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On the Ashes of My Campfire This City is Built

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Kansas, Ford County, Dodge City


Modeled by O.H. Simpson, D.D.S.
Pioneer Dentist

The model for this statue was
Joe Sughrue
A Cowboy and later Dodge City
Chief of Police
from 1933 to 1936

(Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Boot Hill

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Kansas, Ford County, Dodge City


Boot Hill Cemetery
1872 - 1878
Second Public School
1878 - 1927
Municipal Building
1929

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Charity & Public Work • Education • Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Wyatt Earp

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Kansas, Ford County, Dodge City


Called to Dodge City in 1876 and established law and order in a few years. He did the same thing for other cities and became known as the best law officer in the West. He was a quiet and decent man and caused considerable publicity for Dodge City. Wyatt Earp died in California at the age of 81 in 1921.

(Peace • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

George M. Hoover

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Kansas, Ford County, Dodge City


Dodge City's most famous early settler started Dodge City's first business on Front Street in 1871. Was mayor four terms. He also hired Wyatt Earp to come and get law and order established and put the city on a very sound basis. He organized first state bank in Dodge City and became president. He gave 5% of his cash income to Dodge City ventures. In 1911 he formed a commission form of government with John Miller and George Laughead. George Hoover died in 1914 leaving generous legacies for Dodge commissioners, $10,000 for Wright Park building, $100,000 to city trust fund for parks and cemetery care and $5,000 to Dodge City churches.

(Charity & Public Work • Politics • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Boot Hill Cemetery Site

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Kansas, Ford County, Dodge City


This site became known as Boot Hill due to the custom of burying gunfighters with their boots on or behind their heads. It is estimated that 32 men and one woman were buried on this site. The names of many of these are unknown as they died without friends or money. Thier [sic] deaths occurred between 1872 and 1876. In 1878, the graves were moved to the newly established Prairie Grove Cemetery.

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Veterans Memorial

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Kansas, Ford County, Dodge City


[Honor Roll of Veterans]

Almighty God, we ask
Thy blessings upon
these our comrades

That Others May Live in Freedom
To the American Soldiers,
veterans who served, fought
and died for our freedom.

Kenneth L. Gladden [Bench]
Motor Sgt. HQ Co 1st Bn 187th Glider Inf
11th Airborne US Army WWII

United States Army Tank,
Combat, Medium M60A3

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Forum Café - Union Hotel - United States Trio Hall - The Forum Café - The Blue Bell Café

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California, El Dorado County, Placerville
Union Hotel
United States Trio Hall
The Forum Café
The Blue Bell Café
The Bookery


Saloons and gambling halls provided the main form of entertainment for miners during the gold rush. One of Old Hangtown’s largest gaming halls, The United States Trio, once stood on this site. Owner and entrepreneur, Benjamin Nickerson, first engaged in the business of promoting the short-lived bloody sport of bull and bear and donkey fighting on Circus Hill. When public opinion shut his bull ring down, Nickerson turned his marketing skills toward liquor and cards. The gaming tables of his large canvas tent groaned with bags of gold dust and glittering piles of coins.

Business proved so lucrative that Nickerson soon replaced the hall with a two story wooden building in 1852. The prosperous proprietor enlarged the structure which offered 75 sleeping rooms and included two parlors and a ten pin alley. He then gave his establishment the more dignified name of the Union Hotel. Flames razed the hotel in 1856.

Years later the Forum Café occupied this spot until fire forced it’s (sic) closure in 1938. That year one of Placerville’s most famous landmarks, The Blue Bell Coffee Shop, opened it’s (sic) doors at the same location. For many years the restaurant served “Hangtown Fry” which consisted of a mixture of bacon, oysters, and eggs. Originally the Blue Bell housed a candy store, soda fountain, and a cocktail lounge. On opening night, Owners C.A. and Veva Butts hired a vaudeville troupe from San Francisco to entertain it’s (sic) first customers.

Today The Bookery provides readers with a treasure of quality used books covering a multitude of subjects.

(Entertainment • Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Samoa Cookhouse Circa 1893

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California, Humboldt County, Samoa
This is the last lumber camp style in operation in North America. This cookhouse was originally opened as part of Samoa, one of the last company owned towns in the United States, established by the Vance Lumber Company. The original building is the four left-most dormer windows. The major additions were made to house the kitchen staff. Meals have been served here continuously for over 105 years. Only employees were served here until the late 1960's when it was opened to the public by Johnny Fillman.

Dedicated
February 13, 1999
By
Native Sons of the Golden West
Richard A. Hoffman, President

(Horticulture & Forestry • Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, GPS coordinates, map.

Ferndale Palace Saloon

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California, Humboldt County, Ferndale
Circa 1890. Furthest westernly bar in the continental United States.

Dedicated February 13, 1993 by the Native Sons of the Golden West.
Harley M. Harty, Grand President
In memory of Joseph G. Oeschger PGP

(Entertainment • Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

"The Victorian Inn"

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California, Humboldt County, Ferndale
The Victorian Inn was built in 1890 with completion in 1891, and known as the Russ Building. The structure was originally built to house the Ferndale Bank with the Ferndale Enterprise Newspaper following. There were 33 rooms on the second floor; single rooms and suites. The amenities of the era included bathrooms, water closets and fireplaces. There were many stores including the Humbolt County Bank, the Ferndale Bank, and later the Russ-Williams Bank which became a part of the Bank of America in 1935. This building is a Stick Style Eastlake Victorian. The windows and bracketing are Italianate in style. The foundation is a solid brick two feet at the bottom and one foot at the top. It is still in place today. The master carpenter and architect of the building was T.J. Frost. He also did the Masonic Temple and the Gazebo in town to mention a few. There were numerous wrought iron hitching posts with horse heads along Francis Street and Ocean Avenue, some of which are evident today. The structure survived 3 large earthquakes in 1992 and is a testament to its durable, steadfast endurance.

On February 13, 1891, the Ferndale Enterprise stated most eloquently that the Victorian Inn (Russ Building) "...it is one of the handsomest buildings, both outside and in, that stands in the State to-day."

Dedicated February 9, 2013
By the Native Sons of the Golden West
Allan M. Baird, Grand President
And
Ferndale Parlor No. 93 NSGW

(Communications • Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

J. Wonderly House / N.C. Fassett Groceries & Provisions / Burn & McBride / Lofty Lou’s Yarn Shop

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California, El Dorado County, Placerville
Boarders and guests of the Cedar Ravine House that once stood two doors up the street purchased groceries and provisions here from 1853 to 1856. Proprietor N.C. Fassett sold a variety of goods from beans to brandy, candy to coffee, lard to lead, molasses to matches, and quince jelly to quicksilver. William Burns and Robert B. McBride who bought the Cedar Ravine stables on the south side of the street in 1860 continued operation of a grocery and provisions store here. The building also served as the residence of Burns and his wife, Sarah. After Burns and McBride moved their store to the plaza, Sarah Burns specialized in the sale of fine cigars from this location.

In the early days of Old Hangtown, when Cedar Ravine Creek ran across Main Street from the south, the road in front of the store became a mud hole. Along with the rain and flooding creek the miners habit of mining in four by four holes in the street also contributed to the unpleasant conditions.

Later this building became the home of blacksmith, J. Wonderly and his family. Wonderly operated a stable and blacksmith shop on the south of Main Street near the Bell Tower.

(Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Davis and Roy News Depot / Shelley Inch Building / Placerville News Company

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California, El Dorado County, Placerville
Fisher’s Oasis Coffee House and Wadsworth’s Chicago Dining Saloon occupied this site from 1851- 1855. In 1853 F.A. Bee, founder of the Placerville Herald, printed his short-lived newspaper here. Early pioneer doctors, Harvey and Sholer and businessman, Davis and Roy purchased the property in 1855 and built a wooden two-story edifice composed of two portions. The building’s western half served as a post office while Davis and Roy ran their periodical depot to the east. Davis and Roy remain best know (sic) for their 1856 lithograph titled “Birdseye View of Placerville” which illustrated over 20 buildings as they appeared before that year’s devastating fires.

Later co-occupants Jacob Perkins and Shelley Inch carried on the business of selling newspapers, books a(nd) stationary. Eventually Inch acquired both portions of the property. Around 1898 he added the building’s second floor and the cast iron front to its facade. Inch then named the business The Placerville News Company.

In 1912 after her husband, homesteading pioneer George Duffey Sr., died suddenly of appendicitis Christina Reeg Duffey began working in Inch’s store as a means of supporting herself and her soon to arrive child. She subsequently married John Bayne of Coloma. She assumed ownership of the building in 1923 and the family moved into the apartment upstairs. Her son George Duffey carried on the business and became one of Placerville’s most beloved merchants. He always welcomed visitors warmly and delighted them with his quiet charm. Today, his daughter, Mary Meader and his grandson Jeff, continue the family tradition of providing friendly and courteous service to their customers.

(Communications • Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Randolph Jewelers

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California, El Dorado County, Placerville
The oldest jewelry store
In the West
Established 1852

(Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

James D. Rinehart

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California, El Dorado County, Placerville
In Memory of
James D. Rinehart
Viet Nam – 1968

(War, Vietnam) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Site of Blossom Rock Navigation Trees

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California, Alameda County, Oakland
Until at least 1851, redwood trees on this site were used as landmarks to avoid striking the treacherous submerged Blossom Rock in San Francisco Bay west of Yerba Buena Island. Although by 1855 the original stems had been logged, today's trees are sprouts from their stumps.

California Registered Historical Landmark No. 962

Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the East Bay Regional Park District, August 23, 1986.



(Environment • Horticulture & Forestry • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Parrish Family Cemetery

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California, Mendocino County, Fort Bragg
In 1893 David Franklin Parrish, his wife, Sarah Linebough Parrish, six daughters and four sons, “set out for Fort Bragg...to raise potatoes and peas on the bluffs by the ocean.” David had worked with Luther Burbank in Santa Rosa during Burbank’s heyday of plant experimentation. When the family moved to Fort Bragg the University of California Agriculture Department asked that David test different varieties of potatoes to determine which were the best for the area. We are told he had about 160 acres extending all the way to the ocean planted in potatoes. (According to lore, the acreage was reduced by the 1906 earthquake when 40 acres dropped into the ocean.)

Accounts differ as to who still remains in the family plot after all this time. Harvey Wyrick, husband of David’s daughter, Alice, was buried here. Records show Ira Parrish’s first wife, Josephine, was buried here but was later moved to the Rose Memorial Park in Fort Bragg, where most members of the Parrish clan now rest. Ira later married Florence, who proudly claimed Indian heritage and its thought some of the symbols on the markers reflect that heritage. According to Ira’s grandchildren, Florence is buried here.

The three marked graves of the infants belong to a baby of David J. and Janet Parrish, a baby of Ester Parrish and Guy Kraft, a baby of Hester (Hatti) Parrish and Frank Mendall. Hattie (sic) is said to have spent more time here than anyone else in the family and never missed a Memorial Day to take flowers.

Gardens volunteers assisted in the restoration of the little cemetery, opening it to the public in 1991. According to the Garden’s Master Plan, the Parrish Family Cemetery will be protected and maintained as it was found and as you see it today.

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dr. William W. Mayo House

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Minnesota, Le Sueur County, Le Sueur
The accomplishments of the Mayo family in the field of medicine have brought fame to both its members and to Minnesota, for it was Dr. William W. Mayo and his two sons, William J. and Charles H., who founded the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, in 1903.

This little house was built by William W. Mayo in 1859. It is intimately associated with the Mayo family's early years in Minnesota, for here on June 29, 1861, the Mayos' first son, William J., was born.

His father had emigrated to the United States from England in 1845. By 1854 the doctor was living with his wife in Indiana. He left the family there when he departed suddenly in search of relief from the effects of malaria, saying to his started wife, "Good-bye, Louise. I'm going to keep on driving until I get well or die."

Dr. Mayo's travels took him to St. Paul, the rude capital of Minnesota Territory, where he settled with his family. In 1859 he moved to Le Sueur, where he built this house with the help of his brother James. In 1863 he again moved, this time to Rochester, where in 1889 he was asked to become the medical director of St. Mary's Hospital, the nucleus of the future Mayo Clinic.

seal of the Natural Resources Fund
seal of The Minnesota Historical Society, Instituted 1849

Erected by the Minnesota Historical Society
1968


(Man-Made Features • Science & Medicine) Includes location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fort Dodge

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Kansas, Ford County, Fort Dodge


In the fall of 1867, the Fort Hays-Fort Dodge Road was developed to transport merchandise, mail and passengers from the newly founded railhead at Hays City to Fort Dodge and on to Santa Fe via the established route of the Santa Fe Trail. Thus, the Fort Hays-Fort Dodge Road became the far eastern leg of the Santa Fe Trail for a brief period of eight months until the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division pushed westward from Hays City to Sheridan City in June 1868.
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Fort Dodge
Junction of the
Fort Hays-Fort Dodge Road
and the Santa Fe Trail

(Forts, Castles • Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles • Wars, US Indian) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Enlisted Men's Barracks

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Kansas, Ford County, Fort Dodge


Three barracks were completed in 1867, two built of stone and one of adobe. For about eighteen months, until the permanent buildings were finished, the men lived in seventy dugouts at the river bank. Each dugout accommodated four men, had bunks carved out of the earth, and was heated with a fireplace.

Each of the new stone buildings provided quarters for eighty-eight men, had good ventilation, and was heated by wood stoves. Wells behind the buildings provided drinking water of excellent quality, while water for washing was carried from the river. Latrines were 30 yards away behind the buildings.

At Fort Dodge we secured a few supplies such as fresh milk and baker's bread-sweet and delicious. The water was good and refreshing.
Mrs. Frank D. Baldwin
September, 1867


In the early 1930's, as a WPA project, the adobe barracks was removed and the two stone buildings were linked together into one with the center addition of office and day room space.

Not Open to the Public

(Forts, Castles • Man-Made Features • Wars, US Indian) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Old Stagecoach Inn / Historic Palmyra Center

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Ohio, Portage County, Palmyra


Old Stagecoach Inn This historic inn began serving travelers on the old Portage-Columbiana stage road (now Tallmadge Road) in 1832. Two major stage lines, one from Cleveland to Wellsville (the closest Ohio River port) and the other from Cleveland to Pittsburgh, passed through Palmyra in the early 1800s. Originally a simple two-story Greek Revival-style building, it had its third story added in 1888 when it became a lodge for the Knights of Pythias fraternal organization. It served as a private residence and store for most of the 20th century. The Palmyra Center Hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Historic Palmyra Center New Englanders settled the Palmyra area in 1799, and Palmyra Township was established in 1810. Though part of the original Connecticut Western Reserve, Palmyra's cultural background was influenced largely by Welsh immigrants, who began arriving circa 1830. These farmers found a rare cash market for their produce at the inn. Later Welsh immigrants worked in the coal mines that dotted the area from the 1870s until the 1920s. For many years the annual May Fair celebrated Palmyra's Welsh heritage. The town's lost much of its vitality after nearby Interstate Highway 76 bypassed it in the 1960s.

(Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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