Bellows Falls Canal
Vermont, Windham County, Bellows FallsThe British-owned Company, which was chartered to render the Conn. River navigable here in 1791, was 10 years building the 9 locks and dam around the Great Falls,...
View ArticleThe Company Store
New Jersey, Passaic County, West Milford The company store was a center of village life for over 160 years, containing not only a wide assortment of merchandise, but also the post office and...
View ArticleWeighing Scale Remains
New Jersey, Passaic County, West Milford Mainly for weighing incoming iron ore and outgoing iron pigs. Circa mid 1800s (Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS...
View ArticleThe Ringwood Furnaces at Hewitt
New Jersey, Passaic County, West Milford The outbreak of the Civil War awakened the industrial power of the Northern States. The Cooper & Hewitt Iron Company built the “Gun Metal Furnace” on...
View ArticleThe First Furnace
New Jersey, Passaic County, West Milford The stone foundation before you is all that remains of the original iron furnace at Long Pond Ironworks. Built in 1766 by Peter Hasenclever, it was 25...
View ArticleEl Quartelejo
Kansas, Scott County, Scott State Park This marks the site of the Picurie Indian Pueblo 1604 which became an outpost of Spanish civilization and a rendezvous for French traders prior to 1720 (Colonial...
View ArticleLanding of Lafayette
South Carolina, Georgetown County, Georgetown This Tablet Commemorates the 175th Anniversary Of The Landing Of The Marquis de Lafayette at North Island on Winyah Bay June 13, 1777 and the First Day...
View ArticleHasenclever Iron Trail
New Jersey, Passaic County, West MilfordWelcome to the Hasenclever Iron Trail. This yellow blazed trail follows, for the most part, a road built over 230 years ago between the ironworks here at Long...
View ArticleFort Wear
Tennessee, Sevier County, Pigeon ForgeCol. Samuel Wear built Fort Wear in this vicinity about 1781, the year that Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown. Fort Wear was one of nearly a dozen forts built in...
View ArticleUnion City Iron Furnace
Michigan, Branch County, Union CityOn March 17, 1847, the Union City Iron Company was incorporated with leading citizens of the town as stockholders. The company was formed to produce iron from the bog...
View ArticleWater Power
New Jersey, Passaic County, West Milford In 1882, these waterwheels, the last of many at Long Pond Ironworks, were constructed to harness the power of the Wanaque River, the only natural drainage...
View ArticleWater Wheel Pit
New Jersey, Passaic County, West Milford Abandoned project to replace two lower water wheels with one water wheel twice their size. (Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 5...
View ArticleTo The Opening of the Battle
Georgia, Catoosa County, near Fort OglethorpeTo The Opening of the Battle Sept. 19, 1863. . . 1 7/8 ms. (War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
View ArticleLong House Ruins
New Jersey, Passaic County, West Milford Possible Bunkhouse for single male workers, circa mid 1800s. (Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
View ArticleSteam Powered Sawmill Remains
New Jersey, Passaic County, West MilfordCirca early 1900s (Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
View ArticleMorris Canal
New Jersey, Passaic County, WayneNationalRegistered LandmarkFeeder Canal crossed here→←Passaic County (Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
View ArticleDeep River Roll Of Honor - World War I
Connecticut, Middlesex County, Deep RiverDeep River Roll Of Honor - World War I 1917 – 1918 Ahlstrin, Elmer • Bahr, Herman G. • Bartman, Kenneth E. • Berg, Albin • Berg, Gustaf R. • Berg, Philip •...
View ArticleIn Memoriam
Connecticut, Middlesex County, Deep RiverIn Memoriam Erected By The Citizens of This Town In Honor Of Her Patriotic Men and Women Who Served Their Country In Time of War To The Dead - A Tribute To The...
View ArticleRocky Mount
Virginia, Franklin County, Rocky MountThis place was established as the county seat when Franklin County was formed. The first court was held in March, 1786. The first (log) courthouse was replaced in...
View ArticleThe Hamline Plaza
Minnesota, Ramsey County, St. Paul Bishop of the Methodist Church in Ohio who donated a substantial portion of his estate in 1854 for the establishment of Hamline University with the following prayer:...
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