Lindenwald and the Old Post Road

Martin Van Buren Nat’l Hist Site

You are standing along one of the few remaining unpaved stretches of the Old Post Road. In 1839 when Martin Van Buren bought this property, the Old Post Road was the main route on ...

Old Post Road

This road on the right

was established in 1736 by

Gen. James Oglethorpe.

First postal route south of

Savannah Stage Coach Road

and line of march

of Revolutionary Soldiers.

Saint John's Parish Chapter

Daughters of the American Colonists

March 3, 1950

Marker is on South Coastal Hwy (U.S. 17) ...

Old Post Road

This road, formerly an Indian trail which paralleled the coast, was used by the Spanish and British. In 1778 it was traveled by Revolutionary soldiers who marched against Fort Tonyn. The first mail service south of Savannah was established over ...

Old Post Road

This Road is older than Elberton. Mail was carried over it by Post Riders before Falling Creek Church was built in 1788 and during Washington's Administration. Later a stage coach ran between Elberton & Lexington three times a week, stopping ...

Old Post Road: Lower Susquehanna Ferry

Old Post Road established 1666. Lower Susquehanna Ferry established 1695. Rodgers’ Tavern where George Washington frequently stopped between 1781–1798.

Marker is on Broad Street 0.1 miles east of River Road, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Old Post Road: Susquehanna Lower Ferry

Old Post Road Established 1666. Public Ferry ordered established by the Council of Maryland 1695 for travel between north and south. General Washington and many notable men used this ferry, also, the Continental Army and soldiers of War Between the ...

Old Post Road: Count Rochambeau’s Troops

Old Post Road Established 1666. Count Rochambeau’s troops camped here September 9, 1781 after having crossed the Susquehanna River on their way to the siege of Yorktown, Va.

Marker is on Lewis Lane 0.1 miles from Old Post Road (Maryland Route ...

Old Post Road: Spesutia P. E. Church

Old Post Road Established 1666. Founded in 1671. First church erected at Gravelly near Michaelsville. The three succeeding churches erected on the present location. One mile south of this point, colonial vestry house erected 1766.

Marker is at the intersection of ...

Old Post Road: Cokesbury College

Old Post Road Established 1666. The first Methodist college in the world established at Abingdon June 5, 1785 by Bishops Thomas Coke and Francis Asbury. Destroyed by fire December 4, 1796, located 175 yards east of this point.

Marker is on ...