The Cannonball House

(Upper Plaque):

This property has been

placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

(Lower Plaque):

The Cannon Ball House

Farmstead and dwelling built about 1740. Cannonball pierced the west wall during the Battle of Springfield, June 23, 1780.

New Jersey State ...

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 ...

Brevet Major General James Samuel Wadsworth

United States Volunteers

(Front):Brevet Major General

James Samuel Wadsworth

United States Volunteers

1807 - 1864

in command of

First Division First Army Corps

at the

Battle of Gettysburg

July 1, 2, 3 1863

(Back):

Volunteer aid-de-camp with the rank of Major on personal staff of Brigadier General Irvin McDowell at Battle ...

Post Office/Le bureau de poste

[English:]

Prime Minister Laurier himself recognized the need to link the Klondike with the rest of the country. In 1900, he urged that the building of a Post Office “...be proceeded with at once.” As the first substantial building erected by ...

Madame Tremblay’s Store/Le magasin de Madame Tremblay

While this building dates from 1899, it did not become Mme. Tremblay’s, a dry goods and novelty shop, until 1913. Émillie Tremblay had first come to the territory as a young French Canadian bride in 1895 with her husband Jack. ...

Power Behind the Nation

The David R. and Susan S. Goode Railwalk

Workhorse of the Norfolk and Western: Class Y6

While the sleek class J streamlined passenger locomotives and high stepping Class A locomotives garnered publicity for the N&W; the true workhorse of the Norfolk and ...

Lubec, Maine

About 1840, a canal connecting Johnson and South Bays was dug in North Lubec and a dam constructed there to harness tidal energy to power plaster mills. Gypsum (the raw product used to make plaster) and grindstones from the Maritimes ...

Mathew Robinson Marks

In Memory of

Mathew Robinson Marks

Mayor of Orlando

1889-1890

through whose vision

the planting of our

magnificent shade trees

was inaugurated.

A.D. 1925

Marker can be reached from East Central Boulevard.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Breaking Through a Mountain

The Paw Paw Tunnel stands as a monument to the ability and daring of 19th century canal builders. By building the mile-long cut through the mountain, including the 3,118-foot tunnel, the canal avoided six miles of river bends and steep, ...

Boston

Boston, the oldest village in Summit County, was first settled by surveyor James Stanford in 1806. The village's first mill was built in 1821, and the Ohio & Erie Canal's arrival in 1827 expanded opportunities for commerce and industry. Many ...