The Crossing of Historic American Trails
Kansas, Marion County, Hillsboro Chisholm Trail 1867 - 1871 Old Santa Fe Trail 1822 - 1871 (Animals • Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location,...
View ArticleFirst Mennonite Church
Kansas, Marion County, Hillsboro First Mennonite Church was organized in 1884. Our first building was dedicated in 1886. Our present building was completed in 1967. The front door stone was broken when...
View ArticleHillsboro Airport
Kansas, Marion County, Hillsboro Lt. Schroeder U.S. Navy pilot died in the line of duty on March 29, 1945 "He died that we might be free" (Air & Space • Man-Made Features • Patriots &...
View ArticleAlexanderfeld Village
Kansas, Marion County, Alexanderfeld Alexanderfeld was a farming village with farmsteads clustered along this mile road. This monument is to commemorate the Mennonite pioneer families who settled on...
View ArticleTatum Home
Texas, Navarro County, CorsicanaBuilt before 1900 by William M. Tatum, son of a Corsicana pioneer merchant, this colonial revival style mansion features first-floor palladian windows. Massive Ionic...
View ArticleFrantz L. Groening
Kansas, Marion County, Lehigh In memory of Our Ancestors and Mr. Frantz L. Groening who began grinding wheat into flour with these mill rocks in 1898 until 1914 (Agriculture • Industry & Commerce •...
View ArticleWest Michigan Pike
Michigan, Berrien County, New Buffalo(side 1) At the turn of the twentieth century, deep ruts and sand made West Michigan roads nearly impassable. In 1911 the West Michigan Lakeshore Highway...
View ArticleSweeney, Coombs & Fredericks Building
Texas, Harris County, HoustonThis late-Victorian commercial building with a 3-story corner turret and Eastlake decorative elements was designed by George E. Dickey in 1889. Evidence indicates that the...
View ArticleReplica of the Statue of Liberty
Kansas, Marion County, Hillsboro With the faith and courage of their forefathers who made possible the freedom of these United States The Boy Scouts of America dedicate this replica of the Statue of...
View ArticleA Place of Meditation
Kansas, Marion County, Hillsboro Dedicated to those from this community that gave their lives in combat while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States Government William L Klassen • Irwin W...
View ArticleVeterans Memorial
Kansas, Marion County, Hillsboro In memory to those who uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America (Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes...
View ArticleStephen Augustus Pace
Texas, Navarro County, CorsicanaStephen Augustus Pace came to Texas in 1868. He settled first in Fairfield, where he met and married Achsah Maddox. They moved to Corsicana in 1871. Pace established a...
View ArticleThe Mennonites in Kansas
Kansas, Marion County, near Goessel Beginning in 1874, hundreds of peace-loving Mennonite immigrants settled in central Kansas. They had left their former homes in Russia because a hundred-year-old...
View ArticleSt. Paul's United Methodist Church
Texas, Harris County, HoustonAt the beginning of the 20th century, members of Houston’s Methodist community worked toward organizing a new congregation on what was then the burgeoning south end of...
View ArticleMary Todd Lincoln House
Kentucky, Fayette County, LexingtonBuilt in 1806 as an inn. Became home of politician & businessman Robert S. Todd in 1832. Mary Todd, his daughter, born in Lexington on Dec. 13, 1818, moved to IL...
View ArticleHistoric Stewart Farmhouse
British Columbia, Greater Vancouver Regional District, SurreySettlement History First Nations settlements and seasonal hunting and fishing camps existed at the mouths of rivers and along the coastal...
View ArticleBushmaster Park
Arizona, Coconino County, FlagstaffBushmaster Park is named in memory of Flagstaff's Company I-158th Infantry Regiment, Arizona National Guard, and their sacrifices for freedom made in New Guinea, the...
View ArticleThe Kennedy Bakery
Texas, Harris County, HoustonIrish native John Kennedy (1819-78) came to Houston in 1842. A baker, he operated a store at other locations in the city before commissioning the construction of this...
View ArticlePillot Building
Texas, Harris County, HoustonThe original building at this site, a cast iron front structure, was built between 1857 and 1869. Early tenants of the building, owned by French-born merchant and Houston...
View ArticleHarris County 1910 Courthouse
Texas, Harris County, HoustonThis site has served as the courthouse square for Harris (originally Harrisburg) County since the completion of the first county courthouse, a two-story frame structure, in...
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