"Farewell to our native land"

In addition to losing their land to the American government, many Cherokees fell prey to robbers and thieves who operated near the camps and along the roads leading west.

"We are now about to take our final leave and kind farewell ...

Slate Industry

Robert M. Jones of Wales, who came here in 1848 as an immigrant, began the slate quarrying industry. The region became a major world center for slate. From here came slate for roofs and old-time school slates and pencils.

Marker is ...

"They drove us out of our house"

Beginning on May 26, 1838, soldiers began rounding up Cherokee women, men, and children. They showed little concern or respect for families or their property. In the first days, confusion abounded as soldiers and militiamen gathered individuals wherever they were ...

Old Marshfield Training Field

1630 - 1930

The Old Marshfield Training Field and Meetinghouse of the First Parish where Daniel Webster attended church.

Home of Daniel Webster. Home of Governor Edward Winslow. Historic Winslow House is open to visitors in summer.

Marker is at the intersection ...

"Your Fate is Decided"

Both the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Treaty of New Echota aimed to accomplish removal through voluntary emigration. Such efforts largely failed and by 1838 only about 2,000 Cherokee affected by the treaty had moved west. For those ...

Fulton County Civil War, Spanish-American War, and World War I M

(Dedication Plaque):This park forum

and bronze tablets

erected by

the citizens of

Fulton County

as a memorial

to her soldiers

who served in the

Civil War,

the Spanish-American War

and

the World War.

(Top of Civil War Plaque):

These tablets are dedicated to those who

entered the service from Fulton County

to preserve the Union. ...

The Alexander Eaton House: Hood’s H'dq'rs.

S. on this rd., .8 mi. stands the ante-bellum residence of Alexander Eaton (1809-1905). July 3, 4, 5, 1864, the intrenched lines of Gen. John B. Hood’s A.C. [CS] extended along the rd. from the Gann Cem. to site of ...

Hunterdon County Holocaust Memorial

Remember The 6,000,000 who perished during the Nazi Holocaust 1934-1945

Bergen-Belsen

Buchenwald

Treblinka

Majdanek

Chelmno

Belzec

Dachau

Sobibor

Auschwitz

Mauthausen

Stutthoff

Marker is on Capner Street, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Chesterfield County Courthouse

This area, known originally as "Cold Water Run," is the site of the first Chesterfield County courthouse, erected in 1750. In 1917 it was demolished and replaced by a larger Georgian Revival brick building that served the county until the ...

John Wilkes Booth and David Herold

John Wilkes Booth and David Herold remained hidden from April 16 to 21, 1865 in a nearby pine thicket, while Union troops searched for them. Thomas A. Jones brought them food and the newspapers.

Marker is at the intersection of Bel ...