Oologah, Oklahoma.
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In remembrance of all who answered when their country called Dedicated 11-16-1991
(Patriots & Patriotism • War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm • War, Cold • War, Vietnam) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
In remembrance of all who answered when their country called Dedicated 11-16-1991(Patriots & Patriotism • War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm • War, Cold • War, Vietnam) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Literary Hostess and Patron of the Arts lived here
William Penn Adair Rogers was born Nov. 4, 1879 at the family ranch northeast of Oologah. He died on Aug. 15, 1935 near Point Barrow, Alaska Sculpted by Sandra Van Zandt Commissioned by the Oolagah [sic] Historical Society . . . 
(Six panels dealing with the Blue Mountian portion of the Oregon Trail are found beneath this kiosk) The Blue Mountains Oregon Trail emigrants crossed the Rocky Mountains through South Pass in Wyoming. The ascent and . . . 
Bedford College for Women University of London founded here in 1849 by Elizabeth Jesser Reid
Six individuals met on September 23, 1882 to create the Methodist Episcopal Church South, the forerunner of First United Methodist Church of Del Rio. These first congregants were Randolph Pafford, J. Lyman Bailey, William M. . . . 
Mass was celebrated in private homes and in a wooden house at this site before construction of this native Limestone church in 1891-92. Under the direction of the oblate fathers, the mission of Del Rio became Sacred Heart . . . 
On November 1, 1854, John Taini was born in Rezzato, Italy (near Brescia) to Gerolamo and Lucia Prandelli Taini. John later became a stonemason there, and an American contractor recruited him and his partner, G.B. . . . 
Composer stayed here in 1851
In 1910 Del Rio National Bank bought this lot and hired noted Texas architect Alfred Giles to design this structure. The cartouche and cornice above the main entrance, stylistic flourishes not seen in Giles' earlier San . . . 
Created Feb. 2, 1856, from Kinney county. Organized July 13, 1871. Named for Texas Revolution veteran, signer of declaration of Independence, Texas Legislator Samuel A. Maverick (1803-1870). The county centers in an area of . . . 
(front) A major terminus of the Cotton Road, customhouse and Confederate port of entry into Mexico 1863-65 when Union forces held lower Rio Grande. Cotton was "lifeblood of the South," Texas its lifeline and storehouse west . . . 
A landmark of the Texas-Mexico border area. Built 1884-85, during term of county Judge Thomas Lamb, on site chosen by citizens' committee, who donated $800 toward purchase of land from R.E. Moffit. Architects: Wahrenberger . . . 
In 1883, completion occurred of the extension of tracks by the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway (G.H. & S.A. Ry.) Line located between El Paso and San Antonio. Retired sea captain Albion E. Shepard arrived in . . . 
In 1882, the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway created a water stop for steam engines on a new line through this area. Two and a half miles north of this site, the company built a pumphouse, depot and other . . . 
The coquina stone, for construction of this and other Colonial structures in St. Augustine, was quarried on Anastasia Island and requires a stucco finish to protect the native shellstone from the elements. Several buildings . . . 
Dies ist das Geburtshaus Max Stirner's ?25. October 1806 [English translation:] This is the birthplace of Max Stirner, born October 25, 1806.
Beginning in the 1860s, foundries South of Market Street fabricated mining machinery, railroad cars, and ships. This 1912 machine shop is the last. Fred V. Wilbert forged fine tools here. Edwin A. Klockars (1898-1994), a . . . 
The centennial bench is made of steel, like the people who have made Oklahoma what it is today. The bench is 100 inches long and there will b[e] 100 of them produced. Each bench will come with a certificate of origin and . . . 
Architect: Adolph Druiding, Chicago Contractor/Decorator: DeCurtins Bros., Carthagena Parish founded by German immigrants in 1839 and named in honor of Henry II (A.D. 972-1024), Bavarian Duke, King, and Emperor of the Holy . . . 
