Dr. Robert H. Goddard launched his historic rocket on March 16, 1926, from what was then the Asa Ward Farm.

The 11-foot (3.4 m) rocket carried an aneroid barometer, thermometer, and a camera triggered when the parachute opened.

An obelisk marking the launch site itself is about 1000 feet (300 m) southeast of Upland Street[4] at the "9th Fairway, between Tee and Green," of the Pakachoag Golf Course.

A second marker, rectangular in shape, is just off Upland Street in the northwest corner of the golf course.

[4] The obelisk reads: Site of launching of world's first liquid propellant rocket by Dr. Robert H. Goddard 16 March 1926 Media related to Goddard Rocket Launching Site at Wikimedia Commons