Franklin Lakes United Methodist Church

Organized in 1855 as the Methodist Episcopal Church of Campgaw, the first church was built on Circle Ave, in 1856, but was destroyed by fire in 1919.

William V. Pulis donated a lot ‘in a most commanding part of the village.’ ...

First Train Order Transmitted by Telegraph

From this site

the first train order was transmitted by telegraph in 1851 from Harriman to Goshen by order of Charles Minot of the Erie Railroad

Marker is on Grove Street 0.1 miles west of New York Route 17.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Veterans World War I Memorial

Honor Roll

In memory of those

from this community who

answered their country's call.

Martin Adam · Frank Adams, Jr. · Romulus Berens · Anastazia Blaskoske · Raymond Borgen · Benjamin Brill · Darrell D. Burtis · Reynold Chapman · George H. Chase · ...

Quitman County’s Old Jail

The original jail was a wooden structure built in 1859. It was replaced in 1891 with this brick structure which is typical of rural jails built during this period in southeast Alabama and southwest Georgia counties. The commissioners in 1890 ...

The Red Cross Convalescent House

Following the nation’s entry into World War I, the American Red Cross was authorized to construct convalescent houses adjacent to military hospitals. These facilities provided recreation away from a hospital atmosphere, and helped boost the morale of recuperating patients. The ...

The Canal Dug By Irishmen

The Delaware and Raritan Canal, often referred to as "The Big Ditch" was constructed between the years 1831 - 1834 at a cost of almost $3,000,000 and the lives of many Irish immigrant laborers. The hand-dug D & R Canal ...

Hydro Electric Turbine

1924 – 1994

Cast Iron • Rotation Speed 100 RPM

Weight 15 Tons • 4,500 Horsepower

This is one of four turbines Ford Motor Company installed 1924 at the hydro electric plant located below this lookout. The turbines were replaced between 1992 and ...

South Carolina Confederate Monument

( West Face)

To South Carolina's Dead

Of The

Confederate Army

1861 1865

( North face)

This monument

perpetuates the memory ,

of those who

true to the instincts of their birth,

faithful to the teachings of their fathers,

constant in their love for the State,

died ...

Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad

As the first railroad to enter Texas from the North in 1872, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Co. was an influential factor in the development of the Great Southwest. Soon after its construction began, the railroad became commonly known as the "K-T" ...

Stone Arch Bridge

"This viaduct...is the only one of its kind that spans the Father of Waters, and is one of the largest and most noteworthy in the United States.

Firmer than the earth which supports it, it is constructed to stand the test ...