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Victory Woods
New York, Saratoga County, SchuylervilleYou are standing upon land that witnessed a momentous event – an outcome considered unimaginable at the time. What happened here forever altered human history.In...
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Victory Woods
New York, Saratoga County, SchuylervilleYou are standing upon land that witnessed a momentous event – an outcome considered unimaginable at the time. What happened here forever altered human history.In...
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The Loyalists Leave Early
New York, Saratoga County, SchuylervilleI was in great anxiety and distress of mind knowing how impossible it was that any Capitulation could provide for my Security . . .John Peters,...
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Branch Cemetery
Michigan, Branch County, near Coldwater The plat for the Village of Branch was signed the 16th day of March 1832 in Detroit by Sol. Sibley a Supreme Court judge for the Territory of Michigan. The...
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Quincy Public Library
Michigan, Branch County, Quincy (Side 1) In 1906 Quincy businessman Charles W. Bennett and steel entrepreneur Andrew Carnegie both offered to build a library in Quincy Township. Carnegie required that...
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Captain Moses Allen
Michigan, Hillsdale County, AllenMoses Allen fought in the War of 1812, later serving as a captain in the Michigan militia. He became the first "white settler" in present-day Hillsdale County, settling...
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Historical Blue River Township
Indiana, Johnson County, near EdinburghSurveyed August 1820 by John Hendricks; Berry Trail, 1819; John Campbell Cabin, Edinburg, 1820; Elisha Adams Cabin, Amity, 1821; Mauxferry Road, 1823; Freeman...
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Mosherville Church / Mosherville School
Michigan, Hillsdale County, Mosherville (Side 1) Mosherville Church The Mosherville Church was built in 1861-62 on land donated by Joseph and Mary Riggs. Originally part of the Litchfield circuit of...
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Michigan and Ohio Railroad Depot
Michigan, Hillsdale County, MoscowA grand celebration and a baseball game greeted the Michigan and Ohio Railroad when its track reached Moscow on September 4, 1883. This Stick Style station, completed...
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Alpena County Courthouse
Michigan, Alpena County, Alpena"Alpena has blazed a new trail in construction," architect William H. Kuni of Detroit declared at the opening of the Alpena County Courthouse on October 21, 1935. Calling...
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Bear Valley Cemetery and Brown Church
Wisconsin, Richland County, near SextonvilleThis land was purchased from Benjamin Winterburn in three parcels; the first in 1863 for plat 1 of the cemetery. This was divided into 45 lots which were...
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The Canadian Cabins
New York, Saratoga County, StillwaterTwo small fortified cabins defended by Canadian troops stood about 600 feet south of this site. These cabins were an important link in the British line of defense...
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Judge Emile Edouard (Edward) Simon
Louisiana, Saint Martin Parish, St. MartinvilleA native of St. Martinville, Simon studied law at Harvard under Joseph Story and Simon Greenleaf, earning his degree in 1846. As 14th Judicial District...
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Home of Columbus Horatio Hall
Indiana, Johnson County, FranklinThis plaque marks the site of the home of Columbus Horatio Hall 1846 - - - - - 1928 Famed Professor of Greek and Latin at Franklin College and upon two occasions its...
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Louisiana, St. Martin Parish, St. MartinvilleHe was a man of great social consciousness. In works like Evangeline and Hiawatha and his collection of anti-slavery poems Longfellow helped to preserve...
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St. Martinville
Louisiana, St. Martin Parish, St. MartinvilleCity developed c.1795 ~ c.1890 through unusual semi-feudal arrangement where town property holders paid an "annual and perpetual" rent to the congregation...
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Attakapa Indian
Louisiana, Saint Martin Parish, St. MartinvilleRoving savage tribe who settled here prior to the French, partly Christianized and civilized by missionaries. Dedicated November 5, 1961. (Native...
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Saluda Hill Cemetery
Alabama, Baldwin County, Spanish FortSaluda Hill Cemetery is a private historical cemetery established in 1824. Among the graves here is that of Zachariah Godbold, the only known Revolutionary War...
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Kennedy Mill, c.1811
Alabama, Baldwin County, StocktonSite of one of Alabama’s first sawmills. In 1811, Joshua Kennedy engaged Jesse Ember to build two water-powered sawmills, convertible to grist mills, for a total of...
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Stockton Presbyterian Church
Alabama, Baldwin County, StocktonFirst known as Baldwin Presbyterian Church, members met in 1847, in Old Union Church near John Gallagher Springs. In 1903, the membership was moved to this site and the...
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