Dorchester Village

The village of Dorchester was settled in 1843, by families from Midway and Sunbury. It was named for the Dorchesters in England, Massachusetts and South Carolina, ancestral homes of the Midway people.

Among the early settlers of the village were: Captain ...

Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa

1772

A Spanish mission founded by Fray Junipero Serra, O.F.M., First president of the California missions. This was the fifth in a chain of 21 missions stretching from San Diego to Sonoma. Built by the Chumash Indians living in the area. ...

Veterans Memorial / Cpl. Red Cloud Tribute

Korea

Lest We

Forget

In Honor

of all

Veterans,

POWs – MIAs

24th Infantry

"Victory Division"

Designed by Cpl. Donald E. Hahn

34th and 19th Reg.

Tribute to

Cpl. Mitchell Red Cloud Jr.

American Indian

19th Reg.

Medal of Honor

Friendship, Wis.

Red Cloud Post 250

American Legion

Adams - Friendship, Wisconsin

Marker is at the intersection of Main ...

Four Towns Methodist Church

Four Towns received its name because it is near the point where the townships of West Bloomfield, Commerce, Waterford, and White Lake meet. In 1866 a frame schoolhouse was built here, on land donated by Nathan R. Colvin. From that ...

Defense Strategies

Imagine defending this isolated peninsula during the Civil War. There were threats from within (from thousands of prisoners) and from without (by Confederate soldiers trying to free their comrades or gain territory). What's more, a pro-Southern population surrounding the Point.

To ...

Dorchester Presbyterian Church

This church, built in 1854 on a lot of four acres donated by B.A. Busbee, was first used for summer services only. On January 6, 1871, it was admitted into the Savannah Presbytery as an organized church of 14 members. ...

Washington County Courthouse / Salem Downtown Historic District

Washington County Courthouse

County formed 1814 by General Assembly of Indiana Territory. Commissioners selected county seat and named it Salem. This third courthouse completed 1888 using locally quarried limestone. Designed in Richardsonian Romanesque Style by Harry P. McDonald, Louisville. Listed in ...

First Day at Central School: Circa 1900

(as told by Cecil Card for the Oral History Project)

"First came the short white undershirt and underpants. Next came the vest with two rows of buttons the first of which held up the underpants, then the white blouse with a ...

Civil War Soldiers' Monument

Originally erected in 1870 between Mt. Ephraim and Goodall Streets, this monument displays the names of 18 fallen Searsport men. It was dismantled in 1896 and moved to the current location in front of the new Masonic and Odd Fellows ...

Fairfield Vietnam War Memorial

This Memorial is hereby dedicated

to the men and women who

honorably served in the Armed Forces

of the United States of America

during the Vietnam War

December 22, 1961 – May 7, 1975

May their sacrifices for human

rights never be forgotten

Marker is at the intersection ...