Catherineberg-Jockumsdahl-Herman Farm

The Catherineberg-Jockumsdahl-Herman Farm is linked with many of the families associated with the early settlement of St. Thomas and St. Croix. The de Nully, Beverhout and Heyliger clans were all significant in the early development of the Virgin Islands. A ...

The Roulette Farm

The Battle Caused Considerable Destruction of Property Here

William Roulette

This farmstead dates from a time when Sharpsburg was the western frontier. In September 1862, it was the home of William and Margaret Roulette and their six children. They evacuated before the ...

Early Owners of the Farm

Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site

The builder of the house, as well as its subsequent owners, were well-known and respected individuals, and the farm reflected their status in the St. Louis community. Modifications were made to the original two-story, four-room ...

The Working Farm

Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site

White Haven was typical of large farms in the area during the mid-1800s. As times changed, so did its operation in terms of labor, equipment, and methods. Its two owners, Colonel Dent and Ulysses Grant, ...

The Dorchester School Farm

Town of Foxborough Incorporated 1778

To help support its public school,Dorchester set aside a 650 acre farm in this vicinity which it leased in 1710 to Robert Calef for a total of 308 years. Solomon Hews was operating a tavern here ...

National Historic Landmark -Connemara, The Carl Sandburg Farm

National Historic Landmark -Connemara, The Carl Sandburg Farm

Sandburg, the poet, novelist, and writer of a Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Lincoln, lived here from 1945 until his death in 1967.

C.G. Memminger, the builder of the house, was Secretary of the ...

The Farm

The Farm stands on a 1020-acre tract acquired by Nicholas Meriwether in 1735 and later owned by Col. Nicholas Lewis, uncle of Meriwether Lewis. A building on the property likely served as headquarters for British Col. Banastre Tarleton briefly in ...

The Symmes Farm

1630 - 1930

Farm of about three hundred acres granted to the Reverend Zachariah Symmes, first minister of Charlestown, in 1634. This portion of the farm is still owned by his descendants.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Everell ...

The Lemcke Farm House

Katherine and Henry Lemcke were among the early settlers of Middleton. They came to America in 1863 from Golste, Hanover, Germany. Four generations of Lemckes have made this property their home over 100 years. It was granted the Century Farm ...

The Battle of Freeman’s Farm

In the fields before you, the first action of the Battle of Saratoga began. Shortly after noon on September 19, American pickets posted in the Freeman House fired on advance elements of the center column of the British army. The ...