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Nicholas Herkimer
New York, Herkimer County, near Little FallsIn 1760, Johan Jost Herkimer deeded 500 acres, including valuable river frontage, to his eldest son Nicholas. Nicholas kept the south portage road open to...
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Soldiers of Haverhill Memorial
New Hampshire, Grafton County, North HaverhillIn commemoration of the services of the services of the Soldiers of Haverhill in the Wars of the Country (War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3...
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Ebenezer MacKintosh
New Hampshire, Grafton County, North HaverhillBorn in Boston and a veteran of the 1758 Battle of Ticonderoga. As a known participant in the Boston Tea Party, for his own and his children’s safety, he...
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Rogers Rangers
New Hampshire, Grafton County, North HaverhillThe rivers’ junction two miles north was rendezvous for Rogers Rangers after their destruction of St. Francis, Que., Oct. 4, 1759. Pursuing Indians and...
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Mausoleum
Maryland, Frederick County, BurkittsvilleTownsend regarded Gapland as a lasting monument to himself and his craft and wanted to rest here for all time. Townsend designed and erected his Mausoleum in...
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First American Platform Scale
Vermont, Caledonia County, St JohnsburyAfter experimenting with new types of farm equipment, plows, and stoves, Thaddeus Fairbanks invented the platform scale here in 1830. With his brothers Erastus...
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1st Normal School
Vermont, Essex County, ConcordThe first recognized school for the purpose of training teachers was conducted near here by the Rev. Samuel Read Hall, 1823-25. Practice teaching was employed, with...
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Northeastern Speedway
Vermont, Caledonia County, St JohnsburyOpened on July 18, 1959 as Vermont’s first organized auto racing track under the guidance of the Northeastern Racing Association, the State’s first motor sports...
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Willowdale Settlement
New Hampshire, Grafton County, LittletownWillowdale was established around a sawmill that was built in 1812. The village thrived because sawmills, gristmills, and a factory producing sawmill machinery...
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Annapolis Laboratory
Maryland, Anne Arundel County, AnnapolisIn this year, 1999, a 96-year tradition of technical excellence, personal achievement , and dedication to our Navy comes to a close. The legacy of this...
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Washington Iron Works
Virginia, Franklin County, Rocky MountHere stands the furnace and ironmaster’s house of the Washington Iron Works, Franklin County’s first industry. Originally established in 1773 by Col. John...
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First Franklin County Court
Virginia, Franklin County, Rocky MountHere at the house and ordinary of Col. James Callaway, proprietor of the Washington Iron Works, the first Franklin County court met to organize the new county on...
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Ness County Bank Building
Kansas, Ness County, Ness City Known as the "Skyscraper of the Plains," this native stone structure is the legacy left by N.C. Merrill, an avid promoter of Ness City and Ness County. Built in 1888, it...
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Buffalo Bill Cultural Center
Kansas, Logan County, Oakley The Grand Lodge A.F.&A.M. of Kansas honors Wm. F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, a Master Mason, a York Rite Mason, a Scottish Rite Mason and a Shrine Mason Born 1846, Died 1917...
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The Great Buffalo Hunt
Kansas, Logan County, Oakley Buffalo Bill's legend was born right here! The site of the legendary buffalo hunt between Buffalo Bill Cody and Medicine Bill Comstock is just ten miles west of where you...
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Parkville
Missouri, Platte County, Parkville Founded by George S. Park - 1838 First known as English Landing, river port on frontier, steamboat landing; slave, tobacco, and hemp market. Home of Park College...
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Park Bank - Farmers Exchange Bank
Missouri, Platte County, Parkville[Title is text] (Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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Attack on the Paw Paw Fort
Missouri, Platte County, Parkville Northwest Missouri Tinderbox Conflict and uncertainty were widespread in northwest Missouri in the summer of 1864. Federal forces struggled in a heavy-handed manner...
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Chester World War II – Korea Memorial
Connecticut, Middlesex County, ChesterHonoring All Who Served World War II 1941 1946 These Gave Their Lives George A. Butler • Allen W. Burton • Theodore P. Dreher • Arthur Going • Philip H. Kern •...
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Chester World War I Monument
Connecticut, Middlesex County, ChesterIn Honor Of The Men Of Chester Who Served In The World War 1917 - - - 1918 Abbey Raymond C. • Bailey Charles F. • Beckwith Willis A. • Berg Albert • Bergonzi...
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