El Dorado, Arkansas.
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On January 10th, 1921, shortly after 4:00 P.M., on a cold January day, a deafening roar from a drilling rig one mile west of El Dorado announced the discovery of oil in Arkansas. Dr. Samuel Busey brought in the Armstrong #1 . . .
(Exploration • Natural Resources • Notable Events) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
On January 10th, 1921, shortly after 4:00 P.M., on a cold January day, a deafening roar from a drilling rig one mile west of El Dorado announced the discovery of oil in Arkansas. Dr. Samuel Busey brought in the Armstrong #1 . . . (Exploration • Natural Resources • Notable Events) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Within a few short months El Dorado's population doubled, and, before the year was out, it doubled again before peaking two years later at over 40,000. With the population explosion came oilmen from Louisiana and Texas, but . . . 
A little over a year after the initial oil discovery by Dr. Busey, the Oil Operators Trust--Murphy #1, a wildcat well staked on a geologic feature called the Norphlet dome, drilled into the gas-cap of what would become the . . . 
During the oil boom numerous individuals, or wildcatters, made their mark on the South Arkansas scene. H. L. Hunt, at one time the richest man in the world, opened a barrelhouse on Hamburger Row, made his financial stake . . . 
Built in 1845. Home of Thomas Jefferson Chambers, early civic and business leader whose love for Texas was proclaimed by the "Star" window in the west gable. The modest board-and-batten pioneer house has another unique . . . 
Bennett. G. Clark and Sarah W. Clark deeded this land to William Rust, John H. Cornish, John R. Hampton, and William H. Hines, trustees of El Dorado Female Institute, in 1847. May 7, 1858 Albert Rust deeded additional land . . . 
Early prominent Missouri River port, New Haven was settled about 1805 and was first named Miller’s Landing for pioneer Philip Miller. The Pacific R.R. (MO. PAC.) reached here in 1855 and the town was laid out and renamed the . . . 
The first train arrived in Washington, Missouri, in 1855. That event confirmed Washington's position as the major transportation center in Franklin County. The railroad town's first railroad depot was destroyed in a Civil . . . 
A veteran of the War of 1812, James Taylor White (b.1789) migrated to this area from Louisiana in 1828. As a rancher, he developed one of the largest herds of Longhorn cattle in southeast Texas. On White's ranch in June . . . 
In the fall of 1851, three Mills brothers headed west, one by water, one by land and one to Texas. This brought Joel Mills wife, Kitura Burke Bird and family from Henderson Co., Tennessee to Sevier County, now known as . . . 
The moon room is the link between space exploration and Prairie City SVRA. This area was once home to the world's largest site for rocket engine development. This three story underground bunker was built to protect . . . 
Fuente de Cantoya Fue construida en el siglo XVIII por Felipe de Cantoya para beneficio de la ciudad. Su diseño destaca por el arco mixtilíneo, elemento distintivo de la arquitectura virreinal en Querétaro. Este tipo de . . . 
21st Battery, Indiana Light Artillery 6 Napoleons Turchin's Brigade, Reynolds' Division, Thomas' Corps. September 19, 1863. Captain William W. Andrew, Commanding. 2d Lieutenant William E. Chess. 2d Lieutenant Abram P. . . . 
Full two story frame structure housing a business and hotel. Property originally owned by Madame Marc Eliché. Purchased in the 1940's by Jules Moreau for a "pressing shop". Also housed a tractor dealership at one time.
This handsome brick church was completed in 1881. Seven persons organized the congregation in 1851 in nearby Carmel Township. Moving to Charlotte the next year, they held services in the wooden courthouse and in 1856 built . . . 
On September 21, 1779 Col. Dickson commanding the British post at Baton Rouge Surrendered to Gov. Galvez and his American Allies. This tablet commemorates this One battle of the American Revolution On Louisiana soil And is . . . 
Old State Capitol River Road & North Blvd. Baton Rouge, Louisiana Erected 1847-48 Razed by fire 1862. Seat of State Government 1850-1862 1882-1932.
Hazen's Brigade Palmer's Division - Crittenden's Corps Brigadier General William B. Hazen. September 19, 1863, 2 P.M., 2d Position. 9th Indiana - Colonel Isaac C.B. Suman. 6th Kentucky - Colonel George T. Shackleford. 6th . . . 
Laying Tracks, and a Foundation for the Future Land is the secret to Southern California's prosperity, but it isn't worth much without a way to move the goods and services it generates. This modest wooden building on a small . . . 
