York: Lewis and Clark Expedition

Born in Caroline County in 1770, York was a slave of the William Clark family and the only African American on the 1803-1806 Lewis and Clark Expedition. Approximately 34 years old at the time, York was one of the hunters ...

Captain Isaac Davis

On the morning of April 19, 1775, approximately 400 colonials stood on the hill overlooking the North Bridge. As smoke rose from Concord center, the order to march was given. In the exchange of fire that followed, Captain Isaac Davis, ...

Glynn Homestead

Gov. Martin H. Glynn   1871 – 1924

Congressman, Comptroller,

Lieut. Governor, Governor,

Orator, Journalist,

a founder of the Irish Free State.

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

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Dutch Hoog Straat

This map, derived from a 1600 drawing, shows Stone Street, then the Dutch Hoog Straat. Its original line is indicated by brown paving stones & the lobby alignment.

Marker is on Stone Street.

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Old Post Cemetery

Last resting place

of soldiers from

this nations wars

est. 1812 - 1970

PFC Robert A. LaFountain

Marker is on U.S. 9 just south of Lake Forest Drive, on the left when traveling south.

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Grave of British Soldiers

They came three thousand miles and died

to keep the past upon its throne.

Unheard beyond the ocean tide,

their English mother made her moan.

April 19, 1775

Marker is on Monument Street, on the left when traveling north.

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Cedar Creek Quaker Meeting House

English immigrant Thomas Stanley, born about 1670, championed the right to religious freedom early in the 1700s. Stanley gave nearby land for a Quaker meetinghouse, school, and cemetery. Until the 19th century, the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) convened here ...

Gilliland Homestead

House and barn erected in 1809 by

William Gilliland, Jr. (1768-1847).

1814 American militia encampment

prior to Battle of Plattsburgh.

Barn became the

Royal Savage Inn 1918 - 2002.

Marker is on U.S. 9 just north of Whiterill Road, on ...

Hitchcock Woods

[Marker]:

Hitchcock Woods, one of the largest urban forests in the United States, is an area consolidated between 1891 and 1898 by Celestine Eustis (d. 1921), Thomas Hitchcock (1860-1941), and William Whitney (1841-1904). Described as "the greatest equine playground in America," ...

Nearby Things to See and Do

Julesburg, Colo.

1. DePoorter Lakeis located off U.S. 385, just south of Julesburg. It offers fishing, picnic tables, restrooms and a wheelchair accessible pathway around the lake.2. Hippodrome Theatre is newly restored and a source of community pride. This historic theatre, ...