Jonas Rice

1630 - 1930

On the slope of the hill one-half mile west stood the house of Jonas Rice, the first permanent dwelling in Worcester, built in 1713. He served as schoolmaster and his son, Adonijah, was the first white child born ...

Historic Kolb Studio

Established in 1904 by the Kolb Brothers as a photographic studio and operated by Emery Kolb until his death in 1976. Kolb is now operated as a book store and information center by the Grand Canyon Association, a non-profit organization. ...

Wheeler’s Surprise

1630 – 1930

One mile to the southwest, off the North Brookfield Road, Edward Hutchinson’s company seeking a parley with the Nipmucs was ambushed by Indians August 2, 1675, and more than half were slain. Captain Hutchinson died from his wounds. ...

The Camellia Garden

The South Carolina Botanical Garden began in 1958 when a camellia collection on the Clemson University campus was moved to make way for construction. Since that time, many others have been added, and the collection now contains more than 300 ...

Centerville Cemetery

Main Marker:

Burials here date back to the early 1860’s but it was 1900 before the first cemetery association purchased the land from Theodore Willrich and started keeping records. In 1958 a few residents re-formed the organization which had lapsed into ...

The Johnson Massacre

1630 - 1930

John Johnson and three children were killed by Indians in his house on this spot August 25, 1696. His wife was saved by her brother.

Marker is on Massachusetts Route 12 0.1 miles from Johnson Lane, on the right ...

Old Maanexit Ford

1630 - 1930

From this ford branched trails to Woodstock, Brookfield and Sturbridge. This way ran the Post Route established in 1672 "to goe monthly" from New York to Boston. Here, June 5, 1676, Major Talcott's Connecticut troops passed to join ...

Senator Daniel Webster

Civil War to Civil Rights

“Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable,” Senator Daniel Webster, January 1830.

Senator Daniel Webster, eloquent advocate for the preservation of the Union and a political giant in pre-Civil War America, lived and ...

Site of the Camp of Gen. Joaquin Ramirez y Sesma

Site of the Camp, March 20-26, 1836, of one division of General Santa Anna's Army under the command of General Joaquin Ramirez y Sesma. It crossed the Colorado at Atascosita Ford, eight miles below Columbus.

Marker is at the intersection of ...

Fort Gilbert

1630 - 1930

Here stood Fort Gilbert, built about 1688 to protect the second settlement of Brookfield from Indian raids.

Marker is at the intersection of Massachusetts Route 67 and Winter Street, on the right when traveling north on State Route 67. ...