Florence Depot (1852) / Wilmington & Manchester RR

Florence Depot

The original depot named Florence was built here in 1852, where the Wilmington & Manchester RR crossed present-day Hoffmeyer Rd. It was named for Florence Harllee (1848-1927), daughter of the railroad's president, William W. Harllee (1812-1897). In ...

Hardee’s Detour

Aug. 31, 1864. The night march of Hardee’s A. C. (followed by Anderson’s div. of S. D. Lee’s) [CS] from East Point & Rough and Ready to Jonesboro, was not without incident. About 3 A. M. the head of Brown’s ...

End of Harrison's Trail In Ohio - War of 1812

Six miles east is the western boundary of "The Fire Lands" - given by Connecticut to its citizens for property destroyed by the British during the Revolution.

Marker is at the intersection of West 3rd Street and Monroe Street, on the ...

The Wedge

The wedge-shape tract, west of the Maryland and Delaware curve, consists of approximately 800 acres of land. For more than a century, the property was claimed by Pennsylvania but governed by Delaware. In 1889, a joint committee appointed from both ...

Revolutionary War Constitution Island

The defense of the Hudson River against British ships was an important task of the Revolutionary Army. The river’s sharp bend and strong currents at this point made Constitution Island well located for this purpose.

Construction on Fort Constitution ...

Spann Methodist Church / Captain Clinton Ward

Spann Methodist Church

This church was founded ca. 1805 at the plantation of John Spann, Jr., about 1 mi. N. Bishop Francis Asbury preached there in 1807 and 1811. The first church on this site was built and the cemetery was ...

The Milldam

1630 - 1930

This short stretch of street still known as the milldam was the site of an Indian fishing weir and was laid out along the dam built soon after the settlement of the town in 1635.

Marker is on Main ...

British Soldier

19 April 1775

Near this site was buried

a British soldier of the

4th the King’s Own Regt. of Foot

fatally wounded at North Bridge

Marker is on Monument Street (Massachusetts Route 62), on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Gen. Thaddeus Kosciuszko

To the memory

of

Gen. Thaddeus Kosciuszko

Polish Patriot • • • Hero of two continents • Champion of Liberty and the rights of man • • He came to America in 1776 and volunteered his services for the cause of American ...

The High Ground

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park

[The] high ground which extended about mid-way from the breastwork to the river was in some manner open, but the declivity and flat which surrounded it was filled with fallen timber, the growth of which was ...