Rhode Island, Providence County, Providence
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Saint Johns Lodge Number One
F & A. M. of Providence
Added and used third story of
this building
Dedicated by Grand Master Jabez Brown
December 27, 1798
Meeting Place of
The most Worshipful Grand Lodge
F & A. M. of Rhode Island
Providence Royal Arch Chapter
Number One 1797
Thomas Smith Webb here organized
Saint Johns Commandery Number One
Knights Templar 1802
Providence Council Number One
of Royal and Select Masters
here organized 1818
Mount Vernon Lodge Number Four
F & A.M. 1824
Grand Commandery of Knights Templars
and the Appendant Order of
Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Here organized 1805
This tablet erected 1916
(Fraternal or Sororal Organizations) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Saint Johns Lodge Number One
F & A. M. of Providence
Added and used third story of
this building
Dedicated by Grand Master Jabez Brown
December 27, 1798
Meeting Place of
The most Worshipful Grand Lodge
F & A. M. of Rhode Island
Providence Royal Arch Chapter
Number One 1797
Thomas Smith Webb here organized
Saint Johns Commandery Number One
Knights Templar 1802
Providence Council Number One
of Royal and Select Masters
here organized 1818
Mount Vernon Lodge Number Four
F & A.M. 1824
Grand Commandery of Knights Templars
and the Appendant Order of
Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Here organized 1805
This tablet erected 1916(Fraternal or Sororal Organizations) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Text on Left Panel
Silver Spring's heyday as a commercial center began in 1938 with the opening of the Silver Theatre and Shopping complex, designed by John Eberson. These streamlined buildings housed a wide variety of shops, as well as a 1,100 seat movie theatre, and were among the first in the region that were built to accommodate the use of automobiles. 
The S.S. Black Point was built in 1918 at Camden, New Jersey as a coal collier. She was owned by Sprague Steamship Co. of Boston, Mass. And was 369’ long 55’ at the beam and was carrying 7500 tons of coal. Captain Charles Prior was master with a complement of 41 merchant seamen and 5 U.S. Navy Armed Guard gun crew. Eleven Merchant Seamen and one Armed Guard were killed when a torpedo struck the aft magazine, and tore away 40 feet of the stern section at 1740 hrs, and sank the S.S. Black Point at 1755 hrs. The S.S. Kamen, which was in the area, sent an S.O.S., and the signal was picked up at 1742 hrs by the frigate USS Moberly (PF-83), and was joined in the search for the enemy by the USS Atherton (DE-169) and USS Amick (DE-168). At 1930 hrs their sonar pinpointed the submarine. The S.S. Kamen and U.S. Coast Guard vessels in the area rescued the 34 survivors.
William Pryor Letchworth first became interested in Native American culture after hearing his father's stories about Cornplanter, the Seneca Chief, meeting with Letchworth's great-uncle, John Letchworth, a Quaker preacher in Philadelphia. Sensitive to the injustices that Native Americans suffered on reservations and their fast-disappearing cultural heritage, Letchworth became determined to collect and preserve Native American artifacts. One of his most significant acquisitions was the Revolutionary War-era Seneca Council House, which he rescued from decay in Caneadea, New York, and moved here in 1871. 
Standing as a silent sentinel to the town, this enormous white oak (Quercus alba) welcomes travelers into the city of McMinnville. This tree is 85 feet tall, a crown spread of 125 feet, and a possible age of over 250 years old. It has several lower limbs larger than many trees. However, it is not size that gives this white oak notoriety; the Birthing Tree is steeped in local folklore. The tree was a local landmark for settlers passing through the area. Travelers from North Carolina, Kentucky and Virginia would travel through Knoxville on the Old Kentucky Trail. These roads converged at Rock Island (the closest city at that time), and then passed under the spreading branches of this giant tree before continuing south to Alabama. The huge oak was a well-known meeting place for these weary travelers. Some waited for long periods of time for fellow settlers, bad weather, or lack of supplies.
On Old Stage Road from Nashville to Knoxville
This commercial fishing district has provided a livelihood for residents of the town for over a century. Fishermen reached the fishing grounds of Lake Michigan by way of the Leland River (Carp River) using small sailboats until the introduction of primitive gas powered oak boats around 1900. Small fishing shanties and related buildings such as ice and smoke houses were constructed during the peak years of the industry which spanned the first three decades of the twentieth century. Now gray and weather-beaten, some still serve their original purpose. Other buildings in the district date back to Leland's lumbering and iron smelting era in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Leland continues to be a commercial fishing area as well as the headquarters for transportation to the Manitou Islands.
Grand Traverse Lighthouse Built in 1858
The Fall of Ringgold
