First Library

The Alexandrian Library was the first in Genesee County and was founded in 1811 by Alexander Rea, Noah North, Ezra Osborn & Sebe Brainard

Marker is on Buffalo Street, on the left when traveling west.

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Portsmouth Compact

1638-1936

Erected to honor the memory and

perpetuate the spirit and ideals of

the founders of the first government

in the world to allow and to insure to

its citizens civil and religious liberty.

Established on this Site in the Year 1638

Portsmouth Compact

We whose ...

St. Peter's Episcopal Church Cemetery

Church built in 1835

Destroyed by fire 1861

Merged with Christ Church

Rutledge Ave. and Sumter St.

which was torn down and

new St. Peter's built in 1931

Moved to Miles Drive 1973

Marker is on Logan Street, on the ...

Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad Depot

As seen on the right, the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad Depot at Frostburg was constructed in 1891. The depot served as a passenger and freight station enroute between Cumberland, Maryland down the rich coal-mining region of Georges Creek to Piedmont, ...

Angelina & Neches River Railroad

Chartered in August 1900 and headquartered in the sawmill town of Keltys, the Angelina and Neches River (A&NR) Railroad began as a small short line railroad to move logs from the woods of East Texas to the mills of the ...

Aiken's Tavern Historic District

In the years prior to the Revolutionary War, John Aiken commenced the operation of a tavern and storehouse at this location near the intersection of two of the major roadways of the Delmarva Peninsula. Aided by their proximity to this ...

Battle of Kolb's Farm

June 22, 1864

The 14th Kentucky (2d Division, 23d A.C.,) together with the 123d N. Y. (1st Division, 20th A.C.,) [US] were posted as skirmishers East of the Kolb farmstead.

The stubborn resistance by the 14th Ky., and the 123d N.Y., disrupted ...

Fort Lauderdale Beaches Wade-Ins

On July 4, 1961, local NAACP president Eula Johnson and black physician Dr. Von D. Mizell began a series of nationally publicized "wade-ins" of Fort Lauderdale beaches. Johnson, Mizell, a third black adult, and four black college students participated in ...

British Position

Battle of Cooch's Bridge

On the morning of September 3, 1777, soldiers of the Hessian Field Jaeger Corps encountered American light infantry positioned in the woods and fields along this road, which led from Aikentown (Glasgow) to Cooch's Bridge. The Americans ...

Chico Elks Lodge No. 423 Veterans Memorial

Dedicated to the Members of

Chico Elks Lodge No. 423

Who served in the Armed Forces

Of the United States of America

Marker can be reached from Manzanita Avenue near East Avenue.

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