Shipyard Road / Shelmore Boulevard

Shipyard Road

A close relationship existed between the Jacob Bond family of Hobcaw Plantation and the owners of the nearby colonial shipyards. The plantation’s live oaks and longleaf pines were used to build ships. East and West Shipyard roads ...

Boom Town Historic District

Around 1889-1891 Fort Payne experienced a great industrial boom due to promotion by New England investors who speculated greatly on the area’s mineral deposits. During this period several highly ornate commercial and civic buildings, along with the planned park, were ...

Old Barracks

Built in 1758 for

British troops of

the French and

Indian War. Hessians

were here at the

Battle of Trenton.

Marker is on Barracks Street, on the left when traveling south.

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Ball’s Battlefield

Major Ball’s Squadron 2nd Light Dragoons U.S. Army while escorting Col. Wells 17th U.S. Infantry from Major General Harrison’s headquarters at Fort Seneca to relieve Major Croghan of the command of Fort Stephenson for alleged insubordination in refusing to evacuate ...

Battle of Corydon

On July 9, 1863, along this wooded ridge - - - from the “Laconta” Road extending across the “Mauckport” Pike to the old “New Amsterdam” Road - - - occurred the only Civil War battle in Indiana. It was between ...

American Redoubts

Location of the

American Redoubts

on

Dorchester Heights

which compelled the evacuation

of Boston by the British Army

March 17 – 1776.

Marker can be reached from Thomas Park.

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Berlin Veterans Monument

1920

Erected By The Town Of Berlin

In Honor Of

Her Patriotic Men And Women

Who Served Their Country

In Time Of War

For The Dead – A Tribute

For The Living – A Memory

For Posterity – An Emblem Of Loyalty

To The Flag Of Their Country

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D-134 Artillery Memorial Bridge

1917 - 1919

Dedicated in honor of

D-Battery

134th Field Artillery

37th Div.

World War

Marker is on Ridge Avenue, on the right when traveling south.

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Sugar Beets

Sugar beets didn't become Colorado's first major cash crop by accident. Scientists, businessmen, and newspapers spent thirty years singing the praises of this starchy root, which as early as the 1860s was found to be perfectly suited to Colorado's climate ...

Long Cane Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church

4.5 miles northwest is Long Cane Church. Organized in 1771 as Associate Presbyterian, with the Rev. William Ronaldson as first stated supply. It united with Cedar Springs, March 7, 1786, under Dr. Thos. Clark; withdrew Sept. 15, 1808; part of ...