Purple Heart Memorial

Combat Wounded Veterans

Dedicated to all men and women

wounded in all our wars.

My stone is red for the blood they shed.

The medal I bear is my country’s way

to show they care.

If I could be seen ...

Moricetown Canyon

This site, once the largest village of the Bulkley Valley Indians, later was named after the pioneer missionary, Father Morice. Salmon, staple food of the Indian, concentrated in the canyon and were caught with basketry traps, dip-nets, and harpoons. Indians ...

Birthplace of Mary McLeod Bethune

Marker Front:

This noted humanitarian and educator was born five miles north of Mayesville, S.C., on July 10, 1875. She was one of the first pupils of the Mayesville Mission School, located fifty yards west of this marker, where she later ...

Gibraltar Island

This 6.5 acre island, named for the resemblance of its dolomite ledges to the Rock of Gibraltar, was the likely observation site for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's naval forces during the Battle of Lake Erie in September 1813. Stone Laboratory, ...

The Story of the "Bell" at Dorchester Academy

Dorchester Academy

The Midway Congregational Church bell played a very important role in the lives of Dorchester Academy students. It kept time by ringing with an echo that could be heard seven to ten miles away. The bell rang every day ...

Pangborn Memorial Campanile

National Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes

Ave Maria

This monument is dedicated to the glory of God and His Blessed Mother.

It is erected on the site of the “Old Church on the Hill,” which was built in 1805 Father John ...

Centennial Park Caboose

Centennial Park was dedicated on August 25, 2001 to all the past, present and future generations of Bonner Springs and to all the citizens and business owners that have made our city what it is today. This park is a ...

Tradesmen on Governor Harvey’s Lot 1630s

Despite the success of tobacco, the crown instructed Virginia’s governors to diversify and encourage trades in the colony. Governor Sir John Harvey supported this endeavor. During the 1630s, he employed a variety of tradesmen on this property including: potters; apothecaries; ...

First Presbyterian Church

Rev. B. M. Hobson of Lexington, Mo. a Presbyterian preached in a grove of elms near 3rd & Miami in the summer of 1855. On 1 Jan. 1856 Rev. C. D. Martin of Philadelphia organized the First Presbyterian Church ...

Powell of the Colorado

On August 30, 1869, Major John Wesley Powell landed at the mouth of the Virgin River, about 12 miles south of here, thus ending the first boat expedition through the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River.

The expedition left Green River ...