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Early Texas Natural Gas Pipelines
Texas, Navarro County, CorsicanaFirst public use of natural gas began in Texas in 1902, from transmission lines on this street, serving local homes and businesses. These early lines were forerunners of...
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Gaines County
Texas, Gaines County, SeminoleCreated August 21, 1876 Organized October 24, 1905 Named for James Gaines Born in Virginia in 1779 Established a ferry across the Sabine River in 1819 A signer of the...
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Dan Cobb
Texas, Gaines County, SeminoleA native of Tennessee, Dan Cobb designed and constructed the first Gaines County Courthouse in 1906. He also built the second courthouse in 1922, as well as a First...
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First Presbyterian Church of Houston
Texas, Harris County, HoustonOrganized March 31 (Easter Sunday), 1839, in Senate Chamber, Capitol of Republic of Texas, Main at Texas, by the Rev. Wm. Youel Allen, missionary from the United States,...
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Executions in the Yard
Virginia, Fauquier County, WarrentonIt is possible that early executions were carried out here in the exercise yard, however it is equally probably that they occurred in front of the jail, close to the...
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Normal Victory Bell
Kansas, Bourbon County, Fort Scott Preserved as a memorial to the Pioneer Friends of Education on this site of Kansas Normal School 1878 - 1899 —————— Restored by Fort Scott Alumni 1981 Reunion...
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Crossing the Pass
Washington, Island County, Oak HarborBefore the bridge was completed in 1935, the only way to cross Deception Pass was by boat. If you wanted to take your car from Whidbey to Fidalgo Island in 1929...
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Deception Pass
Washington, Island County, Oak HarborNamed by Captain George Vancouver 10 June 1792. Feeling that he had been “Deceived” as to the nature of the inner waterway,Port Gardner (now Saratoga Passage) he...
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Llano Estacado
New Mexico, Lea County, HobbsNomadic Indians and countless buffalo herds dominated the vast plain when the Vasquez de Coronado expedition explored it in 1541. Later it was the focus of Comanchero...
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Hobbs
New Mexico, Lea County, HobbsNamed for the family of James Hobbs which homesteaded here in 1907, Hobbs became first a trading village for ranchers and then a major oil town after the discovery of oil...
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Veterans Memorial
Missouri, Vernon County, Nevada In honor of those who serve their country in peace and conflict. [Dedicated] November 11, 1988 (Patriots & Patriotism • War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II)...
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Monument
New Mexico, Lea County, MonumentSettled in 1885 and named for a marker at the springs a few miles west, Monument remained a ranching community until oil was discovered in 1928. The Indian statue,...
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The Old Commercial Hotel
Missouri, Saint Clair County, Osceola Created from the Lousiana Territory, the Territory of Missouri was established by an Act of Congress in 1812, and became the 24th State on August 10, 1821. Sixteen...
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Peter Jacob Carter
Virginia, Northampton County, FranktownBorn enslaved on 29 May 1845 near Eastville, Northampton County, Peter Jacob Carter served in the 10th United States Colored Troops during the Civil War and...
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Independent Spirit
New Mexico, Eddy County, ArtesiaThe men who drove cattle from Texas up along the Pecos River during the mid-1860s until the barbed-wire era of the early 1900s were tough, independent and courageous....
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Artesia
New Mexico, Eddy County, ArtesiaArtesia, named for the area's many artesian wells, lies on the route of the Pecos Valley cattle trails used by Charles Goodnight, Oliver Loving, and John S. Chisum. The...
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The Derrick Floor
New Mexico, Eddy County, ArtesiaDedicated to the men and women who take the risks and do the work to find, produce and refine New Mexico oil and gas. This monument of a 1950s drilling rig is unveiled...
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Castaño de Sosa’s Route
New Mexico, Eddy County, ArtesiaIn 1590-91 Gaspar Castaño de Sosa, a Portuguese by birth, took an expedition up the Pecos River in an attempt to establish a colony in New Mexico. His venture was a...
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Artesia
New Mexico, Eddy County, ArtesiaArtesia, named for the area's many artesian wells, lies on the route of the Pecos Valley cattle trails used by Charles Goodnight, Oliver Loving, and John S. Chisum. The...
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Seven Rivers Cemetery
New Mexico, Eddy County, ArtesiaSeven Rivers was located south of Artesia near the confluence of seven branches of a stream that flowed into the Pecos River. Settled in the mid-1860s, the town...
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