The Cherokee Strip

To commemorate

the Opening

of

The Cherokee Strip

September 16, 1893

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 77 and State Line Road, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 77.

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Cherokee Strip

September 11, 1893

Thousands of Americans gathered in this township preparing to make the run for homesteads in the Cherokee Strip, a tract of land 58 miles wide, opening 6,500,000 acres for White settlement bought from the Cherokee Nation by the ...

Kay County Abstract Building

Dick Sherbon of Ponca City received the bid to erect this building for the Kay County Abstract Company in 1926. The bids for the building ranged from $4,400 to $5,700.

This red brick structure was limited to one story because of ...

Hixon Cemetery

Hixon Cemetery

Established 1853

A Historic Cemetery Listed in

Indiana’s Cemetery and Burial Grounds

Registry of the Indiana Department of

Natural Resources

Installed 2008 Indiana Historical Bureau

and Hixon Cemetery Association Ltd.

Marker is on Hixon Road North north of County Route ...

County of Allegheny Law Enforcement Officers Memorial

Dedicated

August25, 1996

Rededication

Saturday May 17, 2003

County of Allegheny

Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, Inc.

Marker can be reached from the intersection of North Shore Drive and Art Rooney Drive.

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Montezuma Cemetery

Montezuma Cemetery

Established 1818

A Historic Cemetery Listed in

Indiana’s Cemetery and Burial Grounds

Registry of the Indiana Department of

Natural Resources

Installed 2008 Indiana Historical Bureau

and Reserve Township, Parke County

Marker is at the intersection of Madison Street and Strawberry ...

Texas Society, Sons of the American Revolution

In 1889, during the Centennial of the inauguration of George Washington as first President of the United States, a group of Revolutionary War soldiers' descendants gathered in New York to form a society to promote awareness of the Revolutionary War ...

SurfSide Park

City of Mound

Mound's "Surfside Park & Beach" was platted in 1881 and consists of two parcels. Little is known of its history until 1935, when the northerly parcel was purchased for $350. The southerly parcel consists of five lots. Four ...

Todd's Chapel United Methodist Church

The origin of this congregation can be traced to the

days of the American Revolution, when Methodist

pioneers such as Francis Asbury and Freeborn Garrettson

traveled throughout this area organizing groups or

“societies” for worship. Many of the early ...

Fire of 1901

The entire east side of the 100 block of North Main burned to the ground November 15, 1901. Some of the citizens (obviously not the ones whose businesses were destroyed) thought this was a blessing in disguise. The block consisted ...