In 1637 Near This Spot, Roger Williams Set Up a Trading Post
In 1637 near this spot, Roger Williams set up a trading post where he dwelt for several years trading and treating with the Narraganset Indians. His dealings so completely won and held friendliness ...
- roger williams
- rhode island
- north kingstown
- colonial tradin...
Dunning's Spring Park
DUNNING'S SPRING PARK GIVEN TO DECORAH BY FRED BIERMANN IN 1946. HERE F. DUNNING HAD A GRIST MILL ABOUT 1860. LATER DECORAH MARBLE WAS QUARRIED SAWED AND POLISHED IN DUNNING'S MILL THE DEORAH PARK ...
- decorah
- iowa
Miike Maru
HISTORICAL POINT OF INTEREST AT THIS SITE ON AUGUST 31, 1896, THE NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA STEAMER "MIIKE MARU" ARRIVED WITH HER CARGO OF TEA. THIS WAS THE FIRST REGULARLY SCHEDULED STEAMER ...
- seattle
- washington
- 1896
- miike maru
- tea
- steamer service
- international p...
Peak House
Peak House The original house, built in 1651, was burned when King Phillip's Indians burnt the town of Medfield in 1676. Seth Clark, the owner, received indemnity from the colonial government and ...
- massachusetts
- medfield
- king philip
Jean Baptiste Beaubien
JEAN BAPTISTE BEAUBIEN On this site, then the lake shore, Jean Baptiste Beaubien, Chicago's second civilian, in 1817, built a "mansion" to which he brought his bride, Josette LaFramboise. It remained ...
- chicago
- beaubien
- laframboise
- michigan
- 1937
- 1817
- 1845