Minnetonka -- Queen of the Inland Lakes

In May, 1822, a Fort Snelling drummer boy named Joseph R. Brown and his friend, William Snelling, son of the fort's commander, canoed up what is now called Minnehaha Creek to "discover" a lake long sacred to the Indian people ...

Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial

The Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial is the only American military cemetery in the Netherlands. The cemetery site has a rich historical background, lying near the famous Cologne-Boulogne highway built by the Romans and used by Caesar during his campaign ...

The Fox Tavern: A Colonial Landmark

Until the coming of the railroads in the 19th century, the Rappahannock River town of Port Royal was the commercial center of what is now Caroline County, Virginia. Like many ports, it was a raucous place and boasted a disproportionate ...

Ashland Park / Olmsted Brothers In KY

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Ashland Park

In 1904, descendants of Henry Clay hired famed landscape architects, Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. and John Charles Olmsted, to design Ashland Park neighborhood on the 600-acre estate. Constructed over a 15-year period, development was completed around 1930. The brothers ...

The Holland Purchase

Historic New York

The Holland Land Company was organized by six banking firms in the Netherlands to purchase the unsettled land of western New York State. Their agent, Theophile Cazenove, in 1792-93 bought more than three million acres, known as ...

The Battle of Cape Porpoise (Goat Island)

August 8, 1782, a British ship of 18 guns attacked a small force of inhabitants gathered on Goat Island and was driven away by severe musket fire, losing 17 men. Lieut. James Burnham of this town was killed.

This tablet was ...

Spot where the British Landed

Near this spot 800 British soldiers from Boston Common landed April 19th, 1775 on their march to Lexington and Concord

Marker is at the intersection of 2nd St and Otis St, on the right when traveling south on 2nd St.

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The First Landing Place of the Pilgrims, Nov. 11, 1620, O.S.

The map in Mourt's Relation shows that near this spot the Pilgrims first touched foot on American soil.

Marker is at the intersection of Province Lands Rd and Commercial St, on the left when traveling south on Province Lands Rd.

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The Story of This Land

In 1895, the year of Grayslake's incorporation, Charles F. Kuebker bought the land that encompasses Central Park from Charles Whitehead. He brought his wife and young son to Grayslake the following year. They tilled the soil and raised animals. In ...

The Island / The Flamingo Club

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The Island

The Island, once accessible only by footbridges, was the center of life at Idlewild from the 1910s into the 1960s. Early advertisements for the resort described Island Park as having a beautiful bathing beach and a ...