Frederick S. Duesenberg

(1878-1932)

Near this site on July 2, 1932, the builder of Duesenberg luxury automobiles was seriously injured when his supercharged Model J crashed into the mountainside. He died on July 26 at Memorial Hospital of Johnstown.

Marker is at the intersection of ...

Foxburg Golf Course

Oldest golf course in continuous use in the U.S. In 1887, land was made available to the newly formed Foxburg Golf Club by Joseph M. Fox, its first president. Course was enlarged from five to nine holes in 1888. The ...

Buchanan Furnace

A short distance NW of here is the well-preserved cold blast furnace, named for James Buchanan. It was built in 1844; abandoned, 1858, due to lack of timber. At the time of its operation, the iron industry was very prosperous ...

At the Crossroads

Hub, Home, Heart

One year before Congress and the President arrived in their new capital city in 1800, Washington's Navy Yard opened at the foot of Eighth Street, two miles south of this sign. The yard soon became the city's ...

The Changing Faces of H Street

Hub, Home, Heart

The handsome church on this corner is the second to occupy this spot. The first was a small brick chapel built by John A. Douglas in 1878 for the new Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church. Soon after, it ...

A Gathering Place

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Between 1100 and 1200, more people lived in this area than ever before, or since. Located along routes linking large populations to the northeast and south, villages here were well situated for trade. As people, goods, and ideas converged ...

Depot Historic District

Well-preserved industrial complex grouped about a railroad depot, center of railroad industry, the impetus to Meridian's growth after 1860. Included farm products processing businesses of inventor G.W. Soule.

Marker is on Front Street near 18th Avenue, on the right when traveling ...

Wilder's Pecan Tree

Wind claimed this Pecan Tree in 2002

The Wilder's [sic] planted this tree c.1900

Courtesy hmdb.org

Carl "Sub" Mays

1891 - 1971

Carl grew up in the Prairie Hollow community south of Mansfield.

Mays made his major league debut as a pitcher on April 15, 1915. His famous spitball submarine delivery resulted in a heavy, sinking effect that batters easily misjudged. ...

Culture and Commerce

Hub, Home, Heart

When the Atlas Performing Arts Center opened in 2005, it gave hope to an area still recovering from the destruction following the assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1968. But when K-B's Atlas ...