection ...