The Military Road

Joseph Brant, familiar with the terrain, probably selected the place of ambush ~ where a small stream crossed the military road. The military road of 1777 was about ten rods north of the present highway.

Marker is on Rome Oriskany Road ...

The Coloma Road

Sutter’s Fort, established by Capt. John A. Sutter in August 1839, marked the Western end of the Coloma Road. Opened in 1847, this road ran from the Fort to Sutter’s sawmill at Coloma. Used by James W. Marshall in January ...

The Old Camp Road

Morristown National Historical Park

When the population of Jockey Hollow jumped from two or three farmers to 10,000 soldiers, the army had to build some roads. This is one of them, running between two pre-Revolutionary roads; the Jockey Hollow Road and ...

The Old Boston Road

Originally an Indian trail

New York City to Boston

First traveled by a post rider Jan. 13, 1673

making the round trip in one month.

First stage route established in 1732.

Site of British encampment

Battle of Pelham Oct. 18, 1776.

Marker is at the intersection of ...

Stockton Road and the Shay Engine

For many years Stockton Road has been the main western entrance to Sonora. Originally it turned into a very narrow street at Bradford Street, and traffic would then continue into the City on Bradford.

This Shay engine was built by Lima ...

The Railroad & The Vernoy Quarry

The High Bridge Branch of the Central Railroad of New Jersey

Opened in July 1876, the High Bridge Branch was once a busy railroad owned by the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey. It was built to bring iron ore ...

The Wright House and the Underground Railroad/Old Main Street

The Wright House and the Underground Railroad

In the early 1800s, Jabez Wright, an early Huron County judge, purchased a large tract of lakeside land on the north side of what is now Cleveland Road. There Wright built an eight-room farmhouse ...

"Decision at the Crossroads" Corinth: October 4, 1862

On the morning of October 4, 1862, nearly 20,000 Confederates under Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn launched a massive assault on Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans' 20,000 Federal soldiers defending the interior line of Corinth's entrenchments. Attacking from the north ...

The Good Roads Jubilee / The Lincoln Highway

(Left Side):

The Good Roads Jubilee

One of the largest celebrations for the opening of a paved section of the Lincoln Highway was held here, at the Caledonia Forest Reserve Park, on October 4, 1921.

The new paved section of the Lincoln Highway ...

Muskingum River Underground Railroad / Marietta Leaders of the U

Muskingtum River Underground Railroad

People living in Marietta and along the Muskingum River shared a history of slavery opposition. Manasseh Cutler, from Massachusetts and an Ohio Land Company agent, helped draft the Ordinance of 1787 that prohibited slavery in the Northwest ...