Fort Ligonier

The first English fort west of the Alleghany Mountains was built five hundred feet south-east of this spot, in 1758 by order of Gen. John Forbes, and named in honor of Lord John Ligonier.

Here General Forbes with the aid of ...

The Historic 1777 & 1779 Trails

The Historic 1777 & 1779 Trails

You are walking part of the 1777 historic trail that retraces as nearly as possible the routes taken by the British army during the Revolutionary War.

The 1777 trail represents the route taken by ...

Fort Defiance Flagstaff

Fort Defiance Flagstaff

All land north to Canada is surveyed on baseline running from this point.

Marker is at the intersection of Fort Street and Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Fort Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Clover Hill Mining District

Coal mines, including Brighthope, Raccoon, Cox, Hill, Vaden, and others, were located a mile west of here. As early as 1822 coal was sold for local use. By 1845 the Clover Hill Railroad was constructed to transport the coal to ...

Margaret's Place and Walk / Lower Garden District

Margaret’s Place and Walk

Margaret’s Place and Walk honors Irish Immigrant Margaret Gaffney Haughery (1813-1882), who devoted her life to orphaned children and the needy. An orphan herself, Margaret lost her husband and baby to illness. Although illiterate, Margaret ...

Major General Alfred T.A. Torbert

Torbert Memorial Statue

This memorial statue was commissioned by the Milford Museum to honor and commemorate the 175th anniversary of the birth of Major General Alfred T.A. Torbert, born July 1, 1833. General Torbert, a West Point graduate, class of 1855, ...

Milford

Town laid out by Joseph Oliver 1787. Village was located on tract then called "Saw-Mill Range". Named Milford from fording place near mill-dam erected by Rev. Sydenham Thorne across Mispillion Creek, 1787. First incorporated 1807. Old town in Kent County, ...

St. Mark’s

Consecrated in 1875 as first Episcopal church for colored people in North Carolina. Served by Bishop Atkinson. It is located 3 blocks east.

Marker is at the intersection of North 3rd Street (U.S. 74) and Grace Street, on the right when ...

Fort Ligonier

The first English fort west of the Alleghany Mountains was built five hundred feet south-east of this spot, in 1758 by order of Gen. John Forbes, and named in honor of Lord John Ligonier.

Here General Forbes with the aid of ...

A Riot, the Massacre, and the Tea Party

From 1769-1776 Boston was the flashpoint for events leading up to the American Revolution. On February 22, 1770, a crowd gathered around the house and shop of a Tory sympathizer and customs agent, Ebenezer Richardson. When they started pelting the ...