Town of Perinton

Early Burial Ground

Established on a one-acre tract of land given to the town by the Northrup family.

Marker is at the intersection of Fairport Road (Route 31F) and Dell Rd., on the left when traveling east on Fairport Road.

Galveston Office of the National Weather Service

First weather service office in Texas, and one of first in the United States; established April 19, 1871, slightly over a year after Congress passed an act in Feb. 1870 creating the Public Weather Service of the United States under ...

Municipal Water System

Established in 1935 on this site, wells using the pre-glacial channel of the old Genesee River provided the Village of East Rochester with water until 1992.

Marker is at the intersection of Fairport Road (Route 31f) and Waterworks Dr., on ...

Putnam County Revolutionary War Memorial

In Memory of

the Revolutionary Dead

of Putnam County

Erected by

Washburn Chapter

Daughters of the

American Revolution

1776 — 1915

Marker can be reached from South Cemetery Road south of Veterans Memorial Highway, on the left when traveling south.

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The Bowerman Barn

This barn was built by the Bowerman family in 1878 as part of their ranch operation. Much of the barn was handcrafted and it serves as a fine example of the skills of that time.

The Bowerman’s are an early pioneer ...

Trinity Centre Then – Trinity Center Now.

Hudson Bay Co. trappers worked the Trinity Valley as early as 1826. A tenuous peace existed between the trappers and the Wintu Indians. Miners invaded the valley in 1850. In 1851, Moses Chadbourne built a trading post, by the same ...

Standing Proudly on the Hill

From its beginning as Fairmount College in 1895, Wichita State University has stood, like these columns, “proudly on the hill” – a phrase from the university’s “Alma Mater” referencing the highest point of land in Sedgwick County. The columns were ...

Fiske Hall Centennial Celebration

October 26, 2004

Fiske Hall was the men’s dormitory of Fairmount College from 1906 to 1926 and served as an army barracks in both World Wars. Beginning with the municipal university period in 1926, Fiske provided classroom and office space for ...

Wunder's Crossroads

For more than half a century from the mid-1800’s the intersection of Lee Highway and Glebe Road was known as Wunders Crossroads after the family whose farm lay just northeast. Dr. Henry S. Wunder and his son George O. Wunder ...

Demorest War Memorial

All Gave Much These Gave All

Marker is at the intersection of Washington Street and Monroe Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Washington Street.

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