History of Big Falls

In 1887, A.W. Whitcomb erected a sawmill on this site and water from the river supplied the power. In 1890, the land was platted and the settlement became the Village of Big Falls. In 1923, Big Falls was incorporated. Today ...

Soldiers of the Revolution

To the honor and glory

of those

Soldiers of the Revolution

who

under General Washington in 1776

and General Wayne in 1779

camped on this site

Reverently placed by the Nova Caesarea Chapter

Daughters of the American Revolution May 1916

Marker is at the intersection of Elwood Avenue and ...

First Presbyterian Church

Tuscaloosa

Organized 1820.

Moved to this site 1830.

Present structure erected 1921.

Under the leadership of Dr. Charles A. Stillman, (Minister, 1869-1895) it sponsored the founding of Stillman College in 1876. Its bell was the subject of a poem by ...

Line of March of Washington’s Army

Here is recorded the line of march of Washington’s army through New Jersey in the war for independence.

Erected by the public school children of Newark under the auspices of the Schoolmen’s Club in celebration of the 200th anniversary of Washington’s ...

Connecticut Farms

On June 7, 1780 about 5000

British and Hessian

troops invaded

Connecticut Farms (now

Union Township). They

stopped at Governor

Livingston’s home

located at this site.

Marker is on Morris Avenue (County Route 82), on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Fort Clark Post Theater

Constructed in 1932, this building replaced an earlier Fort Clark Post Hall that served as a church, courtroom, theater, and recreational center. A utilitarian military design of clear span construction, brick walls, and a stucco veneer, the building also exhibits ...

Father Juan Padilla Monument

In 1542, Fr. Juan Padilla, a Franciscan Friar, (the First American Martyr), accompanied Coranado [sic] on his expedition from Mexico some 50 years after Christopher Columbus landed in the USA [sic] and 78 years before our pilgrim fathers landed on ...

Officers Quarters 2-3 and 4

These two buildings date from 1854-55, soon after the U.S. Army established Fort Clark. The antebellum fort then included officers quarters and barracks for enlisted men, as well as a two-story quartermaster storehouse, powder magazine, hospital, guardhouse and post headquarters ...

Confederate Soldier Memorial

(Gainesville Florida)

(North face)

In Memory Of

The

Confederate

Dead

1861 1865

(East face)

"They Fell For Us and For Them

Should Fall

The Tears Of A Nation's Grief."

(West face)

They Counted The Cost

And In Defence Of Right

They Paid The Martyr's Price."

(South face)

Erected By

Kirby Smith

Chapter No. 202

U.D.C.

A.D. 1904.

Marker ...

Battle of Springfield

Here, June 23, 1780, 1500 Americans under Greene and Dayton, were attacked by 5000 British and Hessians under Clinton and Knyphausen enroute to capture stores at Morristown. The British burned Springfield, but were defeated.

Marker is on Morris Avenue, on the ...