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Boring Mill Overlook
New York, Putnam County, Cold SpringYou are looking at the ruins of the boring mill, one of West Point Foundry’s vital centers and among the earliest buildings in the foundry complex. A large,...
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West Point Foundry Archaeological Site
New York, Putnam County, Cold Spring West Point FoundryArchaeological Site1817 – 1911includingWest PointFoundry Preservehas been placed on theNationalRegisterof HistoricPlaces2010by the United...
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Chatham Blockhouse
Ontario, The Municipality of Chatham-Kent, ChathamOn this site a blockhouse was constructed in 1794 by order of Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe. He planned to establish here a small naval...
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In memory of Franklin Van Valkenburgh
Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, MilwaukeeKilled while commanding his ship U.S.S. Arizona at Pearl Harbor T.H. December 7, 1941 (War, World II) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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Castle Balfour
United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, County Fermanagh, Lisnaskea Castle Balfour, built for Sir James Balfour of Glenawley by about 1620, was one of many castles designed to secure the plantation in Ulster...
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Pier Cemetery 1838
Wisconsin, Fond du Lac County, Fond du Lac (engraving) First Fond du Lac Home Fanna Pier 1838 Daughter of Nathan and Betsey Kendell, wife of Colwert Pier, died March 1, 1838 aged 30. Being the first...
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Foundry Brook
New York, Putnam County, Cold SpringWater descended from Foundry Brook to Battery Pond, then by elevated flume into a giant water wheel that turned the foundry’s gears and cranes, feeding air to the...
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Tecumseh
Ontario, The Municipality of Chatham-Kent, ChathamOn this site, Tecumseh, a Shawnee Chief, who was an ally of the British during the War of 1812, fought against American forces on October 4, 1813....
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Buffalo Trace Route
Indiana, Floyd County, New AlbanyAmerican Bison, migrating in great herds, created a cluster of paths along the natural topography between Illinois prairies and salt licks in Kentucky. These paths,...
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1st Infantry Division
Minnesota, Hennepin County, MinneapolisThe heart of the U.S. Army is its regular infantry, with lineage going back to 1808. The First Infantry Division is America’s oldest division. In 1918 the...
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The Forks
Ontario, The Municipality of Chatham-Kent, ChathamThe Forks of the Thames are formed by the joining of the Thames River and McGregor Creek creating a peninsula that is present day Tecumseh Park in...
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Browns Valley Man
Minnesota, Big Stone County, Brown ValleyOn October 9, 1933, William H. Jensen, an amateur archaeologist, uncovered the badly broken skeleton of a man in a gravel pit on the plateau visible about ½...
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Minnesota's Civil War
Minnesota, Renville County, near MortonIn the late summer of 1862, the land on which you're standing was a war zone. The causes of that war had been brewing for decades. In treaties signed between 1805...
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Danbury Firsts
Connecticut, Fairfield County, Danbury • First recorded census taken in 1756, Danbury’s population: 1,527. • Danbury’s first mayor, elected in 1888, was Lewis LeGrand Hopkins. • The first train arrived...
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Country Lanes & City Streets
Connecticut, Fairfield County, Danbury Many Danbury land records were destroyed during the British raid of 1777. Historic newspapers, old deeds and early maps help us piece together some of the...
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Inventions & Innovations
Connecticut, Fairfield County, Danbury Over 300 patents were issued to residents of Danbury between 1800 and 1890, one of the earliest was issued to D. Hoyt in 1838 for a door hinge. Many inventions...
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Farming & Agriculture
Connecticut, Fairfield County, Danbury During the colonial period, agriculture was the principal occupation in Danbury. The daily tasks of our early settlers included clearing land, raising cattle,...
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Early Arrivals
Connecticut, Fairfield County, Danbury The first eight families arrived here in 1685; full of hope as they embarked on a new life filled with opportunity. Others soon joined them in this flourishing...
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19th & 20th Century Immigrants
Connecticut, Fairfield County, Danbury the potato famine of 1846-1851 brought large numbers of Irish immigrants to town. Many purchased homes in the Town Hill neighborhood and St. Peter Church became a...
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Remount Depot / Keyton Station
Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery Side 1 Remount Depot During World War I, in the summer of 1917 the U.S. Army opened a remount depot here to buy horses and mules for Camp Sheridan's 27,000-man...
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