First Settlers At Ruby, Florida

In 1883 construction of the Jacksonville and Atlantic Railroad was begun to serve this undeveloped area. The track was narrow-gauge, running 16.54 miles from the south bank of the St. Johns River to the beach. The first settlers were William ...

First Settler / Roads and Boundaries

First Settler

The first dwelling in what would become Foxborough was erected in 1669. It was located west of nearby Wading River on a farm laid out for Captain William Hudson who

was a Boston tavern keeper. Hudson never lived here, but ...

Site of First Settlers' Home

1858

The log cabin of

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy F. Hersey

Birthplace of Abilene's

first white child.

A station on the

Overland and Butterfield Stage Lines

Mrs. Hersey named the town Abilene

Luke III.I

Marker is at the intersection of 1st Street and Vine Street, on the right when ...

Landing Place of First Settlers

1630 - 1930

Landing place on River Parker of the men and women who settled in Newbury between 1635 and 1650.

Marker is on High Road (Alternate Massachusetts Route 1), on the left.

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First Settler

1630 - 1930

Here stood the cabin of Richard Tarr founder of the Tarr Family on Cape Ann. He came to Marblehead in 1680, then settled in Sacco, Maine. Driven thence by Indians, he became the first settler of Sandy Bay ...

First Settler's Grave

One mile north is the grave of John Lewis, first settler in this region, who came here in 1732 and died in 1762. He chose the site of the town of Staunton. His four sons, Thomas, Andrew, William and Charles, ...

Home of First Settler

Here, in Savage's Neck, was the home of Ensign Thomas Savage, who came to Virginia in 1608. Granted a tract of land by Debedeavon, the "Laughing King" of the indians, in 1619, Savage became the first permanent English settler on ...

First Settlers in Athens County

In Memoriam

Honoring the first settlers in Athens Co.

from the New England States

Alvan Bingman •

Silas Bingman •

Isaac Barker •

William Harper •

John Wilkins •

Robert Linzee •

Edmond Dorr •

William Dorr •

Barak Dorr •

John Chandler •

Jonathan Watkins

Marker is at the intersection of Court Street ...

The First Settlers of Logan

The first settlers of Logan encamped near this spot on the bank of the Little Logan early in May 1859

Heads of Families: John R Blanchard, Abraham Caldwell, Griffith Charles, Israel J. Clark, Ann Davis, William Dees, James Demino, Sidney Dibble, ...

First White Settlers of Madison County

In commemoration of

the first white settlers

of Madison County,

the first of whom was

Jonathan Alder

1795 - 1815

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Ohio Route 68) and High Street (U.S. 42), on the left when traveling north on Main Street.

Courtesy ...