Galveston Office of the National Weather Service

First weather service office in Texas, and one of first in the United States; established April 19, 1871, slightly over a year after Congress passed an act in Feb. 1870 creating the Public Weather Service of the United States under ...

Fiske Hall Centennial Celebration

October 26, 2004

Fiske Hall was the men’s dormitory of Fairmount College from 1906 to 1926 and served as an army barracks in both World Wars. Beginning with the municipal university period in 1926, Fiske provided classroom and office space for ...

Fiske Hall

Named in Honor of Mrs. Charlotte M. Morse Fiske

Wrentham, Massachusetts

Benefactor of Fairmount College

Cornerstone: October 28, 1904

Dedication: June 6, 1906

Norman S. Patton, Architect, Chicago

Wichita Contractors:

J. V. Wood, General – Bish Bros., Plastering

Fred Buckley, Roofing – Shuler Bros., Builders

Nathan J. Morrison, President, ...

“Jim Swett Field”

Name amended 1997by resolution

to honor Trinity County Resident

Colonel James E. Swett – USMC Ret.

A World War II Marine Aviator

who on April 7th 1943 was awarded

the Congressional Medal of Honor,

our Nations highest award, for Bravery

above and beyond the call of duty ...

California – Oregon Stage Road

1860 – 1887

A pack trail in 1851, Greathouse & Co. muled passengers by 1854. James E. Carr contracted by the California Stage Co., finished the last six miles of road from Trinity River to here, Sept. 14, 1860. The first ...

The Killing of Edward José

On June 10, 1894, at 9:30 P.M., Edward William José was mortally wounded by his new freight driver, Frank G. Eddinger, who had robbed the freight wagon the day before on Browns’ Mountain. Walter Baker, Mart Van Matre and José ...

Celebration of Freedom Memorial

To Honor Those Who Serve

Liberty For All

[Representative Memorials]

In honor of George F. Austin

for service in the Navy aboard

USS Estes AGC 12

Flag Ship supporting the invasions of

Iwo Jima and Okinawa

witnessing the flag raising on Mt. Surabachi

Rita Sweeney Austin

You gave your lives ...

The Site of the First House in Norton

The Site of the First House in Norton

Built by William Witherell

A.D. 1669

Marker is on Bay Road just from Turkey Farm Road, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Site of Jonathan Barney - Mason Barney Shipyard

1782-1861

Here were built about 200 ships from small sloops to vessels of 1060 tons which sailed from the Atlantic coast to the China seas.

Dedicated to their memory by

Algernon H Bell •

Carolyn Bell Fenley •

Constance Bell Falconer

Marker is at ...

Bronze Field Guns

Replicas of two English 6 pounder guns and one French 4 pounder gun are mounted on field carriages and in place along the north and west wall. Field guns could be moved to cover a larger field of fire. ...