The Route of the Hiawatha- The Wickedest City

Buried beneath busy Interstate 90 in the valley below are the bones of what the Chicago Tribune in 1909 named “the wickedest city in America”.

This “den of iniquity” sprouted up when the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad began building ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- St. Paul Pass Tunnel

The Milwaukee Road faced the daunting task of drilling a tunnel 23 feet high, 16 feet wide and 1.7 miles long into Idaho.

It was a damp, dark, dirty dig. After the approaches were prepared in 1906, and a faltering start ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- The Trail Follows the Trains

…and Historians Trace the History along the Trail.

When the Milwaukee Road abandoned its route over the Bitterroot Mountains, salvage companies stripped the line of all the rails, ties, signals, posts and everything else of value. The small fragments left behind ...

Old Isle of Wight Courthouse

Smithfield served as the county seat from 1752 to 1801. The Old Isle of Wight Courthouse was built in 1752. Constructed by William Rand, it is one of Virginia's few surviving colonial structures and is notable for having a semicircular ...

Stratford Veterans Monument

In Recognition Of

Service Rendered

To Our Country By

Men & Women

Of Stratford

Connecticut

During

National Crises

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Connecticut Route 113) and North Parade Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Stratford Point Lighthouse

Est. - 1822

Maintained & Operated by the

U.S. Coast Guard

Aids to Navigation Team

Long Island Sound

Marker is on Prospect Street 0.1 miles east of Riverside Drive, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Home of William Samuel Johnson

Home of

William Samuel

Johnson

One of the Framers

Of the Constitution

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Connecticut Route 113) and West Broad Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Site of Silesia School

1902-1925

In 1902 children from nearby farms traveled by horse and buggy to the Silesia School, a one room school house. The school's contribution of education for this area continued until 1925. In 1959 the school and part of this land ...

Roll of Honor

1941 — 1945

In honor of the members of

Florence Volunteer Fire Co. No. 1

who served their country in World War II

J. Allen • J Baird • W. Boyle • N. Brown • R. Cavanaugh • R. Coates • J. Crammer • ...

Stratford World War I Monument

In Grateful Recognition

Of All Those Who

Served Our Country

In Time Of War

The Town Of Stratford

Dedicates This Memorial

A.D. 1931

Marker is at the intersection of West Broad Street and Main Street (Connecticut Route 113), on the left when traveling west on ...