Kansas, Seward County, Liberal
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Dedicated to all
Seward County military personnel
killed or missing in action overseas
World War I [Honor Roll]
World War II [Honor Roll]
Korean War [Honor Roll]
Vietnam War [Honor Roll]
Global War on Terrorism [Honor Roll]
(Patriots & Patriotism • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Dedicated to all
Seward County military personnel
killed or missing in action overseas
World War I [Honor Roll]
World War II [Honor Roll]
Korean War [Honor Roll]
Vietnam War [Honor Roll]
Global War on Terrorism [Honor Roll]
(Patriots & Patriotism • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Continuous religious services have been held on this site since 1844. The first church, of hand hewn logs was erected, and the following were elected elders at the time of constitution, February 20, 1847: Cornealus Buey and Sham Peacock. The first pastor was Elder Elias Knight. Other charter members were Jonas, Sarah, Penny, and Emily Driggers, John Wester and James Johnson. One of the oldest marked graves is John Roberts, 1778-1854. This church is now and has been since constitution a member of the Suwannee Association of the Primitive Baptist Faith and Order.
Here at Old Town, in 1794, was built the first courthouse of Grayson County. The land was donated by Flower Switft. A second courthouse was built in 1838. The county seat was removed to Independence about 1850.
Dedicated
Frederick Beinhorn and Wilhelm Pfaender, pioneer founders of the prairie colony of New Ulm, were cut of the same cloth. Both came to America from Germany after the 1848 Revolution in Central Europe failed to unite German peoples under a new frame of government. Both sought New World frontiers to realize unfulfilled dreams of freedom and a more ideal social life.
Fries is named for Colonel Francis H. Fries of
North Carolina, founder of the Washington
Mills Company. By 1900, Fries and his
associates had determined that the New River
could power a textile mill. The town was
incorporated in 1902, and by the following
year a dam, a textile mill, and 300 houses
had been built. The town of Fries is also
known for its early influence on country
music. Henry Whitter, a local employee at
the textile mill, traveled to New York City
in Dec. 1923 and recorded the “Wreck on the
Southern Old 97” and “Lonesome Road Blues.”
Inspired by Whitter, local musicians Kelly Harrell
and Ernest Stoneman also recorded songs.
The House at 3017 Sherman Avenue once was a boardinghouse for Howard University students. In 1923 a determined and talented young woman from the tiny town of Eatonville, Florida, lived here while earning an Associates Degree at Howard. In a short time she would win international acclaim as novelist and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston.
Columbia, painted by C.D. Batchelor, Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist, was dedicated by Gov. Raymond Baldwin in Nov. 1943 on the library grounds. By 1969 weather-time had caused decay in the wooden frame. A committee was formed to relocate and reset Columbia. The site known as Library Park was changed to Veterans Memorial Park. In 1970 the movement and resetting, in brick, was completed. 
Deep River Roll Of Honor
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Before white settlers arrived, Native Americans called this river “Pigeon” or “woyi.”
The oldest building in Mariposa, and the only 3 story adobe building still in use in the state of California.
The log, trestle-roofed entranceway to The Ahwahnee hotel is called the “porte cochere.” The hotel’s architect had originally intended that automobiles enter a porte cochere from the meadow side of the hotel through the space where the Indian Room is now located.
The first director of the National Park Service, Stephen T. Mather, was as at home in the High Sierra as he was in high society. To ensure Yosemite’s protection for future generations, he knew that influential people would have to care about the park in its natural state. To attract this clientele, Mather hired architect Gilbert Stanley Underwood to create a world-class hotel that reflected the Valley’s stately domes and cliffs. On July 14, 1927 – at a cost of $1.5 million - The Ahwahnee opened its doors in a gala event.
