English Fort

In 1853 the settlers west of the Jordan River were advised by President Brigham Young to build a fort, to protect them from Indians. Thick walls of rock and adobe, with one gate surrounded two acres of land. Adobe partitions ...

Cressler - Bonner Trading Post

California Historical Landmark No. 14

The first building erected in Deep Creek settlement, now Cedarville, was built in 1865 as a trading post by James Townsend, who was killed in an indian fight it 1866.

Purchased by William T. Cressler and John ...

Shippen Manor

Oxford Industrial

Historic

District

Site #1

Shippen Manor

Built by Joseph & William

Shippen, Gentlemen Landowners,

Circa 1754.

Marker is on Belvidere Avenue near Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling west.

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Berkeley and Harrison's Landing

A short distance south. The place was first settled in 1619 but was abandoned. It was repatented in 1636. Benjamin Harrison, signer of the Declaration of Independence, lived here; his son, William Henry Harrison, President of the United States, was ...

Agnew Square

For Hon. Judge Daniel Agnew, 1809-1902. Eminent jurist, author and respected citizen. Judge of the 17th District 1851 to 1863; then appointed to Penna. Supreme Court, becoming Chief Justice in 1873. His home, where he resided over 60 years, faced ...

Foundry

Oxford

Industrial Historic

District

Site #5

Foundry

Produced train car

wheels in the mid

1800s.

Marker is on Washington Avenue near Cinder Street, on the right when traveling north.

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Brett Park / New Bridge Area

Hackensack River Greenway through Teaneck

Site of:Hackensack Indian Village,

and The Real

George Washington Bridge

This 10½ acre park named after Teaneck Mayor and open space advocate Clarence “Jim” Brett is one of the most historically significant site in Teaneck, indeed the Hackensack River ...

Kavanaugh School

“The Sun Never Sets on Kavanaugh.”

Kavanaugh Academy 1904-09; Anderson Co. High School 1909-20; Kavanaugh High School 1920-49. Rhoda C. Kavanaugh, A.B., founder and principal 41 years. Under her direction it ranked among the nation's foremost preparatory schools for Annapolis and ...

Westover

McClellan’s New Base

Following the last of the Seven Days' Battles on July 1, 1862, at Malvern Hill, Gen. George B. McClellan's Union Army of the Potomac continued its retreat to the James River. McClellan had earlier decided to "change his ...

Desert Spring

This spring was on the old Indian Horsethief Trail and later (1834) Joe Walker Trail. The famished Manly-Jayhawk Death Valley parties (1849-50) were revived here after coming from Indian Wells through Last Chance Canyon. The was also a station on ...