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|   Blue Hill Kite Barn
in Massachusetts Historical Markers The kite shed housed weather kites used to make atmospheric observations many thousand feet in the air. posted by:  NorStar location: Massachusetts date listed: 1/1/2007 last visited: never |
 view gallery0 mi | Kites in Meteorology in Massachusetts Historical Markers This sign details the history of kite flying to make observations high in the earth's atmosphere, before they used balloons. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date listed: 1/1/2007 last visited: never |
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| Blue Hill Observatory in Massachusetts Historical Markers Blue Hill Observatory maintains the oldest continuous record in the U.S. for weather observations, and used kites and balloons to make high altitude observations. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date listed: 1/1/2007 last visited: never |
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| Ponkapoag Plantation in Massachusetts Historical Markers Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission sign visible along Route 138 in Canton, near a water tower and a quarter mile from I-93. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date listed: 3/19/2006 last visited: 9/30/2006 |
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| G. H. Bent Factory Sign in Massachusetts Historical Markers The G. H. Bent Company is known for making the first 'hard tack' biscuit and coined the word 'cracker.' posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date listed: 1/25/2007 last visited: never |
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| Site of the Old Parsonage, Residence of Rev. Samuel Dunbar in Massachusetts Historical Markers This sign marks the location of "The Old Parsonage" where Rev. Samuel Dunbar used to live. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date listed: 5/28/2006 last visited: never |
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| Fairbanks House in Massachusetts Historical Markers This sign is by the Fairbanks House, which still exists and is now a museum at East and Eastern Streets. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date listed: 3/19/2006 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW3.9 mi | Dedham in Massachusetts Historical Markers This sign relates the founding of the town of Dedham, and that the land granted once stretched to Rhode Island. The sign is located in downtown Dedham. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date listed: 3/19/2006 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW4.1 mi | Here Met the Convention that Later Adopted the Suffolk Resolves - Dedham, MA in Massachusetts Historical Markers At this location, a committee met that drafted and later approved the Suffolk Resolves, which was taken to Philadelphia and approved by the First Continental Congress. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date listed: 3/19/2009 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW4.2 mi | Dedham "Keye" Landing Place - Dedham, MA in Massachusetts Historical Markers This place along the Charles River, and along today's Ames Street Bridge, is considered the location where the first settlers landed and founded Dedham, MA, in 1636. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date listed: 4/24/2008 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW4.3 mi | Signs at the Canton Viaduct in Massachusetts Historical Markers The Canton Viaduct is a beautiful old stone arch bridge that supports the Amtrak Northeast Corridor and MBTA commuter rail line. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date listed: 5/28/2006 last visited: never |
 view galleryS4.3 mi | For Those Who Served Canton 1774-1974 in Massachusetts Historical Markers This crudely made marker lists the industrial activity by Forge Pond and the Canton River. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date listed: 5/27/2006 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE4.4 mi | Indian Trail in Massachusetts Historical Markers Marked the time when the Indians moved from this land to the area south of Blue Hill they called Ponkapoag (present day Canton). posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date listed: 4/18/2006 last visited: 10/25/2009 |
 view galleryNE4.4 mi | Welcome to Gov. Hutchinson's Field in Massachusetts Historical Markers Gov. Hutchinson was the last Royal Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, lived a hard-luck life, and 'got no respect.' posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date listed: 4/18/2006 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE4.5 mi | Birthplace of President George Herbert Walker Bush in Massachusetts Historical Markers This is the location where President Bush, Sr. was born (and you thought he was born a Texan). posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date listed: 4/18/2006 last visited: 10/6/2005 |
 view galleryNE4.6 mi | 1640 Milton Landing Place in Massachusetts Historical Markers At this location was where the Suffolk Resolves were signed, a document that influenced the writing of the Declaration of Independence. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date listed: 10/1/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE4.6 mi | 1st Commercial Railroad-Natl Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in Massachusetts Historical Markers This plaque commemorates the First Commercial Railroad in the US and the civil engineering marvel that it is, due to the incline of the land at this location. posted by: Queens Blessing location: Massachusetts date listed: 10/6/2008 last visited: 9/24/2008 |
 view galleryNE4.6 mi | Old incline of the Granite Railway - Quincy, Massachusetts in Massachusetts Historical Markers This historical marker commemorates the old incline at the Granite Railway, and further, the impact that railroads made in America. posted by: Queens Blessing location: Massachusetts date listed: 10/8/2008 last visited: 9/24/2008 |
 view galleryNE4.7 mi | Milton Landing in Massachusetts Historical Markers This area at Milton Lower Mills, where the Neponset River widens out into marshes, is where mills and commerce were established, including operations that manufactured chocolate and paper and traded lumber. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date listed: 10/1/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE4.7 mi | Baker Chocolate in Massachusetts Historical Markers This describes the company that built the factory complex that still exists. Much of the complex is now condominiums. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date listed: 4/18/2006 last visited: never |
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| Sign on the Train Disaster at Bussey Bridge - Boston, MA in Massachusetts Historical Markers This plaque marks the location where a bridge collapsed, killing 23 passengers and injured 125 others. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date listed: 5/7/2008 last visited: never |
 view galleryN5.7 mi | Walter Street Burying Ground in Massachusetts Historical Markers At the west end of the Arnold Arboretum, there is a burying ground with grave markers dating before the Revolutionary War. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date listed: 5/4/2008 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE6.2 mi | Quincy Town Hall in Massachusetts Historical Markers This was a previous location of the Quincy Town Hall, along with a school. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date listed: 12/28/2006 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW6.7 mi | Town of Needham in Massachusetts Historical Markers This sign relates the history of Needham's founding and when territory was split from the town. The sign is found along Dedham Avenue (Rte 135), near the intersection with South Street. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date listed: 3/19/2006 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW6.8 mi | Site of Mann's Mill in Massachusetts Historical Markers This location, where a cotton duck mill and other mills were located, still has a dam and ruins that can be explored. posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date listed: 10/22/2007 last visited: never |
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