In Grateful Appreciation
of the Patriotism and self Sacrifice
of Her Lamented Sons and Soldiers,
Who for Their Country and for Freedom
Laid Down Their Lives in the War
of the Great Rebellion,
Deerfield
Erects This Monument
A.D. . . . — — Map (db m141862) WM
Feb 29, 1703-4
The unfortified house of Benoni Stebbins
standing on this lot was held by
7 men besides women and children
for three hours
against the assault of 200 soldiers
and the wiles of 140 Indians.
under a French . . . — — Map (db m141156) HM
The indoor comforts of home were provided by outdoor work on the farm.
Bordered by house, garden, outbuildings, and fields, the farm yard has always been a busy crossroads of activity now and in the past. Farm families of the 1800s managed . . . — — Map (db m230696) HM
During the last ice age, a glacier one-mile thick towered over the spot where you are standing. When it began to melt about 16,000 years ago, the water backed up in the valley creating a giant lake 220 miles long. Early geologists named it Lake . . . — — Map (db m230715) HM
Museum admission tickets available at the Visitor Center.
Built about 1760, with alterations.
Restored in 1892 by preservationist Charlotte Alice Baker.
Furnishings reflect her interest in the Colonial Revival and the Arts and . . . — — Map (db m230744) HM
Museum admission tickets available at the Visitor Center.
Built in 1824, by Asa Stebbins for his son, Asa, Jr.
Gilded fanlight details over the front door became popular in the early 19th century.
Connecticut Valley Furniture . . . — — Map (db m230686) HM
Godfrey Nims
Ancestor of All of the
Name of Nims
Settled in Deerfield 1674
Fought under Capt. Turner 1676
Bought this Home Lot 1692
His House Burned, His Wife
and Seven Children Captured
or Killed by Indians in 1704.
This New . . . — — Map (db m141115) HM
Welcome. This living exhibit interprets a Native American agricultural method of companion-planting three crops called the Three Sisters: corn (maize), beans, and squash. Growing these three plants together is very labor efficient, . . . — — Map (db m230691) HM
The Village of Deerfield is an old settlement on an ancient site.
The Mile-long street before you was originally a Native path. Ancestors of the Pocumtuck, an Algonquin people, lived here in their homeland for at least 8,000 years, . . . — — Map (db m141346) HM
Home of Joseph Stebbins
Born 1749 Died 1816
Lover of Liberty
And
Servant of His Country
__________
Lieutenant of Minute Men
Who Marched on the Lexington Alarm
Captain at the Battle of Bunker Hill
Fought at Stillwater . . . — — Map (db m141334) WM
John Sheldon 1658 - 1733
Hannah Stebbins 1664 – 1704
Married Nov 5 1679
The Home Of John Sheldon Was On This Lot
Here Feb 29 1704 His Wife And One Child Were Killed
And Four Children Were Taken Captive
By The . . . — — Map (db m143814) HM
This Marks the Home Lot where
John Stebbins
Grandson of Rowland the Emigrant
A Permanent Settler of 1652
Lived and Died
__________
A Soldier under Capt. Lothrop
The Only Man Known who Escaped Unhurt
At the Bloody Brooke . . . — — Map (db m141336) HM WM
Lucy Terry Prince, c. 1729 - 1821. Captured in Africa as a child. Enslaved in this house. Died a free woman in Vermont.
Caesar, baptized 1734. Enslaved in this house. — — Map (db m230747) HM
Memorial Hall
Built in 1798
Occupied as Deerfield Academy
Until 1878
Dedicated in 1880 to the
Preservation of the Record of
Early Days in New England
by the
Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association
This Tablet is Erected on . . . — — Map (db m141125) HM
The interplay of people and nature has shaped this place for generations.
The living things that populate our landscape are part of a continual process of change. Long ago, the Pocumtuck cleared forests of underbrush and set controlled . . . — — Map (db m230720) HM
The foods we eat directly affect our health. Eating squash, corn, and beans together offers greater health benefits than eating them separately. Consuming corn and beans during a meal provides a high-quality source of protein equal to that found in . . . — — Map (db m230694) HM
Indian land called Pocomtuck, settled by men from Dedham in 1671. Attacked by Indians, burnt, and abandoned in 1675. Reoccupied and attacked in 1704 by French and Indians, who took 47 lives, and carried off 112 captives to Canada, of whom 60 were . . . — — Map (db m48012) HM
Indian land called Pocomtuck, settled by men from Dedham in 1671. Attacked by Indians, burnt, and abandoned in 1675. Reoccupied and attacked in 1704 by French and Indians, who took 47 lives, and carried off 112 captives to Canada, of whom 60 were . . . — — Map (db m48773) HM
Old Deerfield Village
has been Designated A
Registered National
Historic Landmark
Under the provisions of the
Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935
this site possesses exceptional value
in commemorating and illustrating
the . . . — — Map (db m141339) HM
Site of the
Old Indian House
Built by
Ensign John Sheldon 1698
It stood for 144 years
testifying to the tragedy of
Feb. 29, 1703
its stout door
which kept at bay
the French and Indians
13 now safe in Memorial Hall . . . — — Map (db m141341) HM WM
The Connecticut River Valley is a distinctive geographic region in the Northeast.
This beautiful landscape and its irreplaceable balance of farms, fields, hills and forests conveys a potent sense of place that points to a sustainable . . . — — Map (db m230718) HM
Erected In Memory of
Quinton Stockwell
and his wife
Abigail Bullard Stockwell
It was in their house, which stood on
this spot, that the Stockwells boarded
the Reverend Samuel Mather during the
earliest days of . . . — — Map (db m147359) HM
Original house built by Ensign John Sheldon on 1698. Withstood attack by French and Indians on the night of Feb. 29, 1704. Torn down in 1848. — — Map (db m230727) HM
In Memory Of
Rev. Samuel Mather. M.A.
Pioneer Minister of Deerfield 1673 – 75.
Who lived in a house on this site.
Born at Dorchester, 1650. Graduated Harvard College 1671.
Married Hannah, Daughter of Governor Robert Treat
Of . . . — — Map (db m141956) HM
The Deerfield and Connecticut Rivers shape the geography, economy and culture of this region.
Through the trees to the west you can see a dramatic curve, or oxbow, of the Deerfield River. From its headwaters in Vermont's southern Green . . . — — Map (db m230722) HM
Built by John Sheldon 1739. Handed down from sire to son to the present owner.
The longest holding of state in Franklin County. — — Map (db m230688) HM
Museum admission tickets available at the Visitor Center.
Built 1755.
Georgian period architecture.
Furnishings reflect the life of a farming family, 1780 - 1810. — — Map (db m230690) HM
Museum admission tickets available at the Visitor Center.
Built 1799.
Deerfield's first brick house.
Federal period architecture and furnishings, 1790-1830. — — Map (db m230731) HM
2nd Lt Thomas W. Johnson, U.S. Army Air Corp, ★ KIA ~ April 29, 1944 ~ Germany ~ WWII ★
LT Allan J. Johnson, U.S. Army Air Corp, ★ KIA ~ April 24, 1944 ~ Germany ~ WWII ★ — — Map (db m230668) WM
Historic Deerfield is a museum of early New England history and the arts located within one of New England's most historic villages. Visitors come here to tour our museum collections and the carefully preserved old houses in which they are . . . — — Map (db m230732) HM
Museum admission tickets available at the Visitor Center.
Built 1747.
First painted blue in 1802.
Interior furnishings illustrate change through time, 1725 to 1850. — — Map (db m230749) HM
A special place designated by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs because it exemplifies the unique qualities of the Commonwealth. — — Map (db m2642) HM
Riverside Village Historic District has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m230570) HM
Earliest commercial structure, built in 1812 by Jonathan Bird, was two stories tall until 1874, when expanded in Queen Anne style. — — Map (db m230577) HM
A military commander during King Phillip's War. Capt. Turner was killed near here in a retreat after leading a massacre of Indians fishing at the Great Falls of the Conn. River in Gill on May 19, 1676. — — Map (db m51133) HM
In honor of the men who enlisted from the Town of Greenfield, Mass.
to serve their country in the War for the Union
1861 - 1865
Agin, Thomas 20th Inf.
Allen, Chas. 52nd Reg't.
Allen, Franklin 34th Inf.
Allman, Samuel 57th Inf. . . . — — Map (db m231103) WM
Eunice Williams, wife of the Reverend John Williams "The Redeemed Captive," was killed at this place on March 1, 1704, during the Deerfield massacre. — — Map (db m29069) HM
An original industrial area of Greenfield and site of mills from 1784. In four story granite factory buildings built in 1830 woolens were made for union army during Civil War. Operations ceased in 1872 and factory burned in 1933. The bell tower . . . — — Map (db m65769) HM
Greenfield
erects this monument
in grateful honor to her
patriotic sons
who offered their lives
in suppressing the Great Rebellion
and for the preservation of the
National Union.
1861-5 — — Map (db m198091) WM
Sites of J. Russell Co., first American cutlery factory, which made the famous "Green River" knives, and Greenfield Tap & Die. World's largest thread-cutting firm, which manufactured the adjustable die invented near here. — — Map (db m230578) HM
Attributed to Greenfield resident Asher Benjamin who here, in 1797 published first American architectural book, adapting English Georgian architecture to American styles and craftsmen. Became Greenfield Public Library in 1909. — — Map (db m59929) HM
1936 - 1990
The Food & Fuel gas station/convenience store is in business. Leaking underground tanks contaminate the property and the adjacent Green River.
1995
The Town of Greenfield, with the help of the MA Department of . . . — — Map (db m230613) HM
Brookie was created by John Sendelbach of nearby Shelburne Falls. It celebrates the industrial roots of Greenfield , the location of the first cutlery factory in the United States to use the American factory system. The John Russell . . . — — Map (db m230665) HM
John Russell dreamed of creating a source of metal tool products in the United States. He starts with a small facility, J. Russell & Company, on land just east of the Museum of Our Industrial Heritage in Greenfield. The factory runs on steam . . . — — Map (db m230667) HM
In Memoriam
to
members
Lieut. Charles H. Field
Camp No. 51
U.S.W.V.
Greenfield, Mass.
Honor Roll
Company L, 2nd Reg. Mass. Inf'y U.S.V.
Frederick E. Pierce Capt.
Charles H. Field 1st Lieut.
Fayette B. Mason 2nd . . . — — Map (db m231066) WM
Settled 1686 by Deerfield residents, incorporated 1753 & made county seat 1811. A major industrial & commercial center at crossroads of major North/South & East/West transportation routes. Home of first American cutlery factory & world's largest tap . . . — — Map (db m59927) HM
Dedicated by citizens of Greenfield
in grateful memory of
those who served town and nation
in World War I
These honored dead gave their lives
Akey, John H.
Blake, Herbert E.
Carley, John L.
Ceteroni, Edward
Clifford, . . . — — Map (db m231134) WM
This story shall the good man teach his son
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers
For he today that sheds his blood with me, shall be my brother . . . — — Map (db m231138) WM
Site of the First Church of Hawley
Erected 1793
Reverend Jonathan Grout 1st Pastor
This memorial placed by the
sons and daughters of Hawley
August 10, 1935 — — Map (db m25876) HM
When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find that it is latched to everything else in the Universe. John Muir
Biological diversity, or biodiversity, makes life on Earth possible. The soil where our food grows, the air we breathe, the . . . — — Map (db m65767) HM
Over increasingly large areas of the United States, spring now comes unheralded by the return of the birds, and the early mornings are now strangely silent, where once they were filled with the beauty of bird song Silent Spring, . . . — — Map (db m65766) HM
Following an instinct many thousands of years old, millions of ducks and geese fly south every autumn. Waterfowl finds overwintering habitat in the southern United States, Mexico, and Central and South America. As spring arrives, the birds return . . . — — Map (db m65764)
Two hundred and fifty yards eastward are the sites of three large Indian council fires. The Beers Massacre of September 4, 1675, took place in a gorge one-quarter mile to the northeast. — — Map (db m48780) HM
Philip, second son and successor of Massasoit, Sachem of the Wampanoag, camped on this hill during the winter of 1675-6. The stump of a large look-out tree together with defence trenches are to be seen on top. — — Map (db m48778) HM
Nathaniel Dickinson lived here nineteen years in a fortified house but was scalped and killed by the Indians on April 15, 1747, at Pachaug Hill. — — Map (db m42634) HM
Here, enclosed by a stockade, the first settlement was made in 1673. Nine rods to the westward a fort was built in 1685 and eight rods southeast stood the Indians' Council Rock. — — Map (db m48015) HM
Civil War
Veterans
of
Northfield, Ma
1861 - 1865
Andrew J Ames ★
Silas W Bailey
Richard D Battles ★
Jonathan H Blake
Loren C Boyden
Charles C Brewer
Elhanan J Britt
McKenzie B Britt ★ . . . — — Map (db m231044) WM
In honor of the
citizens of Northfield
who served in the World War
Lester C. Abbott
Fred C. Aldrich
Harland F. Atwood
Roger M. Ayers
Charles E. Baxter, Jr.
Harold F. Bigelow
William W. Bigelow
John J. . . . — — Map (db m231038) WM
Used to hold stray farm animals until claimed by their owners. A fee was paid for their release. Most colonial towns had a pound; this is one of very few still standing. — — Map (db m73551) HM
Site of First Permanent Settlement in Shelburne, Mass. 1760 Martin Severance 1718 - 1810 Scout in French and Indian Wars Scout with Rogers Rangers Revolutionary soldier Marked by Dorothy Quincy Hancock Chapter, Daughters of the American . . . — — Map (db m59639) HM
Erected August
1838
—
On this Ground Capt. Thomas Lathrop and eighty four men under his command, including eighteen
teamsters from Deer field, conveying stores from that town to Hadley, were ambuscaded by about
700 . . . — — Map (db m37542) HM
A pioneer physician in E. Franklin Co., Dr. Rodriguez practiced here, 1850-1879. Born in Tepian, Cuba, of Castilian Spanish parents. Immigrated to U.S. and studied medicine at Natchez. Married Rebecca Lazarus, 1851. — — Map (db m117339) HM
In May 1964, Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles
Eddie Moore, two African American teenagers,
became the first victims of Freedom Summer
when they were kidnapped by members of the
KKK. Taken into the Homochitto National Forest
and tortured, they . . . — — Map (db m193438) HM
Kidnapped by the Ku Klux Klan near this spot on May 2, 1964. Dee and Moore were later beaten, attached to iron weights, and drowned in the old Mississippi River. Their partial remains were first discovered on July 12,& 13 1964. — — Map (db m192868) HM
In 1959, Wade H. Creekmore, Sr. founded several
rural telephone companies in Mississippi, including
Delta Telephone in Louise and the Franklin Telephone
Company in Meadville. From these rural carriers,
sons Wade H. Creekmore, Jr. and Jimmy . . . — — Map (db m226758) HM
The Rock Island Railroad was completed through Gerald in March, 1901. In 1902, a depot was built. Destroyed by fire, the present depot was erected to replace it and was operational until March, 1975, when the Rock Island Railroad filed bankruptcy. . . . — — Map (db m132879) HM
Dedicated to all
veterans and those
who follow their
tradition of service &
sacrifice to our nation
WWI
1914-1918
This memorial is dedicated in honor of the valiant men and women who rendered unyielding service to the cause of . . . — — Map (db m132878) WM
Missouri Botanical Garden Arboretum
and Nature Reserve
has been designated a
National Environmental
Education Landmark
This site possesses distinctive values
in revealing significant natural and
cultural processes through . . . — — Map (db m186591) HM
Bethel
Methodist Church
Erected 1868
Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m169291) HM
"The wind being favorable, we made 18 miles today. We passed in the morning several islands, the largest is Buffalo (Boeuf) Island, which separated from the southern side by a small channel which receives the waters of Buffalo (Boeuf) Creek. . . . — — Map (db m132881) HM
The Lewis and Clark Expedition faced many obstacles and challenges on their journey to the west and the Missouri River was among the mightiest. The Corps of Discovery rowed and pulled with a heavy rope (cordelle) up the uncharted Missouri River's . . . — — Map (db m169286) HM
While trapping for beaver along the Jefferson's Fork River in the fall of 1808, John Colter and his companion, John Potts, were surprised by a war party of Blackfeet braves. With no chance to escape Colter came ashore while Potts retreated and was . . . — — Map (db m121297) HM
John Colter's nearly three years with the Lewis & Clark Expedition had hardened him for a life in the mountains. He had survived cold, hunger, grizzly bears, and Indians. It was the lure of wealth from beaver pelts that kept him in the West from . . . — — Map (db m121298) HM
Originally a wood yard and steamboat stop along the Missouri River called Miller's Landing, the City of New Haven was first platted in 1856. Today, New Haven is home to over 2,000 residents, an award-winning school, artist community, and thriving . . . — — Map (db m132880) HM
Steamboat travel was gaining momentum when Philip Miller saw this tract of land along the Missouri river and felt it would be an ideal wood yard. On June 23, 1836, Miller bought the land and began supplying wood to fuel the steamboats. Soon this . . . — — Map (db m132883) HM
Early prominent Missouri River port, New Haven was settled about 1805 and was first named Millers Landing for pioneer Philip Miller.
The Pacific R.R. (MO. PAC.) reached here in 1855 and the town was laid out and renamed the next year.
John . . . — — Map (db m121231) HM
John Colter, a Virginia native was recruited in Kentucky by Meriwether Lewis, to serve in the Lewis & Clark Expedition, October 1803. Colter became a valued member of the Corps of Discovery, serving as a hunter and scout. When Colter asked to leave . . . — — Map (db m121294) HM
Born about the time of the American Revolution John Colter was enlisted as a private in the Lewis and Clark Expedition at Maysville, Kentucky in October, 1803. He began the expedition as an oarsman but because of his skills as a woodsman was . . . — — Map (db m121295) HM
Private John Colter was among the first members to be recruited by Captain Meriwether Lewis for the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Colter was a skillful hunter, scout, and translator and he quickly became a valuable member of the party.
After almost . . . — — Map (db m121296) HM
His (John Colter's) veracity was never questioned among us and his character was that of a true American backwoodsman. He was about thirty-five years of age, five feet ten inches in height and wore an open, ingenious, and pleasing . . . — — Map (db m169282) HM
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