First Baptist Church

First

Baptist Church

Organized Oct. 7, 1786

This Building

Erected

1848

Marker is at the intersection of Broad Street and East Main Street, on the right when traveling south on Broad Street.

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Charles F. Kettering

Charles F. “Boss” Kettering was a prolific inventor. While at National Cash Register, he invented the first electric cash register. Kettering founded the Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company (Delco) in 1909 and developed the electric self-starter for automobiles, first used in ...

Old Fort Edward

This boulder

marks the site of

Old Fort Edward

1755 – 1780

Erected by the

Jane McCrea Chapter

Daughters of

the American Revolution

1914

Marker is on Old Fort Street, on the left when traveling west.

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Memorial to the Soldiers and Patriots of the Revolution

This tablet is erected by the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution as a memorial to the soldiers and patriots of the Revolution who suffered in this building as prisoners of war during the occupation of Philadelphia by the British Army, 1777 - 1778. and also to commemorate the ...

Milton Fire Department, Inc.

Like many local communities, Milton was plagued by numerous destructive fires during the 19th century. By the 1890s, citizens were calling for the establishment of a fire department to protect the town and surrounding area. The effort was ultimately successful, ...

Artillery’s Terrible Effect

Malvern Hill is barely 900 yards wide here at its narrow crest, leaving room for only a small number of the nearly 200 cannon available to the Union army on July 1. The defenders placed between two and three dozen ...

Site of Old Tavern of Greenfield

Site of Old Tavern Of Greenfield

1792 – 1812

At the Sign of The Black Horse

Here Rufus Putnam, Tallyrand,

Don Juadenes, Rufus King,

Joel Barlow and Tapping Reeve

Were Guests

Marker is on Meeting House Lane 0.1 miles west of Hillside Road, on the ...

Remembering Sacrifices - in Stone

"...around the spot where the monument was erected...to the best recollection 113 of our regiment were killed and wounded...it is hoped that the monument will remain standing as a memorial to the gallant and patriotic men of General Hazen's brigade ...

A Battlefield Landmark

The Thomas J. West house stood as a prominent part of the battlefield scene—a goal for attacking Confederates and a landmark along the Union line. Most of the fresh Federal troops marching to the front on July 1 moved past ...

Fort Hoke: Empty Victory

After capturing Fort Harrison on September 29, 1864, Union General Edward O.C. Ord directed an attack southward down the Confederate line toward forts Hoke and Maury. If these Confederate defenses fell, the direct road to Richmond along the Osborne Turnpike ...