Mary Killam's Boarding House

Mary Killam's boarding house was where Hank Killam stayed after his return from Dallas in 1963. This house was the last known locationthat Hank was verifiably seen alive. Mary Killam, in 1966, "remembered" that an unknown car was parked outside ...

Pensacola Hospital (tour stop 8)

8. Pensacola Hospital (aka Old Sacred Heart Hospital) was a state-of-the-art facility when it opened in 1915. On the night of January 30, 1931, 19 year-old Gretchen Gregory coasted Henry Moore's roadster coupe up to the hospital’s front entrance. ...

Magnolia Bluff- Lover's Lane (tour stop 6)

6. Around 10 pm on Friday, January 30, 1931, Henry Moore and his date Gretchen Gregory arrived on Magnolia Bluff, a popular Pensacola lover’s lane. Down the old clay road that branched off the new Scenic Highway, Magnolia Bluff ...

The Osceola Country Club (tour stop 3)

3. Henry Moore and Gretchen Gregory left the Gregory home on the evening of Friday January 30, 1931 in the roadster coupe, headed for this location, the Osceola Municipal Golf Course. Founded in 1926 as a country club, the course ...

Dillon Depot, on the Union Pacific Railroad's Montana Subdivision

When the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) decided to build the Utah & Northern to the Montana mines, Richard Deacon named a kingly sum for his prized grazing land. UPRR, unwilling to pay the $8,000, sought businessmen willing to invest along ...

Humphrey, Idaho on the Union Pacific Railroad's Montana Subdivision

Humphrey, Idaho, is a ghost town.

     In 1902, Humphrey was the site of Patt Ranch, where the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) built a dam and ice pond along the early Utah & Northern route. Workers harvested up to 31,000 ...

Idaho Falls, on the Union Pacific Railroad's Montana Subdivision

In 1880, as the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) was advancing the former Utah & Northern north toward Silver Bow, Montana, UPRR officials chose Idaho Falls for their principal workshops. A team of one hundred men built “a station, several two-story ...

Southern Terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad's Montana Subdivision, Pocatello, Idaho

Pocatello, Idaho, is the southern terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad's (UPRR's) Montana Subdivision, formally known as the Utah & Northern line, which stretched north to the former silver and copper mines of Butte, Montana.

     Rail lines used to ...

Bethune Council House National Capital Parks-East

The Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site interprets the life and legacy of Mary McLeod Bethune. From 1943 to 1966, ...

Meridian Hill Park, aka Malcolm X Park

In 1819, John Porter erected a mansion here on Meridian Hill so called because it was on the exact longitude of the original District of Columbia milestone marker, set down on April 15, 1791. In 1829, the mansion became departing ...