Van Houten Fields

In 1937 Ralph Borsodi, author, economist and philosopher, organized a group for the purchase of this 106-acre Dutch farm to be divided into leased acreage plots. This became the largest self-administered, back-to-the-land community in Rockland County for families seeking a ...

3rd Regt. Pennsylvania

Reserve Corps

32nd Reg. Penna. Vol. Inf.

2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps.

Arriving on the field on the afternoon of

September 16th, Lieut. Col. John Clark, com'd'g. the

regiment immediately deployed eight companies

as skirmishers.

When the 2nd Brigade advanced on the morning

of September 17th, the ...

1st Corps, 3rd Division, 2nd Brigade Bivouac

U.S.A.

On the night of September 16, 1862, three regiments of Magilton's Brigade, Meade's Division bivouacked in the North Woods, a few feet south of this point in support Seymour's skirmishers; one regiment was in second line, in the open ground ...

John Scull Trading Post

In 1701, here, John Scull operated a trading post. He was the first known Englishman to visit the Indian village of "Shamokin" and was here as late as 1729. On October 17, 1750 Thomas and Richard Penn executed a deed ...

Old Clarkstown Reformed Church Cemetery

A Dutch meeting house and burial ground occupied this site ca. 1740. The First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church was organized here in 1750. A sandstone building replaced the old wooden structure in 1826. This cemetery, in use for almost two ...

Pendleton County World War I Memorial

"By fairy hands their knell is rung

by forms unseen their dirge is sung"

Dedicated to

these heroes

of

Pendleton County

who made

the supreme sacrifice

in the World War

1914 - 1918

Killed in action

John Dayton Dove - Riverton

Raymond L. Harman - Franklin

William Orbrey Lambert - Dry Run

Died of ...

Cedar Creek Primitive Baptist Church

Cedar Creek Primitive Baptist Church was organized April 10, 1813. The first pastor was Samuel Strange; first clerk was John Collins; first deacons were Frederick Holland, John Collins, and H.H. Kennedy. Other deacons include Redding Yeomans, J.J. Kennedy,

Lewis Powell, Homer ...

Lake Tahoe Outlet Works and Gatekeepers Cabin

The first outlet works were constructed in 1870 by Colonel A.W. Von Schmidt. The stone and timber crib structure soon passed to the Donner Lumber & Boom Co. who continued to regulate, for a fee, the water flow for floatation ...

Feasterville Female and Male Academy

Around 1840 an academy was established at this site by John Feaster, a noted landowner of this area, for the education of female and male students. By 1842, both academy building and a boarding house (dormitory)had been erected. Mr. Feaster, ...

Thomas / Hill Grocery and Residence

c. 1850; moved 1901, 1912

These vernacular buildings are significant for their association with, and are among the last vestiges of, Madison's first African-American community. Both were moved to the site by African-American civic leader, John Turner. The two-story, gable-front building ...