[Forward the Light Brigade]

Time for an archaeological Dig at this place and see what that says. I think there was more to the place—wooden buildings now gone (or burned) Maybe some bodies buried there too.

[muawiyah]

It's simply the Eastern entrance to a land grant ~ a huge swath of land given to an individual to develop.

East of there is a town worth looking at ~ Newcomerstown ~ somebody called the earliest German settlers "newcomers" ~ they've since made sure all the local history books start with them!