Frost

Prior to 1887 the community of Cross Roads existed two miles south of this location. The town of Frost was created when a post office was established in March of that year to serve settlements west of Corsicana along the ...

Camp Ford - Early Days as a Prison Camp

During the winter of 1863-64 the camp housed only about 170 prisoners, mostly officers. Life was generally

pleasant and the men were well treated. Prison crafts and endeavors flourished. Fairly substantial log cabins were

erected. Streets were laid out ...

A Tale of Three Jurisdictions

Did you know that you traverse the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia when you cross this bridge? The brass lines in the walkway mark the boundaries. They also commemorate the cooperation required to build this bridge.

Follow the numbers to ...

Scarritt College for Christian Workers

Established in Kansas City in 1892 by the Methodist Episcopal Church South and moved to Nashville in 1924, Scarritt trained laity in Christian education, music, and missions until it closed in 1988. Much of the Collegiate Gothic campus architecture was ...

The Settlement of Knapp Creek

The Settlement of Knapp Creek, formerly known as Knapps Creek, was a genuine boomtown in the early days of the Bradford Oil Field, beginning about 1877. It was on a narrow gauge railroad and later an electric street car line. ...

In Memory of Those From Ellicottville

In Memory of Those from Ellicottville who served in World War I and World War II and especially the following who paid the supreme sacrifice

Egbert L. Barnhard •

William N. Burton •

Douglass D. Dineen •

Alton G. Eastman ...

First Frame House

In Ellicottville, 1817

Early Courts of County and meetings of Board of Supervisors held here

Marker is on West Washington Street (New York Route 242) just west of Jefferson Street (U.S. 219), on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Town of Gates

Town of Gates

Named in 1813

Last remnant of old town of Northampton

Marker is on Buffalo Road (New York Route 33) just west of Relim Blvd., on the right when traveling east.

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The Decisive Day has come on which the fate of America depends..

Abigail Adams

This high ground of Breed's Hill bound the American colonies to the cause of independence. An open field once located here commanded this entire area. On the night of June 16, 1775, two month after the fighting at Lexington ...

Boston, the Navy Yard, and the War of 1812

Boston, the Navy Yard, and the War of 1812

When the Federal government established a navy yard in Massachusetts in 1800, it naturally looked to Boston Harbor. A thriving town of more than 34,000 people, Boston was home to hundreds of ...