Known as the Drillmaster of
the American Revolution
Appointed by
Gen. George Washington as
Inspector General. He drilled
and disciplined American
troops at Valley Forge 1778.
Active officer through
Yorktown Campaign,
defeating the . . . — — Map (db m196520) HM
Who has been a slave in the State of New York, and who has been a Lecturer for the last twenty-three years, whose characteristics have been so vividly portrayed by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, as the African Sybil, will deliver a lecture upon the . . . — — Map (db m196518) HM
( East Side - Memorial )
( Stone Etching )
In loving memory of the women of 1861 to 1865
whose courage and heroism at home were a no less
worthy sacrifice upon the alter of Liberty.
( Bronze Plaque )
Steuben County’s Roll of . . . — — Map (db m54113) WM
Each date in history has a significant
memory that takes us back to a special
time in history. None more than the start
of the new millennium - the Year 2000 - in Steuben County.
Representatives from many walks of life
came together to . . . — — Map (db m196522) HM
"We will not tire,
We will not falter,
We will not fail!"
President George W. Bush
September, 2001
God Bless America
Land that I love
Stand beside her and guide her
Through the night with a light from
above. . . . — — Map (db m196528) WM
Dedicated August 12, 1950
in commemoration of the men and women
of Tri-State College for service to
their country in time of war
Erected by
Board of Trustees of Tri-State College
of Angola, Indiana
Raymond B. Willis, Chairman •
Ray . . . — — Map (db m196531) WM
Built in 1891 for Anna Morse Osborn, this home was sold in 1905 to Congressman Cyrus Cline and his wife Jennie. In 1923, their daughter, Carrie, married Dr. Don Cameron (founder of Cameron Hospitals). Carrie bequeathed the home in 1974 to the . . . — — Map (db m218549) HM
Fox Lake Resort, established in the 1920s,
offered Black middle-class families
from Indiana and nearby states a refuge
from Jim Crow discrimination. By 1940,
the Fox Lake Property Owners
Association formed to meet the growing
community's . . . — — Map (db m239275) HM
In memory of our deceased members
Independent Order Of Odd Fellows
Angola Lodge #180 charted November 20, 1856
Developed, owned & operated the "Circle Hill Cemetery" for over 100 years — — Map (db m218554) HM
The administration building housed the camp offices, army offices, dispensary (medical clinic), supply room and, later, the infirmary (hospital).
[Caption:]
Administration building in the foreground, 1938. — — Map (db m236156) HM
Most of the six barracks are in areas that later became overgrown with vegetation. Which two are in what is now open picnic area? — — Map (db m236161) HM
The 18 × 26 bath house was shared by at least 180 men in camp.
Company 556 received its training at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. The company was first assigned to Indiana Dunes State Park before moving to Pokagon. — — Map (db m238392) HM
You are looking at the lower basin of Lake James. The lake is the third largest natural lake in Indiana (1,140 acres). With the middle and upper basins of Lake James, and Snow Lake, the park has water on three sides.
The 120 lakes of . . . — — Map (db m236207) HM
In 1933 when Franklin D. Roosevelt accepted the Presidency of the United States, he initiated through Congress many new programs to help the plight of the nation's economy. The Civilian Conservation Corps was one of these. The C.C.C. was the . . . — — Map (db m226595) HM
Dedicated by the Department of Conservation State of Indiana to the memory of
Charles Redaway Dryer, F.G.S.A., F,R,G,S
who loved these lakes and hills. In his report on this region to the state geological survey in 1891 . . . — — Map (db m226745) HM
You are standing next to the flagpole site. Looking to the north, toward the current picnic grounds, stood Barrack #1. Notice the trees in the photo. Many of them still stand today. Can you find them? — — Map (db m236157) HM
The latrine was the outhouse for the camp. It was at four different locations during the lifespan of the camp. Can you find the four different depressions in the ground?
Latrine in background. Background image is CCC sewer . . . — — Map (db m238394) HM
Look for the concrete slab that was at the kitchen entrance. Large tubs of water for cleaning dishes and utensils were set on this slab. The mess hall, where the boys would eat, was connected to the kitchen. On the south side of the mess hall was . . . — — Map (db m236158) HM
The recreation hall was later named Weaver Hall after the well-liked commanding officer, Captain Weaver. With WWII pending, Captain Weaver left Company 556 to return to active army duty.
Weaver Hall provided:
Bleak Times, Bright Promise
The 1929 stock market crash was the catalyst for the Great Depression. Almost 18 million people were unemployed and two million Americans were homeless. Newly elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt . . . — — Map (db m227722) HM
The Potawatomi Inn opened for business in 1927, two years after Pokagon State Park was established. The Inn had 40 guest rooms, the dining room and the Lonidaw Lounge. A long open porch, since enclosed, faced Lake James. A night at the Potawatomi . . . — — Map (db m236208) HM
Settled in 1834 as Willow Prairie.
Village of Brockville - Platted in 1837.
Post Office and town changed to Fremont in 1848 in honor of John C. Fremont “the Great Pathfinder.” Located on the Vistula Trail, the meeting place for people . . . — — Map (db m3406) HM
(Front Side)
Indiana admitted by the U.S. Congress as nineteenth state 1816. Enabling Act moved northern boundary ten miles north of southernmost tip of Lake Michigan providing direct access to the lake. Boundary first surveyed 1817 by . . . — — Map (db m61519) HM
This 180 acre refuge is established in perpetuity by the Ropchans under the stewardship of Acres, Inc. to be a home and protected area for wild creatures to live and where man can only visit as their guest to peacefully enjoy
Dedicated May . . . — — Map (db m196511) HM
The pioneers traveling from Chicago to Toledo used this road. It was the oldest path of travel in the Central West - first used by Indians - then French traders, missionaries and the military. Established by an act of Indiana legislature in 1833, . . . — — Map (db m62027) HM
Built in 1847-1849 by Erastus Farnham. A Staunch
abolitionist and one of the local Underground
Railroad leaders, Farnham designed this
home in part to be used as a stop on
the Underground Railroad.
National Register of Historic Places — — Map (db m241159) HM
In 1836, New Yorker Nicanor Munson entered a tract of land
that included the outlet of Hamilton Lake. Mr. Munson soon
sold the tract to the Steuben City Company, a group of New
York investors. A town was platted and called . . . — — Map (db m196563) HM
"These were the days of dense forests, of small beginnings, when a few acres of cleared land was considered a farm; of log cabins with stick chimneys, of
huge fireplaces, of corduroy mads over warships, when the neighbors turned out . . . — — Map (db m196560) HM
As the result of a 1992 diesel fuel
spill, a restoration plan is being
implemented to improve and protect
Fish Creek's water quality, habitat,
and wildlife diversity. With 30 mussel
species (including three Federal and
five Indiana . . . — — Map (db m196568) HM
Through the utilization of Fish Creek settlement
money, natural resource trustees were able to
carry out multiple habitat improvement projects,
including: purchasing conservation easements on
private lands, purchasing private lands to be . . . — — Map (db m196569) HM
Native Americans have had a presence in this region for almost 10,000 years. During that span, several different cultures moved through the area.
Ancient People
Earliest artifacts found nearby daie to the Paleo Period (11,000 B.C. to . . . — — Map (db m196562) HM
"We paddled up towards the Dells Neck. Tradition had it that some kind of an antediluvian monster once in that locality would get after the
Indians and break up their canoes."
A Hamiltonian Reunion, W.W. Gambia
Fish Creek provides habitat for many kinds of animals. One animal of special significance is the White Cat's Paw mussel. This clam is; Federally Endangered.
In 1993 a nearby pipeline ruptured, discharging diesel fuel into Fish Creek, Several . . . — — Map (db m196559) HM
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior
Built 1876 — — Map (db m163393) HM
In honor of the Powers Brothers Stephen, Winn, Clark, Josiah, Calvin and their families marking site of the first Powers home in the wilderness July 8, 1837 — — Map (db m163394) HM
Collins School
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
1877 — — Map (db m212798) HM
To the eternal memory of those who have served their country well, both in times of war and in times of peace, that this nation, under God, shall not perish from this earth.
Dedicated to God and Country
Our gift to the community of . . . — — Map (db m212804) WM
In remembrance of
the young men and women of the
orland community
who served in World War II
Haines, Lewis •
Haines, Lloyd •
Miller, Ralph •
Albright, Donald •
Atkins, Ronald •
Ayers, Charles •
Barrows, Archie • . . . — — Map (db m212803) WM
Wife, mother, Latter Day Saint scout & youth leader, and genealogist. Born in Phoenix, Arizona. Graduated from Fremont high school in 1969, and from Purdue University in 1986. After being baptized in the LDS Church in 1976, she served in various . . . — — Map (db m244740) HM
The historical marker of Theodore McNaughton lies due south of this marker at the original site of the
Covenanted Church which is now a McNaughty Burial Plot. The historical marker of the McNaughton Pioneer,
Alexander McNaughton, lies southwest of . . . — — Map (db m203925) HM
The Kenneth and George Johnson plot is located due west and a little south
of this plot. The Johnson Family Plot is located in the Rich Square
Cemetery in Henry Co. / Indiana. The Younts Family Plot is
located in the Black Cemetery near Muncie, . . . — — Map (db m203924) HM
The Potawatomis' met the Scottish Covenanters on these lands in the
middle 1830's. The northeast Indiana Covenanters and Potawatomis were
extremely good friends. The Covenanter religion did not acknowledge the
U.S. Constituton at the time due . . . — — Map (db m222030) HM
Organized 1854-built 1859
consecrated April 5, 1860
by Bishop William DeLancey
First rector Robert N. Parke
Architect Harold McGrath — — Map (db m168752) HM
Maple Street Historic District has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m198445) HM
Northrup Hill School District 10 has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m157175) HM
The old village hall,
stood on this site from
1907 until 1994.
Listed on the
Historic Register,
it faithfully served
as a center of public
services and
entertainment — — Map (db m168750) HM
The part of the Great Iroquois Trail system runing from Tioga Point (Athens) westward through the heart of Seneca Territory
was called the “Forbidden Trail.” As keepers of the western door of the Iroquois Confederacy, the Senecas, for . . . — — Map (db m168754) HM
Built by Christopher Hurlbut between 1804 and 1806 and was used as a home and a tavern. One of the oldest frame houses in Steuben County. — — Map (db m76112) HM
Presbyterian Church of Atlanta has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m231805) HM
General Store built 1873 by Nelson A. Wetmore. Owned by Wolfanger & Pierce 1898-1923, later named Wolfanger Store. Renovated & reopened 2015. — — Map (db m198454) HM
In 1794 a tree was marked near here to measure the distance from Bath to Avoca as land was surveyed and divided by Phelps & Corham — — Map (db m178119) HM
Civil War Dead
An estimated 700,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War between April 1861 and April 1865. As the death toll rose, the U.S. government struggled with the urgent but unplanned need to bury fallen Union troops. . . . — — Map (db m154121) HM
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, . . . — — Map (db m154105) HM WM
Soldiers' and Sailors' Home
In 1872, the New York legislature passed an unfunded bill to create the New York Soldiers' and Sailors' Home. The Grand Army of the Republic, a Union Army veterans group, raised money to construct the . . . — — Map (db m154122) HM
In memory of the
Soldiers and Sailors
of the War for the
Preservation of the Union
who died in
the New York State
Soldiers and Sailors Home
—————————
Erected with . . . — — Map (db m154106) WM
In memory of the
Veterans of the Civil War
1861 — 1865
this plot is dedicated
for the future observance of
Memorial Day
—————
These men lived that a
government of the people, by
the . . . — — Map (db m154131) HM WM
In memory of the
men from this town
who laid down their lives
for their country, during the
War of the Rebellion.
1861 — 1865
Erected by voluntary contributions of
the Citizens of Bath. 1882
Antietam • Gettysburg • Atlanta • . . . — — Map (db m154139) WM
This marble fountain
was donated by
Katherine Sharpe Davenport
in memory of her husband
the Hon. Ira Davenport (1841-1904)
Public Servant and Benefactor — — Map (db m154104) HM
Dedicated
to those men of the
First Marine Division, FMF
who gave their lives
in the service of
their country
World War II Korea Vietnam
Southwest Asia — — Map (db m154109) WM
Robert A Douglas was hung here April 29, 1825 before a crowd of 10,000. Today’s laws likely would not have convicted him of murder — — Map (db m105859) HM
Pioneer in coal, railroads,
highways, canals, banking.
Sheriff & U.S. Congressman.
This home served as
Davenport Library 1893-1999. — — Map (db m154103) HM
In honor of those who gave the
ultimate sacrifice in service to
the United States of America and
the families they left behind.
The sacrifice will not be forgotten. — — Map (db m154127) WM
Seneca Indians inhabited this area until 1779 when their towns and cornfields were destroyed by the Sullivan-Clinton expedition, forcing a migration to Niagara.
After the Revolution these lands were included in the Pulteney Purchase of one million . . . — — Map (db m56845) HM
Est. 1863 on John B. Larrowe
farm. Albertus Larrowe II,
1826-1899, founder Larrowe
Milling Co., & other family
members interred here. — — Map (db m132737) HM
The old thermometer draw tower stands as a monument to Corning’s technology leadership. When built in 1912, the tower represented a great step forward in tubing production technology – the vertical draw.
Before Corning introduced the . . . — — Map (db m143954) HM
Delaware Indian town—1750’s–1764. Site of 1760 Indian conference with Moravian agents, Christian F. Post and John Hays about the “forbidden path.” — — Map (db m79380) HM
During the 150th anniversary of Corning Incorporated’s history in the year 2001 our community presents this David Dowler Sculpture commemorating the 1868 unloading of the company’s first machinery at this site. Thus began an alliance with the . . . — — Map (db m80028) HM
1796 Painted Post Tavern Built by Chas. Williamson, Pulteney Land Ass'n Agent- named in 1976 for the first innkeeper, Benjamin Patterson. — — Map (db m33214) HM
Built in the late 1870’s, the building housing Brown’s Cigar Store is one of the oldest on Market Street. It is designed in the Victorian Gothic style with contrasting brick work highlighting the architectural features. The Cigar Store storefront . . . — — Map (db m175754) HM
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