From Frederick L. Nathan, "Making of Gunpowder," in The Victorian History of the County of Essex (London, A. Constable and Co., 1903-1956), vol 2, p. 452.
Typed caption: "Historic marker on Route 49, several miles north of Ashland City, Tenn." Sign reads: "Sycamore Powder Mill. 600 yards E on Sycamore Creek, founded 1835 by Samuel Watson, first judge of Cheatham County. Later acquired by Eagle Mills,...
Printed caption: "On Bedford Street in Georgetown, just off the public square, is an old, shingled house. Once it was one of the most important buildings in Sussex County, for it was built as the County Court House in 1791 and used as such for...
Postcard caption: "Winter brings lots of snow to Lancaster County, but the mail and passengers must get through. Strasburg RR No 1 makes one of its twice-daily round trips to the junction. The locomotive was built about 1885 and the coach dates...
