Sounds along the roadway...soldiers on the move.

Frontier Military Scenic Byway

The Frontier Military Road was used to provide soldiers and supplies to the forts along the "Permanent Indian Frontier". Fort Leavenworth and Fort Scott were on the route in what is now eastern Kansas. The only major ...

Olde Wythe During Colonial Times

Building Blocks for the Future

The Olde Wythe neighborhood was once part of Elizabeth City County, one of the four original Corporations of the London Company’s Virginia colony. The county is now classified as “extinct,” because its citizens voted to consolidate ...

The Development Of Olde Wythe

Laying the Foundation of the Neighborhood

In the years prior to the Civil War, the area known today as Olde Wythe was simply country farm land, with no special designation. After the war it remained the same for quite a while ...

Bethel A.M.E. Church

Incorporated in 1843

Moved in 1845 to the

building called “The

Seminary” standing here

at that time.

Marker is on Park Avenue (County Route 35), on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Lyceum

Lyceums were community associations that sponsored lectures, debates, and discussions.

Eastern Protestant missionaries and educators brought the concept to frontier Illinois. Promoters hoped their Lyceums would disseminate knowledge and encourage civic responsibility. Townspeople hoped attendance would help them climb ...

The Dickson - Williams Mansion

A House Divided

Dr. Alexander Williams. Catharine Williams, a famous Greeneville hostess, counted Presidents Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, and Andrew Johnson among her guests. She and her husband also entertained Davy Crockett, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, South Carolina Gov. ...

The Magnolia Tree Inn

On this site prior to 1884 James Sands Darling built his Victorian home which survived the destructive fire of that year. The home was occupied by his daughter, Grace Darling Cumming, and her family until 1923. It later became the ...

The Mindoro Cut

This cut, located at the highest point on state highway 108 between Mindoro and West Salem, is 74 feet deep and 25 feet wide. It was hand-hewn out of hard rock in 1907-08. All work was completed with only horse-drawn ...

Moving the Town

Many of the homes were not owned by the occupants. When it came time to move them, they were offered the opportunity to buy the house for $1.00.

They would then have to arrange to move them at their own ...

The Reformed Presbyterian Church of Vernon

Covenanter built in 1854

Organized by Scottish settlers in October, 1848 with Rev. James Milligan at the home of James Wright Sr.

The last regular services were held in 1920.

This was the only Covenanter church ever formed in Wisconsin.

Marker is on Big ...