Missouri Motor Carriers Association Building
Missouri, Cole County, Jefferson CityGeorge W. Burruss, President Robert W. Wilson, Vice-President Dedication September 26, 2003 The Missouri Motor Carriers Association proudly dedicates this building...
View ArticleThe Tennessee House
Missouri, Cole County, Jefferson City Missouri State Capitol Historic District Entered on the National Register of Historic Places Bicentennial 1776 - 1976 (Notable Buildings) Includes location,...
View ArticleThe Exchange National Bank Building
Missouri, Cole County, Jefferson City Missouri State Capitol Historic District Entered on the National Register of Historic Places Bicentennial 1776 - 1976 (Notable Buildings) Includes location,...
View ArticleCalexico Carnegie Library
California, Imperial County, CalexicoCompleted in 1919, the library was constructed with a $10,000 grant from industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Calexico's Woman's Improvement Club and...
View ArticleHotel De Anza
California, Imperial County, CalexicoThe Hotel De Anza was opened on May 28, 1931 by Will R. Conway, an experienced hotelman. The $48,000 cost was partly financed by Calexico citizens. It was opened...
View ArticleUnited States Inspection Station
California, Imperial County, Calexico This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places By the United States Department of the Interior United States Inspection Station c. 1933...
View ArticleCamacho's Place and Café
California, Imperial County, near El CentroCamacho's Place was opened for business on December 12, 1946 by Richard Camacho and his wife, Juanita. It is erected on the site of a former Seventh-Day...
View ArticleCathedral Gorge
Nevada, Lincoln County, near PanacaMore than a million years ago, a large freshwater lake covered all of Meadow Valley - the area along U.S. 93 between Caliente and Panaca. Later, uplifting and...
View ArticleColonel Clinton McKamey Winkler
Texas, Navarro County, Corsicana Eminent judge, for whom a Texas county was named. Born in North Carolina. Settled in 1840 in the Republic of Texas. Admitted to the Bar (1843), he served 1847- 49 in...
View ArticleGlacial Valleys
Oregon, Klamath County, Crater LakeThe collapsed volcano that now holds Crater Lake once stood more than a mile (1.6 km) above the present lake level. Called Mt. Mazama, this massive mountain of...
View ArticleAmache - Granada Relocation Center
Colorado, Prowers County, Granada Marker No. 1: Amache During the first months of World II, the United States Government ordered over 110,000 men, women, and children of Japanese descent to leave their...
View ArticleAbo Ruins
New Mexico, Torrance County, Mountainair In English: Crossroads In the 17th century, an ancient trade route that linked the Rio Grande to the Great Plains shared this fragile mountain valley with a...
View ArticlePueblo Grande De Nevada
Nevada, Clark County, Moapa ValleyExisting today as a 30-mile series of adobe ruins, this “Lost City” was once the home of an ancient Anasazi Indian civilization. Beginning with the basketmakers (300...
View ArticleBerenda
California, Madera County, MaderaJune 1872 a former Fresno County Sheriff Leroy Dennis erected a store and hotel. Feb. 12, 1873 the first official Post Office of Madera County opened. Service stopped...
View ArticleRailroads of Chowchilla
California, Madera County, Chowchilla Southern Pacific Railroad - Before the townsite was created the train stopped at Minturn. Chowchilla was known as McNears Crossing. After it was founded the...
View ArticleWard Charcoal Ovens
Nevada, White Pine County, ElyThese ovens were constructed during the mid 1870's and are larger and of finer construction than most other ovens found in Nevada. They are 27 feet in diameter and 30 feet...
View ArticleFranklin County, 1795
Kentucky, Franklin County, FrankfortTaken from portions of Woodford, Mercer and Shelby counties. Ky. had become a state 3 years earlier, with Frankfort as capital, 1792. First meeting of the...
View ArticleA Civil War Reprisal
Kentucky, Franklin County, FrankfortNear here on Nov. 2, 1864 four innocent Confederate prisoners were executed in reprisal for the murder of Union supporter, Robert Graham of Peaks Mill, Franklin Co....
View ArticleState Arsenal
Kentucky, Franklin County, FrankfortErected 1850 to replace Arsenal, on Old State House grounds, that burned in 1836. It was seized by Confederates in Sept., 1862, but recaptured by Union in Oct. Scene...
View ArticleFirst Christian Church
Kentucky, Franklin County, FrankfortOrganized Dec. 2, 1832, by noted minister and educator Philip S. Fall, aided by John T. Johnson. Services held at various locations until 1842 when church erected on...
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