Rocky Point, Prince Edward Island.
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English: In 1764 the British government decided to undertake a systematic survey of its North American territory, recently enlarged in the war with France. For this purpose Captain Samuel Holland was put in charge of the . . .
(Colonial Era • Exploration) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
English: In 1764 the British government decided to undertake a systematic survey of its North American territory, recently enlarged in the war with France. For this purpose Captain Samuel Holland was put in charge of the . . . (Colonial Era • Exploration) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Gen. Jacob D. Cox’s Division, XXIII Corps, led the Federal army to the outskirts of Franklin before dawn on November 30, 1864. While army commander Gen. John M. Schofield inspected the bridges on the Harpeth River, Cox set . . . 
The Jesuits Black Robes of the Wilderness In the 17th century the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits) sent missionaries to the far reaches of Asia, Africa, and the Americas. The Roman Catholic order was founded in 1537 by the . . . 
This immediate area was chiefly residential with commercial properties primarily located on College and Adams Streets. Sandwiched between those two major streets was a neighborhood, a place that people called home. The . . . 
Early British settlers were more interested in farming than in fishing. By the early 1800s, a small village began to grow farther inland. Here the bay was narrow and easily crossed - first by ferry, later by bridge. St. . . . 
Until the early 1940s, the College Street Bridge was the chief entrance to Bowling Green from the Barren River’s northern short. A Lively Commercial Corridor As one of the city’s main corridors, College Street boasted a . . . 
Water bottled and sent to Montauk as a cure for yellow fever for returning soldiers at the end of the Spanish American War 1898
Sea Stories From the first peoples through modern times, the fishery has been vital to the people living along this shore. As Lucy Maud Montgomery remembered: Many of the farmers had a fishing house on the shore field of . . . 
Established in 18th Century, used as a school until 1912
Birthplace of Capt Geo. Washington Brush Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for valor during the Civil War Born in this house in 1842 
Estab. 1895; One of two schools in Half Way Hollow Hills District used until 1931, then converted to a residence. Now home to the Half Hollow Historical Assoc. 
English: Undertaken here in 1758, this expulsion was one of the largest and the deadliest of the Acadian deportations that took place between 1755 and 1762. As part of a strategy to dismantle the French colony of Île . . . 
First concrete, limited access highway built by W. K. Vanderbilt; A. Pardington, Engineer 1908-1910 
Home Of Charles R. Street 1824-1894 Town Supervisor Respected lawyer historian Annotated town records 
English: From 1720 to 1768 this site was an important colonial base, first for France and later Great Britain. One of the first permanent French settlements on the island, Port-la-Joye served as the seat of colonial . . . 
702 Market. 1840 Greek Revival. This bank closed its doors during the Civil War but reopened afterwards as a hotel.Since 1890 it has been used for its original purpose. The hexastyle portico features unfluted Doric columns.
1108 Church. Ca. 1830 Greek Revival. This home built by Judge Coleman was the site of a large political rally held for Henry Clay, during one of his early visits to Port Gibson.
The School For more than a century the Canoe Cove School provided state-of-the-art education to students grades one through ten. This sturdy heritage building launched the successful careers of doctors, lawyers, nurses, . . . 
Built c. 1840 & remodeled c. 1880. A rare survivor of early settlement architecture in the Commack area.
The Long-Islander Newspaper was founded by Walt Whitman in a barn on this block in 1838. It is still published nearby.
