F. G. F. G. and C. H. Smyth and Sons Building C. H. Smyth and Sons Building

Built 1912

Historic Address: 120/122 N. Rock Island

Current Address: 117 N. Mosley

Marker is on Mosley, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

United States Colored Troops

Civil War Memorial Monument

African Americans have served in every war since the American Revolution. During the Civil War, more that 180,000 African Americans comprising 170 units served in the Union Army and 29,511 served in the Union Navy. Nearly 700 ...

Salvation Army Building

Built 1946

Historic and Current Address:

126 N. Mosley

Marker is on Mosley, on the right when traveling north.

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Lady Carrington and The Blackstone Canal

If this were the year 1828 you could climb aboard the barge Lady Carrington and travel by water all the way to Worcester.

It was October 8, 1828 and the Blackstone Canal had opened for passenger and cargo service between Providence ...

The History of The Weybosset Bridge

adapted from

The Civic and Architectural Development of Providence

by John Hutchins Cady

Just to the north of where you are now standing the first bridge across the Providence River was erected in 1660, connecting the shore of the Neck with Weybosset ...

Jim Yarnell's (Untitled) Smoky Hills of West Virginia (1960)

Wichita Art Museum Trail Walk Path

Though trained as a painter, the medium Jim Yarnell (1917-[2011]) most enjoyed was photography. He was appointed advertising manager of the Beech Aircraft Corporation in Wichita. During the summer of 1962, Yarnell spent 58 days ...

Norton Common Burial Ground

The land which comprises this cemetery dates back to June 1702, and is the original town common. Originally called "The Common," this land consisting of approximately five acres, is the first land set apart for common use in Norton. Situated ...

The Pacolet River Flood of 1903

At dawn on the morning of June 6, 1903, floodwaters roared through the Pacolet River valley. As the high water thundered downstream from mill village to mill village, people in the path of the flash flood had no warning it ...

Winneccunnett Pond Area

Winneccunnett Pond is the only sizable, natural body of water in Norton, Massachusetts. Winneccunnett is a Native American word meaning "the place of the black geese." A Native American village was established on the north end of the pond long ...

The 1749 Foundation

Below this concrete cap sits the stone foundation Beavertail's 1749 lighthouse.

Initially built to provide safe passage into Newport's colonial harbor, it was designed and built by Peter Harrison, "America's first architect," who later designed the Redwood library, Touro Synagogue and ...