Lakeview, Oregon.
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Honor Roll Lake County, Oregon World War I - 1917-1918 Philip Allen - Harold Neil Foster Fred T. Benefiel - Joe Lanning Robert Raymond Benefiel - Ned Miller Michael Breen - John C. Nicholson Raymond Clark - James O'Connor . . .
(War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm • War, Korean • War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Honor Roll Lake County, Oregon World War I - 1917-1918 Philip Allen - Harold Neil Foster Fred T. Benefiel - Joe Lanning Robert Raymond Benefiel - Ned Miller Michael Breen - John C. Nicholson Raymond Clark - James O'Connor . . . (War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm • War, Korean • War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
The brick walls of the LaMoaure County Courthouse have withstood the elements since 1910, and the building has become a cornerstone of the community's vitality. However, 15 years before the first brick was laid, two . . . 
This community is the home of the Honorable Milton R. Young who as a farmer was selected by his peers to speak their voice in the halls of democracy in North Dakota and this nation. He has served his people well. This . . . 
Pinus jeffreyi In Oregon, Jeffrey pines are found only in the state's southwest corner. They are especially adapted to local dry, infertile, serpentine soils as seen in the surrounding flat lands and distant mountains. . . . 
Carya ovata Mary Louisa Black planted this shagbark hickory near her home in 1866 from nuts she carried from Missouri on the Oregon Trail in 1865. Of the nuts she planted, two grew into trees. This tree is the lone survivor . . . 
This deactivated missile is part of the Weapon System 133 Minuteman with the type and model being LCM 30. It was placed, along with many others, along the northern border of North Dakota to protect against war with Russia . . . 
1/5 mile to the south is the site of the Stagecoach Relay Station. Benjamine and Mellinger operated the stage line, beginning in 1880, between Columbia, SD and Jamestown, ND. Service took two days each way and passengers . . . 
Built in 1891 by Oakes Methodists, this building was a block south of Main on Highway 1. When a larger church was needed in 1908, the Methodists built the present structure at 6th and Juniper and sold the original church to . . . 
As dust from the Civil War settled, the nation's capital entered a new phase of growth. The expanding government needed more workers, who in turn needed more housing. An entrepreneur named Samuel Brown bought a large tract . . . 
George Fox founder of the Religious Society of Friends also known as Quakers passed through this community in 1672 holding the first local meeting of Friends in a field located approximately 1.5 miles east of this location . . . 
2 Harvest at Pleasant Plains, ca. 1750 By the late 17th century, English colonial settlements and tobacco plantations had reached what is now Washington, DC. By the 1750s the ports of Alexandria and Georgetown were built, . . . 
The Hotel Alcazar was constructed by Henry Flagler, Standard Oil Company co-founder and developer of the Florida East Coast Railway. The Alcazar was part of a trio of Moorish and Spanish Renaissance Revival styled resorts . . . 
Ulmus americana This tree was given to Douglas County by Binger Hermann, U.S. Congressman, around the turn of the century. The occasion for the tree donation is not known positively, but research suggests that it was given . . . 
In 2013, Howard University archaeologists, working with concerned citizens, completed a seven-year survey of Walter C. Pierce Community Park. Their goal: to identify and protect two 19th Century cemeteries--the Colored Union . . . 
Manufactured by the Fort Pitt foundry in 1862. The original cost paid was $205.50. It is number 26 of a total of 171 manufactured. Only 73 have survived. The barrel weight is 2602 pounds. The projectile weighed 46 pounds and . . . 
Pinus lambertiana When settlers crossed on the Applegate Trail, sugar pine trees dominated this landscape. Native Americans had seasonal camps and purposefully managed the sugar pines, including using a hook-ladder to move . . . 
Sequoiadendron giganteum On March 22, 1862, the day of his son Emil's birth, Peter Britt planted this giant sequoia by his home. Britt was a pioneer photographer, skilled horticulturist, and leader in Southern Oregon's . . . 
NAS Oceana started as a fledgling airfield in an isolated area of Princess Anne County. By 1938, as the threat of war was growing closer, carrier squadrons were being established in the area; thousands of new pilots needed . . . 
Page One: U.S. Army of the Potomac: Dabney Walker escaped slavery near Fredericksburg, Va., and became a scout for the Army of the Potomac. His wife Lucy Ann was a laundress in the Confederate camps, sending coded messages . . . 
By the 1890s the Rock Creek Railway Company's new electric streetcars made it easy to commute across town. The "country" settlements of this area became "suburban." One streetcar line followed 18th to Calvert Street, passed . . . 
