Quantcast
Channel: The Historical Marker Database - New Entries
Browsing all 103121 articles
Browse latest View live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

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 Article



Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

John 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Alamo 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Kelly 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

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

"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 Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Boy 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The 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


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

"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 Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Charles 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Dennis 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Gene 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Catechna

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 Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

493rd 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Lincoln 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 Article


Washington 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The 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 Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

First 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Lincoln 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 Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

LaSalle 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...

View Article
Browsing all 103121 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images