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Strafford
Vermont, Orange County, StraffordBorn April 14, 1810, Senator Morrill served 43 years in the Congress. He won unique fame as author of the Morrill Acts, signed by Abraham Lincoln, 1862. These...
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David Puff
Kansas, Shawnee County, Topeka Dedicated to David Puff Founder and first president of the Topeka Area Water Garden Society David helped establish and maintain this water garden (Charity & Public...
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Peacock's Bridge
North Carolina, Greene County, near Stantonsburg Here Lt. Col. Tarleton's British dragoons and Colonel James Gorham's militia engaged in a skirmish, May, 1781. (War, US Revolutionary) Includes...
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Schumaker's Excavations
Israel, Haifa District, near MegiddoThe first excavations at Tel Megiddo were directed by Gottlieb Schumacher on behalf of the Deutscher Palastina-Verein, between 1903 and 1905. After excavating the...
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Ward-Meade Mansion
Kansas, Shawnee County, Topeka Anthony Ward constructed this home between 1870 and 1874. Two sides are built of handsome brick and two of native limestone. The house was remodeled between 1900 and 1905...
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Ward-Meade Home
Kansas, Shawnee County, Topeka Anthony A. Ward bought land from Indians - 1854. Site of first sermon preached in Topeka, December 29, 1854. —————————— Entered on the National Register of Historic...
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Sumner School Cornerstone
Kansas, Shawnee County, Topeka This corner stone preserved by P-T-A. & Past Patrons of Sumner School Erected 1901 - Replaced 1936 Board of Education [List of names] ———————— This tree in memory of...
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Santa Fe Trail
Kansas, Osage County, Overbrook [Title is text] (Communications • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS...
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Calvary Episcopal Church
Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, PittsburghJanuary 2, 1921 from Calvary Church for the first time in history a church service was broadcasted by radio wireless by the Westinghouse Electric and...
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Catahecassa, Blackhoof
Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, PittsburghWas present at the defeat of Braddock in 1755 and took part in all the subsequent wars until the Treaty of Greenville in 1795, after which he remained the...
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BG Benjamin H. Grierson
Kansas, Leavenworth County, Fort Leavenworth Pittsburgh, PA Buried - Jacksonville, IL Married Alice Kirk - 24 Sep 1854 Married Lillian King - 28 Jul 1897 Fathered seven children 29 years of military...
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Freedom Tree
Kansas, Leavenworth County, Leavenworth In tribute to those countless heroes who lived and died for our right to be free (Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil • War, US Revolutionary • War, World...
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Heritage Court / Celebration of the Midwest Family
Kansas, Leavenworth County, Leavenworth Dedicated to all who came before us - from our pioneers to our parents, to these we owe our freedom, faith, country, community and lives. May we enjoy and...
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First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Regimental History
Missouri, Bates County, near Butler Most of the men of the First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry were escaped slaves. Many fled to Kansas from farms and towns in Missouri or Arkansas to find freedom....
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The Battle of Island Mound
Missouri, Bates County, near Butler During the fall of 1862, Bates County had become a haven for guerrillas and Confederate recruiters. One of their favorite haunts was a marshy tract on the...
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Founders Park
Kansas, Saline County, Salina In early February, 1858, Colonel William A. Phillips, Alexander M. Campbell, and James Muir, seeking a location for a townsite, explored the banks of the Smoky Hill River....
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The Founders of the Salina Town Company
Kansas, Saline County, Salina Were William A. Phillips • Alexander M. Campbell • Alexander C. Spilman • James Muir • David Phillips Their motto for Salina "Religion first, Education second, Business...
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First Section of Interstate Opened in United States
Kansas, Shawnee County, near Topeka Next 8 Miles Under 1956 Federal-Aid Highway Act November 14, 1956 (Man-Made Features • Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS...
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Buster Keaton's Birthplace
Kansas, Woodson County, Piqua Joseph F. "Buster" Keaton was born in Piqua, Kansas on October 4, 1895. Buster's parents, Joseph and Myra Keaton, were appearing in a traveling medicine shop with a stock...
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305th Bomb Group (H)
Georgia, Chatham County, Pooler The Can Do Group Chelveston, England March 1942 - September 1945 480 Combat Missions 2 Medal of Honor 2 Presidential Citations In honor of all who served with the 305th,...
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