Dodge City, a railroad town
Kansas, Ford County, Dodge City For decades, Dodge City's existence was tied to the railroad. When the first train arrived on the newly-laid Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad tracks in September...
View ArticleJohn Lawson
North Carolina, Pitt County, Grifton Author of "History of Carolina," explorer, and Surveyor-General, was executed Sept. 20, 1711, by Tuscarora Indians at Catechna. Site 4 mi. N. (Exploration •...
View ArticleAlamo Portland and Roman Cement Company
Texas, Bexar County, San AntonioNear this site in 1879, Englishman William Loyd discovered a blue argillaceous limestone believed to be a natural cement rock. Analysis by San Antonio druggist and...
View ArticleKelly Air Force Base
Texas, Bexar County, San AntonioAs World War I raged in Europe, the United States began to build up and expand its military aviation forces. In his search for a new army aviation training site, Maj....
View Article"Kelly No. 2" Flight Line
Texas, Bexar County, San AntonioIn November 1916, Maj. Benjamin Foulois of the Aviation Section of the U.S. Army's Signal Corps chose a tract of land approximately three-fourths of a mile to the...
View ArticleThe House of Ahiel
Israel, Jerusalem District, JerusalemHere Dwells Ahiel in a Four Room House "He (David) had houses made for himself in the City of David..." (1 Chronicles15: 1) The name 'Ahiel' appears on potsherds...
View ArticleBoy High School
South Carolina, Anderson County, Anderson The original Anderson High School sat on the corner of North Fant and East Calhoun Streets. All grade levels were taught despite being called a high school....
View ArticleThe 100th Meridian, Where East Meets West
Kansas, Ford County, Dodge City "Experience teaches that it is not wise to depend upon rainfall where the amount is less than 20 inches annually. The isohyetal or mean rainfall line of 20 inches...in a...
View Article"Big Nose Kate"
Kansas, Ford County, Dodge City Long time companion to Doc Holliday Worked as "Soiled Dove" in Dodge City and in Earp Women's brothel in Wichita (Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers)...
View ArticleCharles Rath
Kansas, Ford County, Dodge City Frontiersman Buffalo Hunter and Hide Swapper Indian Trader Co-owner Chas. Rath & Co. General Store and Hide Company (Animals • Industry & Commerce • Settlements...
View ArticleDennis Weaver
Kansas, Ford County, Dodge City Starred as "Chester" for nine years on Gunsmoke Star of Stage TV & Movies Star of TV Series McCloud (Entertainment) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS...
View ArticleGene Barry
Kansas, Ford County, Dodge City TV's "Bat" Masterson in series, 1957-1961 Reprised his role in The Gambler Returns: Luck of the Draw 1991 (Entertainment) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS...
View ArticleCatechna
North Carolina, Pitt County, Grifton Fortified Indian town & site of the Tuscarora conspiracy of Sept., 1711. Capitulated, 1712, after a 10-day siege by Col. John Barnwell. Site is 4 mi. N. (Native...
View Article493rd Bomb Group
Georgia, Chatham County, PoolerThe 493rd Bomb Group (H) Honors Those who served and those who died 1944 - 1945 (War, World II) Includes location, directions, 15 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
View ArticleLincoln and Douglas Debate
Illinois, La Salle County, Ottawa This tablet marks the site of the first Lincoln and Douglas Debate held August 21st, 1858. Erected by Illini Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution Ottawa,...
View ArticleWashington Square
Illinois, La Salle County, OttawaOn August 21, 1858, the first of the famous debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas was held in Washington Square. Here then thousand heard the two...
View ArticleThe First Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Illinois, La Salle County, OttawaOn August 21, 1858, the first of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and United States Senator Stephen A. Douglas took place in this park. Approximately 10,000 people...
View ArticleFirst Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Illinois, La Salle County, Ottawa First Lincoln-Douglas Debate Abraham Lincoln's first heated exchanged with Stephen A. Douglas on Aug 21, 1858 in Ottawa was received coolly by his advisors. They...
View ArticleLincoln the Litigator
Illinois, La Salle County, OttawaOn this site stood the Third LaSalle County Courthouse. Actually the second courthouse to be erected at this location, the Third LaSalle County Courthouse was completed...
View ArticleLaSalle City Hall-1906
Illinois, La Salle County, LaSalle In 1906, Mayor Walter A. Panneck sold 450 city hall bonds to help raise the $75,000 needed to build a new city hall. Designed by local architect Victor A. Matteson...
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