Site Of Filature

Erected 1753

Where colony's production of silk was reeled until 1771. Building then used for public purposes. President Washington attended a ball here in 1791.

Building destroyed by fire in 1859.

Marker is at the intersection of Abercorn Street and E.St Julian ...

Site of Prairie Point Community

Anglo settlement of this part of Burnet County began in the 1850s. By the 1870s settlers had established cattle and sheep ranches as well as a number of family farms. A community school opened in 1882 and remained in operation ...

Scott's Law Office

Just to the west stands the law office occupied in early life by Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott, commander of the United States Army, 1841-1861. Scott, born near here, June 13, 1786, was admitted to the bar in 1806 and entered the ...

Osceola Bluff

For thousands of years, this limestone bluff has been an area landmark. Chippewa Indians camped here along the "ginseng trail" that stretched from Balsam Lake in Polk County to New Richmond in St. Croix County. Overlooking the St. Croix National ...

Floyd County Honor Roll & Veterans Memorial

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Honor To our Civil War Veterans

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In honored memory of Floyd County men who gave their lives for our Country

Dedicated by

Hobart ...

First United Methodist Church of Nacogdoches

At least one Methodist sermon was preached in Nacogdoches before 1821, according to tradition. After religious freedom was established by the Republic of Texas, Missionary Littleton Fowler (1803-1846) preached here on Oct. 16,1837, and soon founded this church. This was ...

Reconstruction of 1854 Covered Bridge

“THE OLDEST COVERED BRIDGE IN MASSACHUSETTS” was ordered to be built in 1854. At a meeting in late 1853 the Sheffield Selectmen were directed to advertise for proposals. They were voted full power to move forward and make contracts, as ...

Drovers' and Farmers' Bank

Baxter Springs Historic Walking Tour

In the late 1880s, this building was constructed by W. H. Horner, and in it he established the Drovers' and Farmers' Bank. The Bank was purchased by John M. Cooper and J. N. McDonald, who changed ...

Fort Smallwood Park Flagpole

Dedicated in Honor of Anne Arundel County Residents Who Lost Their Lives in the Global War on Terrorism

May their scarifice be honored and remembered forever

The Citizens of Anne Arundel County

John R Leopold, County Executive

County Council

Cathleen Vitale, Chairman

Edward Reilly, Vice Chairman

James ...

Forrest's Bivouac

July 11, 1862

Crossing Tennessee River on July 9, Forrest's brigade marched here in two columns, where he received reinforcements of four companies. His force bivouacked in this vicinity; the following morning it marched toward Murfreesboro, where the Federal garrison was ...