Trails and Tales - Meet Your Neighbors by Hebron Elementary School
John D. Baron
You are invited to meet some of the people and explore places from Hebron’s past along the southern section of Church Street (Route 85). This child and family friendly QR tour can be done in any order. Each site is a short walk from here.
Just click on a QR code and you are on your way to meet your neighbors from Hebron’s past.
In this tour you will have a chance to do the following:
- Stop 1 – The woods south of St. Peters’ Church –Explore the interconnection of Indigenous People and Colonial settlers.
- Stop 2 – St. Peters’ Parsonage 60 Church Street—Think about what it would be like to be the son or daughter of a minister living in a small town
- Stop 3 — Land across from Hebron Elementary School—Find out about how the glaciers created rich farm land and an opportunity for skilled African American farmers to join Hebron’s middle class.
- Stop 4 — Crosswalk by Kinney Road—Discover how a deaf child changed the world by becoming the world’s first editor of a paper for hearing impaired readers.
- Stop 5 – #22 Kinney Road – See how immigrant families became established in Hebron
- Stop 6 – Site of Hebron’s first settler’s house—First discovered in the 1840’s, this remarkable connection to Hebron’s beginnings was paved over when the sidewalk was put in.
Where to go from here- Walk toward the traffic light in Hebron Center
Meet Your Neighbors QR Tours funded by the Hebron Greater Together Community Fund in conjunction with the Hebron Historical Society
Please note that most of the structures you will see are privately owned. Please respect these properties by viewing them from the street.