The First French Fort / The First Playground in Fort Wayne

[Left side of marker]:The First French Fort

The French lived among the Miami at the Three Rivers as early as 1697 when Jean Baptiste Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes (d. 1719), and Francois Marie Bissot de Vincennes, the son of Jean Baptiste ...

Demonstration School

The first "laboratory" school for teacher training in the state was established in 1907 by the faculty of Industrial Institute and College (1884), now Mississippi University for Women, the first public college for women in America. The present structure opened ...

The Andrew Carnegie Public Library

1915-1965

The Ulatis Book Club initiated an early effort in 1905 to obtain a Carnegie Library Building Fund Grant. This effort was taken over in 1910 by the Saturday Club, which campaigned to establish a library district under the jurisdiction of ...

State Shipyard

On this road five miles west was the State shipyard on Chickahominy River, burned by the British General Phillips on April 21-22, 1781.

Marker is at the intersection of Forge Road and Richmond Road (U.S. 60), on the right when traveling ...

“Had day lasted an hour longer . . .”

South

Herrick’s Approach

A column of 300 men under Colonel Samuel Herrick marched over this ridge in order to attack Baum’s main position from the rear.

Reinforcements Arrive

No sooner had Stark’s troops overrun Baum’s main position on the top of this hill, than ...

Delaware Crossing and the Grinter Ferry

Just east of this marker, at a point where an old Indian trail led to the water's edge, Moses Grinter established the first ferry on the Kansas River. The year was 1831, and Grinter became the earliest permanent white ...

Confederate Decoration Day

Began here, April 25, 1866, with first annual placing of flowers on graves of Blue and Gray. Idea originated at meeting in Twelve Gables home of Miss Matt Morton.

Marker is on 3rd Street South near 3rd Avenue South.

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Triangle Building

1898

This two-story building with three storerooms on the first floor, 16 office rooms upstairs and a basement, was built for Charlotte A. Hutton.

Marker is at the intersection of Merchant Street and Main Street on Merchant Street.

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“the first link in the chain of successes which issued in the su

East

The River Crossing

Travelers on the road to Bennington in 1777 crossed the Walloomsac River on a bridge where today’s bridge stands at the foot of this hill. To defend this important crossing, Baum placed his Brunswick grenadiers and a few ...

Site of First Business Building of Record

1855

On this site once stood a two-story wooden structure built by E. F. Gillespie. It served as his general merchandise store until 1863. The Masonic Lodge was headquartered upstairs. The building was removed in 1897.

Marker is at the intersection of ...