Johnson County Civil War Memorial

To Commemorate the Valor

of the

Soldiers of Johnson Co.

In defense of the Union

1861 ———— 1865

— ?— ( Relief ) — ?—

This fountain is erected by

John T. Vawter

1905

Marker is at the intersection of Jefferson Street and North ...

Civilian Conservation Corps (C. C. C.) Camp 1935~1940

This rock entrance is all that remains of Camp Ala. SP-16, 3486 and Camp Ala. TVA-7, 3483 which were built here due to available water. They were part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's conservation projects. When WW II started the ...

First Congregational Church of South Portland

Near this hallowed ground our earliest settlers erected in 1722 a garrison-meeting house for worship and protection. This was the beginning of the First Congregational Church of South Portland, which was established on November 10, 1734.

Dedicated November 10, 1984

Marker is ...

Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Preble

Dedicated to the

men and women of

the Coast Artillery Corps

who defended Portland Harbor

at Fort Preble in five wars

from 1808 through 1945

Marker is on Fort Road near McKernan Drive, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Morris P. Cates

In memory

Morris P. Cates

Deputy Commissioner of Education

through whose untiring efforts

- Maine -

Vocational-Technical Institute

was established

in 1946

Marker is at the intersection of Fort Road and Campus Center Drive, on the right when traveling north on Fort Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

John Hancock Residence

Here stood the residence of John Hancock: A prominent and patriotic merchant of Boston, the first signer of the Declaration of American Independence, and first governor of Massachusetts under the State Constitution.

Erected 1737. Removed 1863.

Marker is on Beacon St just ...

Sion Church-Herrolds Settlement

First Lutheran Church West of the Alleghany Mountains

Pioneers arrived 1755-1760 • Settlement established 1769

158 acres called "Good Purpose" preempted for Lutheran Church in 1765.

Warrant Granted 1785

Patent Granted 1789

Log School House and Church built 1772 on site about 300 feet south ...

The First Landing Place of the Pilgrims, Nov. 11, 1620, O.S.

The map in Mourt's Relation shows that near this spot the Pilgrims first touched foot on American soil.

Marker is at the intersection of Province Lands Rd and Commercial St, on the left when traveling south on Province Lands Rd.

Courtesy ...

Elvers Corner

Vermont Township

This corner has a colorful background as the site of a saw mill, grist mill, post office, grocery store, hotel, blacksmith shop, dance hall and until 1958 the Town Hall.

In 1847 Samuel Lattimer built a saw mill that operated ...

Morewood Massacre

On April 2, 1891, at the nearby Morewood Mines of the H.C. Frick Coke Co., sheriff's deputies killed seven strikers; two more died later. These were among some 16,000 workers striking for higher wages in the coke region. Thousands of ...