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November 24, 2017
Republic of West Florida Marker
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| | The Louisiana region known as the Florida Parishes remained under the control of Spain after the Louisiana Purchase. In 1810, some settlers not pleased with the tax law enforcement or the governing of the area, secretly planned to overthrow the . . . — — Map (db m110560) HM |
| | French for "the old village," Le Vieux Village is a park created by a collection of restored historic structures from Opelousas and surrounding areas of St. Landry Parish. The village depicts the unique and diverse historical and cultural heritage . . . — — Map (db m107525) HM |
| | 1) Sweet potatoes introduced and promoted throughout the area by John Sibille, brought prosperity and made Sunset the largest shipping point for yams in the world during the 1940's and 1950's. In the 1940's, Sunset became known as the "Sweet Potato . . . — — Map (db m107613) HM |
| | St. Tammany Parish was among the Spanish-governed West Florida parishes and not included in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. Residents revolted against Spanish rule September 1810, creating the Republic of West Florida. The republic lasted 74 days, . . . — — Map (db m99523) HM |
| | Panel 1 In 1810 residents of Louisiana's Florida Parishes rose in an armed insurrection and overthrew the Spanish government. Panel 2 The Independent Republic of West Florida existed for 74 days before being forcibly annexed . . . — — Map (db m108363) HM |
| | The Florida Parishes of Louisiana were not a part of the Louisiana Purchase. Due to its strategic significance the region remained a part of the Spanish Empire. In 1810 residents initiated an armed insurrection known as the West Florida Revolt. . . . — — Map (db m108900) HM |
| | N. boundary of Tangipahoa Parish. Line established by Pinckney Treaty, Oct. 27, 1795, dividing southern United States and Spanish West Florida. Recognized U.S. claim dating back to American Revolution, 1783. — — Map (db m92167) HM |
| | The Houma Downtown Development Corporation
is pleased to accept this mural on behalf of the people of
Terrebonne Parish painted by Louisiana muralist Hans Geist.
This artwork depicts the foundation and establishments
which came together . . . — — Map (db m140450) HM |
| | Incorporated December 24, 1902 by proclamation of Governor William Wright Heard. Town established on Sections 3 and 4 of Township 25, Range 9W. During the Vernon Parish lumber boom, Rosepine consisted of a school, drugstore, barbershop, two . . . — — Map (db m109439) HM |
| | In Honor of John Bickham Founder of Franklinton In 1819 John Bickham offered to donate thirty acres of land to serve as the Parish Seat of Justice and also to provide land for the building of public schools in what is today the town of . . . — — Map (db m110278) HM |
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Minden Historic Residential District
In 1836 Charles Veeder, a German-American born in New York State, built an inn on a hilltop a few miles from Bayou Dorcheat. Legend has it, the inn was constructed on a salt lick that was the best deer . . . — — Map (db m120015) HM |
| | The Treaty of Paris (1763) ended the French and Indian War in the American Colonies. France transferred to Britain all its rights to the mainland of America. East of the Mississippi River, excluding New Orleans and its environs. As a result. . . . — — Map (db m110112) HM |
| | The Spanish fort, San Carlos, at Baton Rouge was captured in a rebellion by the citizens of the Florida Parishes, and a Republic was established under the blue flag with a white star.St. Francisville was the capitalThis independent nation, . . . — — Map (db m109953) HM |
| | The United States planned Fort Knox to prevent another attempt by the English to control Maine lands east of the Penobscot, as they had successfully done in the American Revolution and War of 1812.
Fort Knox's construction had not yet begun when . . . — — Map (db m55136) HM |
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Pine Lick Trail is connected to landmarks of national historic significance.
THE MASON-DIXON LINE marks the border between Maryland and Pennsylvania, as well as the northern edge of Green Ridge State Forest. Completed in the 1760s, this 230-mile . . . — — Map (db m95909) HM |
| | This monument, erected in 1877, marks the graves of Meshach Frost (1787–1864) and his wife Catherine (1792–1876), founders of Frostburg. In 1812 they built their first home here. As the tavern Highland Hall, the building later . . . — — Map (db m3550) HM |
| | Eastport's distinctive history, character and identity grew from maritime roots. The marinas that now serve pleasure boaters were once filled with wooden workboats. So crowded was the shoreline, it was said that an enterprising cat could flit from . . . — — Map (db m5891) HM |
| | East of this point is mile stone 46 on the line marked by English surveyors and astronomers Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon. From 1763-1768 Mason and Dixon used innovative methods to settle a boundary dispute between the colonial proprietors. Each . . . — — Map (db m96072) HM |
| | The base of the original mile stone 46, carved in Portland, England, and set by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon in 1766, is located 480 feet east of this stone.
This replica stone was set by the Maryland Society of Surveyors in 2015. — — Map (db m115246) HM |
| | Early romantic suburb designed in 1889 by Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr., father of landscape architecture in America. On 204 acres of James Howard McHenry’s “Sudbrook” estate. Olmsted designed a naturalistic landscape with curvilinear roads . . . — — Map (db m2266) HM |
| | Separation of Baltimore City and County effective July 4, 1851. Towsontown was chosen as County Seat by popular vote February 13, 1854. The Courthouse of local limestone and marble was completed in 1855 at a cost of $30,000. Enlarged in . . . — — Map (db m36852) HM |
| | Separation of Baltimore City and County effective July 4, 1851. Towsontown was chosen as County Seat by popular vote February 13, 1854. The Courthouse of local limestone and marble was completed in 1855 at a cost of $30,000. Enlarged in . . . — — Map (db m36853) HM |
| | Originally an Indian trail used in 1695 by a troop of Rangers from the Garrison Fort to keep back the Indians. Later the high road to Joppa Town, the County Seat of Baltimore County from 1712 to 1768 and the rival of Baltimore. — — Map (db m2302) HM |
| | This monument commemorates the completion in 1976 of the resurvey by the U.S. Department of Commerce of the north-south boundary between the State of Maryland and the State of Delaware known historically as the Mason and Dixon Line. The original . . . — — Map (db m88751) HM |
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Caroline County-established, 1773, from parts of Queen Anne's and Dorchester Counties — held its early courts at seven different locations until 1797 when its first courthouse was built on this site, once known as Pig Point.
The 1895 . . . — — Map (db m3388) HM |
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Originally called "Edenton" for Robert Eden, Maryland's last Colonial Governor.
Caroline County
was named in honor of his wife Caroline Calvert, a sister of Frederick, the last Lord Baltimore. — — Map (db m3391) HM |
| | Before 1679, Indians had a settlement here. Present village stands on parts of tracts once known as Paradise, Belmont, Huntington and Gore. Community was "Leonard's Wharf" c. 1855 and "Medford's Wharf" later. In 1883 Choptank Post Office was . . . — — Map (db m3375) HM |
| | 32,000 acres granted to George Talbot with Right of Court Baron and Court Leet June 11, 1680
— — Map (db m144293) HM |
| | 37 lots of approximately 500 acres each given by William Penn to his colonists in 1702 although they lay in Maryland and were part of George Talbot’s “Susquehanna Manor” of 32,000 acres granted him in 1680 by Lord Baltimore. — — Map (db m1760) HM |
| | [ South Facing Side: ]Frederick CountyNamed for Frederick 5th and last Lord Baltimore. Erected out of Prince George’s County in 1748. It then included Montgomery County and all of Maryland west to the West Virginia boundary. [ North . . . — — Map (db m41770) HM |
| | Granstville's Main Street, designated today as Alt. Route 40, was once part of the National Road, the country's first federally funded highway. Visit our Town Park to learn more about the history of the National Road.
Traffic on the National Road . . . — — Map (db m359) HM |
| | At intersection of Old Post Road (established 1666) and Bush Neck Road (1670) were a tavern and relay point for stagecoaches in 18th Century. In 1835 nearby stop on Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad was named for Aberdeen, Scotland, . . . — — Map (db m1258) HM |
| | General Washington resigned his commission at Annapolis, December 23, 1783. American Revolution officially ended by Congress meeting in Annapolis, January 14, 1783. District of Columbia given to Nation, 1791. Francis Scott Key wrote "The . . . — — Map (db m25) HM |
| | Ribbons of green along our shores... The Lower Susquehanna Heritage Greenway connects natural and historical areas along both shores of the Susquehanna River. Havre de Grace is located on the southwest end of this greenway. Discover Havre . . . — — Map (db m9704) HM |
| | County seat of Baltimore County from 1712 to 1768. Once a rival of Baltimore, an important point for shipping tobacco and a Port of Entry. Benjamin Rumsey, first Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, lived here. — — Map (db m152188) HM |
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Original Federal Boundary Stone
District of Columbia
Placed 1791 - 1792
Protected by John Hall Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
1916 — — Map (db m154768) HM |
| | In 1790, Congress authorized the establishment of a territory 10 miles square on the Potomac River to be the Capital of the United States. It was President Washington's recommendation to use land on both sides of the river. Surveyor Andrew Ellicott, . . . — — Map (db m154770) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m70204) HM |
| | Original Federal
Boundary Stone
District of Columbia
Place 1791 - 92
Protected by
Patriots' Memorial Chapter
Daughters of the
American Revolution
1965 — — Map (db m154771) HM |
| | Jurisdiction of the United States
1792
Maryland
Var 0⁰ 2’ E — — Map (db m154772) HM |
| | Original Federal Boundary Stone
District of Columbia
Placed - 1791 - 1792
Protected by the Margaret Whetten Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
1916 — — Map (db m154774) HM |
| | Before the arrival of the first European settlers, the area that is now the City of Gaithersburg was a land of dense forests and gently rolling hills. Frederick Avenue was a well-traveled path for the Piscataway and Tuscarora Indians, who hunted the . . . — — Map (db m3346) HM |
| | In 1887, the Metropolitan Investment and Building Company laid out the town, named after Robert W. Garrett, President of the B. & O. Railroad. It was to be primarily residential, a short commuter train ride to Washington, D.C. Now, over one hundred . . . — — Map (db m218) HM |
| | Built by Whitson Canby c. 1800. Roger Brooke acquired the property for his daughter Sarah and her husband Dr. Charles Farquhar in 1822. They named the home after the town of Olney, England, the hometown of their favorite poet William Cowpers. When . . . — — Map (db m371) HM |
| | Rockville began when Owen's Ordinary, an inn and tavern, was established in this area around 1750. It functioned as the seat of lower Frederick County and in 1776 became the seat of Montgomery County when it was created. In 1784, William P. Williams . . . — — Map (db m117874) HM |
| | This stone, dated 1803 and located on this site, marked the southeast corner of the original town of Rockville. The letters "B.R." on its face stand for "Beginning of Rockville" — — Map (db m117873) HM |
| | Rockville grew from a convenient crossroads meeting place in the 1750s to become the legal and market center of the county. The tiny village was selected as the seat of local government in 1776 for its central location and the presence of taverns . . . — — Map (db m138805) HM |
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| | John Garrett laid out a town called Newport here in 1797 and gave away lots as prizes in a lottery, but a town did not actually appear until after 1830, when the C&O Canal was completed from Georgetown to Seneca Creek. The town was called Seneca. A . . . — — Map (db m764) HM |
| | This plaque marks the site
of the
District of Columbia
North-East
Boundary Stone No. 1
originally placed here
1791 - 1792
Presented by
The Mary Washington Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
and
United States . . . — — Map (db m154777) HM |
| | The community of Silver Spring derives its name from a mica flecked sparkling spring which existed in the immediate area and is now commemorated in this park. Francis Preston Blair, who came to Maryland from Kentucky to publish a newspaper in . . . — — Map (db m101) HM |
| | Original Federal Boundary Stone
District of Columbia
Placed 1791-1792
Protected by Maryland Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
1916 — — Map (db m154844) HM |
| | The Baltimore and Potomac Railroad, chartered in 1853, inaugurated train service on July 2, 1872 with a line to Washington, and on January 1, 1873 opened the Pope's Creek line to southern Maryland. At the junction of the two lines the town of Bowie . . . — — Map (db m646) HM |
| | Placed in 1791-1792, this is one of forty Aquia Creek sandstone markers outlining the original boundaries of the Federal District as commissioned by President Washington. In 1916, The District of Columbia Daughters of the American Revolution . . . — — Map (db m154783) HM |
| | Jurisdiction of the United States Miles 8
Maryland
1792
Var 2⁰ 0’ E — — Map (db m154784) HM |
| | Original Federal Boundary Stone
District of Columbia
Placed 1791-1792
Protected by Sarah Franklin Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
1916 — — Map (db m154788) HM |
| | Original Federal Boundary Stone
District of Columbia
Placed 1791-1792
Protected by Marcia Burns Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
1916 — — Map (db m154789) HM |
| | Original Federal Boundary Stone
District of Columbia
Placed 1791-1792
Protected by Our Flag Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
1916 — — Map (db m154779) HM |
| | Original Federal Boundary Stone
District of Columbia
Placed 1791-1792
Protected by Elizabeth Jackson Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
1916 — — Map (db m154780) HM |
| | The Calvert Hills neighborhood, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in December of 2003, is an example of the residential development that occurred on the outskirts of Washington, D.C. during the early 20th Century. Calvert . . . — — Map (db m71859) HM |
| | This park is dedicated to the men and women of the armed forces who have served our nation with heartfelt thanks from the residents of Edmonston, MD.
[Logo]: Edmonston, Maryland, est. 1924. — — Map (db m68109) HM |
| | Original Federal Boundary Stone
District of Columbia
Placed 1791-1792
Protected by Capt Molly Pitcher Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
1916 — — Map (db m154786) HM |
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Jurisdiction of the United States
Miles 8
1792 Replica Erected 2015
Maryland
Var 0⁰ 34’ E — — Map (db m154796) HM |
| | Original Federal Boundary Stone
District of Columbia
Placed 1791-1792
Protected by Ruth Brewster Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
1916 — — Map (db m154790) HM |
| | Original Federal
Boundary Stone Southeast 7
District of Columbia
Placed in 1791-1792
This plaque placed here on
the 222nd anniversary
of the founding of
Washington, DC
1790-2012 — — Map (db m154911) HM |
| | Greenbelt was the first of three planned garden towns built and owned by the U.S. Government during the Administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was a "new deal" experiment in community planning, of note to urban planners throughout the . . . — — Map (db m41235) HM |
| | Records from the early 1700's indicate that a riverfront settlement named Beale Town was once located on the site that later became Hyattstown. The little outpost never achieved town status. In 1742, the residents petitioned to have a new town laid . . . — — Map (db m14608) HM |
| | Established in 1982 and expanded in 2004, over 1,000 structures encircling the Victorian core of Hyattsville were listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Homes built in the late 1800s located near the intersection of 42nd Avenue and . . . — — Map (db m68102) HM |
| | Original Federal Boundary Stone
District of Columbia
Placed 1791-1792
Protected by Constitution Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
1916 — — Map (db m154781) HM |
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Original Federal Boundary Stone
District of Columbia
Placed 1791–1792
Protected by Livingston Manor Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
1916 — — Map (db m154782) HM |
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On March 30, 1791, a group of six men, bundled in great coats, could be seen riding on horseback over a "wilderness" on the Potomac River. The leader was George Washington, first President of the United States, who was to approve the site . . . — — Map (db m154948) HM |
| | Jurisdiction of the United States Miles 4
1792
Replica Erected 2015
Maryland — — Map (db m154791) HM |
| | Original Federal Boundary Stone
District of Columbia
Placed 1791-1792
Protected by Louisa Adams Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
1916 — — Map (db m154927) HM |
| | Original Federal Boundary Stone Southeast 6 District of Columbia 1791–1792 Plaque placed in 2014 by Martha Washington Chapter NSDAR Washington, DC — — Map (db m154793) HM |
| | The frame section of the structure dates to circa 1708 and is consistent with other Maryland courthouses in size, form, character and materials. The brick section was added circa 1820–40. Laws in the 18th century mostly were enforced by fines, . . . — — Map (db m3111) HM |
| | Named Seymour Town in honor of Governor John Seymour and designated St. Mary’s county seat by the General Assembly in 1708. Name changed to Leonardtown by the General Assembly in 1728 in honor of Leonard Calvert, first colonial governor of Maryland. — — Map (db m953) HM |
| | Here, for the first time in America, men and women of differing faiths lived in peace and goodwill, practicing freedom of conscience, according to Lord Baltimore’s “Instructions to Colonists,” 1633. “Freemen Assembled,” of . . . — — Map (db m961) HM |
| | 500 feet beyond this point, on private property, this stone is located. It bears the coat of arms of Lord Baltimore and William Penn. the 104th mile stone and the 103rd mile stone bear the letters M and P Maryland-Pennsylvania and are located along . . . — — Map (db m11610) HM |
| | The spring from which the Town of Clear Spring acquired its name. — — Map (db m693) HM |
| | Fort Coombe, a Maryland stockaded fort of 1755–56 located north of this point. One of the frontier forts during the French and Indian War. The survey of the Mason and Dixon Line during 1763–68 placed it in Pennsylvania instead of . . . — — Map (db m833) HM |
| | This stone was one of many brought to America about 1767 to mark the boundary between Maryland and Delaware, then part of Pennsylvania. This one, never used, later was found and kept safe. In 2005 it was donated to Westside Historical Society by Mr. . . . — — Map (db m3847) HM |
| | In Pre-Revolutionary Colonial America, these monuments marked the South West corner of the Three Lower Counties of the Delaware—at the time a part of the Pennsylvania Colony.
Originally determined by local surveyors (two small . . . — — Map (db m74130) HM |
| | Established by ordinance in 1975, Newtown is distinguished by residential reconstruction after the two severe fires in 1860 and 1886. The district contains fine Victorian architecture and a notable example of the Federal period. Poplar Hill Mansion, . . . — — Map (db m3835) HM |
| | Established by ordinance in 1975, Newtown is distinguished by residential reconstruction after the two severe fires in 1860 and 1886. The district contains fine Victorian architecture and a notable example of the Federal period. Poplar Hill Mansion, . . . — — Map (db m3838) HM |
| | First run 1751, Agreed upon 1760 and finally ratified 1769 by King George, III, thus ending almost a century of controversy between the proprietors of the two provinces. — — Map (db m64331) HM |
| | Boundary line between Norfolk and Plymouth Counties, originally established in 1640 as the boundary between the colonies of Massachusetts Bay and New Plymouth. — — Map (db m49623) HM |
| | The county courthouse is an iconic symbol of the American legal system. Its importance in Michigan is established in the Michigan Constitution of 1835, which authorized county courts and the laws that followed, requiring counties to provide suitable . . . — — Map (db m69920) HM |
| | 130 feet south is the point where Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio meet. — — Map (db m62129) HM |
| | Erected 1923 by the citizens
of the county to commemorate
the organization in 1840
of Iosco County
and the establishing in 1856
of the first Post Office in the
county with Gideon O. Whittemore
as Postmaster.
“History . . . — — Map (db m121979) HM |
| | About a mile west of here is the northernmost point of Lake Michigan. This geographical location is of historical importance because the act of Congress which created the territory of Michigan in 1805 used it to mark the western boundary of this new . . . — — Map (db m139339) HM |
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(Side A)
Mason County
The first permanent Euro-American settlement in Mason County began in 1847 when New York native Burr Caswell and his family arrived at the mouth of the Pere Marquette River. The Caswells lived in a driftwood cabin . . . — — Map (db m97328) HM |
| | Monroe County was established in July, 1817, as one of the first steps in the organization of Michigan Territory after the War of 1812.
Then the old settlement of Frenchtown which centered upon this square took the name of Monroe and became the . . . — — Map (db m27634) HM |
| | Beltrami County was established by an act of the state legislature on February 28, 1866.
The first post office in the county was established in Red Lake in 1875.
The first homesteader in the county was Joachim Cyr at Little Turtle Lake in . . . — — Map (db m131652) HM |
| | This plaque dedicated to the founding pioneer families, and their contribution to the town of Smiley/Nisswa, on the occasion of its Centennial Celebration.
Settled in 1886. Became Village of Smiley in 1898. Organized as township in 1900. Became . . . — — Map (db m131673) HM |
| | The Northwest Angle, the northernmost land of the 48 states, owes its existence to Benjamin Franklin, U.S. Minister Plenipotentiary. His negotiations at the Treaty of Paris of 1783 won British acceptance of the border extending from the "most . . . — — Map (db m57939) HM |
| | Explored, 1540-1, by De Soto. Colonized first by French, 1699. Became a colony of British, 1763; Spanish, 1779. Territory organized by U.S., 1798. Became 20th. state, 1817. — — Map (db m103799) HM |
| | On Natchez Trace. Named for Sam Houston, friend of Joel Pinson, donor of site. Made county seat at creation of Chickasaw Co., Feb. 9, 1836. In 1909 state's first Carnegie library built here. — — Map (db m107556) HM |
| | Established on January 27, 1802, by first General Assembly. Claiborne County was the fourth
county organized in the Mississippi Territory. Carved from Jefferson County (formerly Pickering County), of the Old Natchez District, the county was named . . . — — Map (db m103802) HM |
| | This local area was once a part of the mighty Choctaw Nation. The Choctaw Indians relinquished when they signed The Treaty of Commissioner's Creek in 1802. Among the white men who signed this treaty were David Hunt and Daniel Burnet. The first . . . — — Map (db m139187) HM |
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