Black Jack’s Hideout / Colfax County War

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Black Jack’s Hideout

In Turkey Creek Canyon near here, the outlaw gang of Thomas “Black Jack” Ketchum had one of its hideouts. After a train robbery in July 1899, a posse surprised the gang at the hideout. The outlaws scattered ...

Greene County Civil War Memorial

Erected by the County of Greene in grateful memory of her Soldiers and Sailors of the War for the Union. 1861 - 1865

Marker is on Wayne Street, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Safe Haven Denied at Allegheny Arsenal

Great Railroad Strike of 1877

In the Great Strike of 1877, a labor dispute between workers and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company set off a popular uprising. Militiamen were called in to put down the strike and clashed with disgruntled citizens. On ...

Company K, 110th U.S. Infantry (10th PA) World War Memorial

In memory of the men of

Co. K, 110th U.S. Infantry (10th PA.)

who made the supreme sacrifice

in the World War

William G. Meighen •

Norman N. Zahniser •

Alfred R. McCarty •

Charles E. Murphy •

Walter B. Riggle •

Floyd B. Huffman •

Francis B. Moore •

Allan ...

Cordelia

Established in the early 1850's by Captain Robert Waterman and named for his wife, Cordelia. The name was changed to Bridgeport after his home in Connecticut and then again to Cordelia. Intended as a major townsite to serve the shipping ...

Robin Yount

"The Kid"

Two-time American League Most Valuable Player

Became the 17th player to collect 3,000 career hits

Brewers all-time leader in nearly every offensive department

Ranks among baseball's elite in at bats, games and doubles

One of only three players ...

Governor Elisha Marshall Pease

In 1835 E.M. Pease migrated to Texas from his native Connecticut. He joined the Texian forces at the Battle of Gonzales, Oct. 2, 1835, which initiated the Texas War for Independence. In the early days of the Republic, he worked ...

Grand Trunk Railway

Prescott

The Grand Trunk was incorporated in 1853 to run from Sarnia to Portland, Maine. Although it took over existing lines, new ones had to be built, including sections of the key Toronto to Montréal line completed by the noted English ...

Pease Park

Named for family of 1853-57 Texas Governor, Elisha Marshall Pease (1812-83), within whose early-day plantation this area was situated. Gov. and Mrs. Pease on May 20, 1875, gave 23-acre site here on Shoal Creek to City of Austin for use ...

St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church

Constructed 1832 by separatists from the Harmony Society, under the leadership of Count Maximilian DeLeon, organized as New Philadephia Society. 1840-First School Built. 1850-First Pipe Organ in Beaver County.

Marker is on 5th Street 0 miles north of 6th Street, on ...