Old French House

Home of French fur trader Michel Brouillet (1774-1838). French Creole cottage (built circa 1806) is typical of "posts-on-sill" construction technique used by French settlers in Mississippi Valley during eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Restoration 1974-1976. Located within Vincennes Historic District.

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French Post

Probably site occupied by Nicolas Perrot

1685 – 86

Reoccupied by Godefroy de Linctot

Remains discovered in 1887 by Judge

B.F. Heuston and Georege H. Squier

aided by Antoine Grignon

Dedicated September 6, 1926

by

State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Marker is on Sullivan Road / South Park Road ...

French-Galvan House

Originally located at the corner of Waco and Comanche Streets, this colonial revival home was built in 1907-08 for the family of Asa Milton and Frances Garrett French. A.M. French (1850-1936), a native of New Hampshire, was a surveyor and ...

Site of French Fort Ste. Anne

Vermont's oldest settlement

On this shore was the site of Fort Ste. Anne built in 1666 by Capt. Pierre La Motte for defense against the Mohawks. The Jesuits celebrated the first Mass and erected the first Chapel. Though not permanent, this ...

French War - 1757

Here English Troops

Guided by Indians

sought sulphur deposit

site Great Sulphur Spring

opened to public 1820

Marker is on East Main Street (U.S. 20), on the right when traveling west.

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French Leaden Plate

Washed out at Point Pleasant 1849, Planted 1749

In the year 1749, reign of Louis XV, King of France, we, Celeron, commandant of a detachment sent by Monsieur the Marquis de La Gelissoniere, Commandant-General of New France - to reestablish tranquility ...

New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad

Built 1832. One of first railroads in country. Extended from this point to Frenchtown on the Elk River. Important connecting link between the North and South. Absorbed by Delaware Railroad 1856.

Marker is on Delaware Street 0.2 miles south of The ...

Dr. Seth French (1824~1896)

Born in Potsdam, New York on May 2, 1824, French served as a Surgeon with the 21st and 35th New York Regiments, New York Volunteers during the early years of the Civil War. In 1863 he moved to Eau ...

French Huguenot Plantation / Freedman's Plantation

French Huguenot Plantation

Abraham Fleury, sometimes called Abraham Fleury Sieur De La Plaine, settled here about 1680. He was one of the first French Huguenot planters in Carolina. The Huguenots, Protestants who escaped the persecution of Catholic France, immigrated with ...

The View from the French King Bridge

A special place designated by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs because it exemplifies the unique qualities of the Commonwealth.

Marker is on Mohawk Trail (Massachusetts Route 2), on the right when traveling west.

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