Captain Robert Keayne

Born in Windsor England 1595

Member of the Honourable Artillery

Company of London 1623

Devoted citizen of Boston

from 1635 to death in 1656

Liberal contributor for a town library for the maintenance of a free schoolmaster, for introducing pure water to Boston and for ...

Public Latin School

1635 – 1935

On this site stood the

Public Latin School

1748 – 1844

Directly opposite stood the first

and the second school building

occupied by this school

1645 – 1748

This tablet placed here

on the 300th anniversary

April 23 1935 by the City of Boston

Marker is at the ...

Foote's Gunboat Flotilla

The gunboat flotilla that Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote launched against Forts Henry and Donelson consisted of both timberclad and ironclad vessels. The timberclads - Conestoga, Lexington, and Tyler - were commercial river steamers converted to gunboats by adding heavy ...

Boston Public Latin School

On this spot stood the

First House

erected for the use of the

Boston Public Latin School.

This School has been constantly

Maintained since it was Established

by the following Vote of the town:

At a General meeting upon Public Notice

it was agreed upon that our Brother

Philemon ...

Baker Cemetery

This cemetery was established by George Baker on his land for his family and heirs. His was one of the first permanent families to settle in Beaver County. Cemetery is presently maintained by the trustees of The Blockhouse Baker Association.

Marker ...

The Vernon Bank

Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior

Established in 1899 as the "Bank of Leesville" on this site. The first bank in Leesville/Vernon Parish. Founded by Mr. George R. Ferguson ...

The Red Hound Bar

Circa 1917

Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior

Originally a U.S. Post Office, this building later housed the Red Hound Bar, which opened in the 1930's. During the Great Louisiana ...

Second Bank of the United States

[Top Marker]

This Building Erected in 1817

for a branch of the

Second Bank of the United States

was acquired in 1835, and has been

occupied continuously since that

date by the Bank of Charleston

whose name was changed ...

The Nona Mills Lumber Company

Organized in 1898, the Nona Mills Lumber Company of Nona, Texas established a saw mill at Leesville in 1899. Company officers were Pres. F.L. Carroll, Vice Pres. G.R. Ferguson, Sec. Treas. J.N. Gilbert, and Asst. Treas. L.B. Pikin. Serviced by ...

Archibald Roane

A short distance north lived Archibald Roane, Continental soldier, frontier judge and the second governor of Tennessee. He is buried in Pleasant Forest Cemetery, one~half mile south. Many other pioneer settlers are also buried there.

Marker is at the intersection of ...