Pioneer Park

Pioneer Park, site of the first Hall County courthouse, honors the courageous settlers who peacefully inhabited this area in 1857 when only Pawnee lived here. In 1866 the Union Pacific reached Grad Island and in 1868 the railroad donated Block ...

27th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers Position

This tablet indicates

the advanced

position of the

27th Regt. Conn. Vols.

in its charge the

afternoon of

July 2, 1863.

Marker can be reached from Brooke Avenue, on the right when traveling north.

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Van Schaick Burial Plot

First Settlers of Cohoes

And Owners of Half Moon

Patent Buried Here

Marker can be reached from Delaware Avenue, on the right when traveling south.

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Captain Joshua Huddy's Homestead

Site of the home of Revolutionary Hero Captain Joshua Huddy and his wife, the Widow Hart. In 1780, a party of Tories set fire to the home.

Marker is at the intersection of Heyers Mill Road and County Road 537, on ...

The Pawnee: Prairie Town Builders, Pawnee History

The Pawnee: Prairie Town Builders, Pawnee History

The Pawnee migrated from the Southwest and lived in the Platte and Loup Village areas for more than seven centuries.

The Pawnee were the most influential and populous of the native peoples of Nebraska. They ...

53rd Pennsylvania Infantry

4th Brigade, 1st Division

(Front):53rd

Pennsylvania Infantry,

4th Brigade, 1st Division,

2nd Corps.

July 2. About 5 p.m. the regiment deployed with the Brigade on the northerly side of, and charged through, the Wheatfield, driving the enemy, and continuing the advance to this position, holding ...

Peter Turney

1/8 mi. N.W. are ruins of the antebellum home of Peter Turney (1827-1903). Organizer and commander of the 1st Tennessee Infantry CSA until wounded; member of State Supreme Court, 1878-86; chief justice, 1886-93; governor; 1893-97. The house was burned by ...

Mary Sharp College

This college, devoted exclusively to the higher education of women, first opened its doors Jan. 1, 1851. It was named for one of its principal benefactors. It suspended from 1861 to 1865, the buildings being used by Federal troops. Reopening ...

Port Watson

Port Watson

Founded by Elkanah Watson

About 1805. Mills, Brewery

Rope Walk. Sent Arks, Rafts

Cargoes to Penna. Absorbed

By Cortland in 1867

Marker is on Port Watson Street (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling west.

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Mount Arie (Mount Ararat) Missionary Baptist Church

Bartlett was a small farming community in 1898. Black American laborers arrived each fall for the cotton harvest. Thomas Sanders and Nelson Secret and their families called the Reverend F. E. Garrett of Temple to help them establish Mount Arie ...