Miami Railroad Depot

When the Southern Kansas Railway Company of Texas built a line through Roberts County in 1887, Miami developed at the end of the track as a campsite for workers. The crew set up a kitchen and a tent hotel. Soon ...

Historic Roadside Park

The picnic area on US 60 in Roberts County is an early roadside park developed by the Texas Highway Department – now Texas Department of Transportation. This 1935 park accommodated motorists attending the state's centennial events in 1936. The park ...

The Seneca Post Office

Seneca, in 1938, was a city awakening from the Great Depression; the construction of a new post office was a sign that things were improving. This Colonial Revival building is noteworthy for its lobby mural painted in 1940 under a ...

Turpin/Simpson Properties

Last Stand Hill

These properties make up the site on which the Confederate Army attacked and retreated during the Battle of Mill Springs. These sites are being preserved with the help of a Federal grant from the Land and Water Conservation ...

Peaks of Otter

“A rougher road could not be imagined”

(preface)

On May 26, 1864, Union Gen. David Hunter marched south from Cedar Creek near Winchester to drive out Confederate forces, lay waste to the Shenandoah Valley, and destroy transportation facilities at Lynchburg. His raid ...

Pont de Rennes Pedestrian Bridge

Historic Marker

Historic Marker

Pont de Rennes

Pedestrian Bridge

(Formerly Platt Street Bridge)

Originally Built - 1891

Rochester Bridge and Iron Works

Converted to Pedestrian Mall - 1980

Marker can be reached from Platt St.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Burbank Post Office

This property has been

placed on the

National Register

of Historical Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on East Olive Avenue, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Pierce Brothers Valhalla Dignity Memorial

Vietnam Wall Experience

“Solders rest thy warfare O’er.

Dream of fighting fields no more

sleep the sleep that knows not breaking

morn of toil, nor night of waking.”

~Sir Walter Scott

Marker is on Victory Boulevard, on the right when ...

First Baptist Church of Canadian

This church was organized by seven women in 1894 with the help of the Rev. Hatcher, a Baptist minister from Amarillo. Shortly thereafter about 32 people, converted at a local revival held by the Rev. Abe Mulkey, joined the new ...

The Former Canadian Hospital

This building, now a residence, was Canadian's first hospital, opened on June 16, 1917. Funds for construction were obtained by public subscription. Dr. H. C. Caylor, first owner, sold to Dr. L. V. Dawson in 1920. From 1924 to 1949, ...