Historical Highway Markers

House of First Settler

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Springdale, home of Colonel John Hite, son of Joist Hite, leader of the first settlers in this section, was built in 1753. Just to the south are the ruins of Hite's Fort, built about 1734.

Conservation & Development Commission, 1927

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