Ice Cream Stand

Site of Tangier's only unsolved murder

This is the site of the island's only unsolved murder. Charles C. "Bud" Connorton, the Town Sergeant, was eating in an earlier building here when he was fatally shot through an open window. His assailant ...

Tangier Harbor

Mailboat Harbor replaced Steamboat Harbor in the 1930’s as the age of steamboats came to a close. The harbor was first dredged in 1922, from the Eastern side. In 1967, the harbor was dredged through to the Western side of ...

Old Welsh Tract Church

Oldest Primitive Baptist Church in America.

This marker was presented by Delaware Chapter - Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America.

Marker can be reached from Welsh Tract Road 0.1 miles west of South College Avenue.

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The American Southern Defenses – 1776-1777

“we are Building a Large & Long Breast work on the South Side.” -

Pvt. Thomas Killam, August 19, 1776

When the American Northern Army arrived at Ticonderoga in mid-July 1776, the 300-acre peninsula opposite on the Vermont shore was a ...

Lincoln Stranded Here

Looking For Lincoln

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In February 1855,Abraham Lincoln was with a group of sixty passengers stranded in Pontiac after a train, bound for Springfield from Chicago, became mired in a snowdrift just this side of where the village of Cayuga ...

Williams-Barker House

1630 - 1930

A portion of the house built by John Williams in 1634 is incorporated in the present house. It was a "garrison" or place of refuge and defense during King Philip's War.

Marker is on Barker Road 0.1 miles north ...

Potter's Fort

Built 1777 by Gen. James Potter. A stockaded fort refuge for the settlers of the valley region. Teh site is on the nearby rise.

Marker is at the intersection of Old Fort Road (State Highway 144) and Earlystown Road (State Highway ...

NKP Berkshire Locomotive No. 779

Locomotive No. 779, built by the Lima Locomotive Works in 1949, is the last steam locomotive manufactured in Lima. As a “Berkshire-type”, it represents the most advanced development of steam power. The Nickel Plate Railroad had a total of 80 ...

Sherborn

1630 - 1930

Settled in 1652 and called Boggastow, became a town in 1674.

Marker is on North Main Street just from Coolidge Road.

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Government Island

Government Island Orientation

Welcome to Government Island. This 17-acre historic site is an early American quarry originally named Brent’s Island or Wiggington’s Island. As early as 1694, stone was quarried from this site for use as architectural trim in Colonial America. ...