Historical Markers Thread

[Louis]

Taken last year when I was out on a moto ride.

The marker was placed by the St Louis Cycling Club, so that should make up for the lack of a pedal-bike. I live about a 35 minute bike ride from this spot:

[SlowPokePete]

Old Albany Post Road, Putnam County, NY.

August 15, 2017 Old Albany Post Road Marker by SlowPoke Pete, on Flickr

SPP

[William]

Beautiful ride day...

[William]

Another hint...

[cderalow]

since some of my rides take me through/past civil war era battlefields and into and around dc.. there's historical markers almost everywhere.

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[Mark McM]

Here in Eastern Massachusetts, we even have historical markers for fruit.


This stone marks where the Concord Grape was created by Ephraim Wales Bull in Concord, MA:






And this monument marks the spot in Wilmington, MA, that the first Baldwin Apple tree grew:

[gdw]

This one was on one of the routes I used to ride in Southern Maine. Old Bet was one of the first elephants brought into the US.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_...yingMarker.jpg

[572cv]

Given that MT started the thread, this one is kind of interesting.... It is to be found in the town park on Rt 302 in Twin Mountain NH. It is really old and points southerly towards Bethlehem, Littleton, and on down the Connecticut River valley. I didn't know the college was a landmark so far up north.

[steamer]

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[Louis]

Originally Posted by 572cv

Given that MT started the thread, this one is kind of interesting.... It is to be found in the town park on Rt 302 in Twin Mountain NH. It is really old and points southerly towards Bethlehem, Littleton, and on down the Connecticut River valley. I didn't know the college was a landmark so far up north.

Though 'round the girdled earth they roam...

[verbs4us]

Great thread for those of us who worry about thems who forget history and are doomed to repeat its errors. Here is my favorite (and a nod to the Jerry Garcia marker): one of three alleged grave sites for Robert Johnson, near Greenwood, Miss. Most historians agree this is the most likely site where he is buried. We left guitar picks and some whiskey.

[Tony T]

Woodstock's final day was 48 years ago yesterday:

(I did not ride to Bethel, been there for a concert a few years ago, but now I feel compelled to do a ride to the marker )

[jruhlen1980]

Brooklyn -- a settlement just south of Lawrence, Kansas, that was destroyed by a domestic terrorist group in 1863.

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[oliver1850]

I've ridden through Cherry lots of times. Seeing the mounds left from the mines on the flat prairie is always a reminder of what happened there. Usually ride by the cemetery on my way out of town. Images here:

https://graveyards.com/Illinois/Bure...emetery-Cherry

[Jgrooms]

Originally Posted by jruhlen1980

Brooklyn -- a settlement just south of Lawrence, Kansas, that was destroyed by a domestic terrorist group in 1863.



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Just a bunch of "fine people" coming by to say hello.


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