Dutch Lorbeer

American Legion Park

Adley "Dutch" Lorbeer (1902-1983) came to Neodesha in 1929. Dutch enjoyed a six year pro-ball stint with the Pittsburg[h] Pirates and the New York Yankees organizations, an experience which profoundly influenced the rest of his life. Returning to ...

United States Air Force

1976 - 2075

The men and women of the Air Force Eastern Test Range proudly dedicate this monument to our national progress in missile and space technology in recognition of the American revolution Bicentennial. Erected on site of support elements ...

Doolittle's 1922 Record Flight

Aviation pioneers were attracted to Northeast Florida's hard, wide beaches. Pablo Beach, as Jacksonville Beach was known until 1925, served as takeoff or terminal point for several early coast-to-coast flights. The first of these, in 1912, required 115 days to ...

Opening of the Mid-Continent Oil Field

Kansas has long been oil country. There are legends that Indians held council around the lights of burning springs. Emigrants, it is known, skimmed "rock tar" from such oil seeps to grease the axles of their wagons.

A mile southeast is ...

Duval County

1784      1915

Duval County

Created August 12, 1822, named for

Governor William Pope Duval

Born 1784-Died 1854. Captain Mounted Rangers, War of 1812.

1813-1815, U.S. Congressman from Kentucky

1821-1822, U.S. Judge, Eastern Florida.

1822-1834, First Civil Governor of Territory of Florida.

Yolo County War Memorial

"From these honored dead, we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave their last full measure of devotion, that we highly resolve that the dead shall not have died in vain."

World War I

Virgil W. Agard • Charles ...

Amsterdam Historic District

Circa 1750. Settled by pioneer tenant farmers, Amsterdam developed by the mid-1800's into a hamlet featuring a general store, blacksmithy & shoe makers shop.

Marker is on Church Street 0.1 miles east of Amsterdam Road, on the right when traveling east. ...

August 17, 1945 B-29 Crash

On the night of August 17, 1945, two B-29 "Heavy Bombers" collided above this site killing 18 of the 20 airmen aboard. The spectacular event could be seen as far away as Gainesville, Greenville, and Cisco as both planes exploded ...

Hotel District

(of Asheville, N.C.)

An ornamental eagle perched high in front of

the Eagle Hotel one block south. Irish

immigrant James Patton opened the hostelry in

1814. Almost opposite the Eagle, the

Swannanoa Hotel began operation in 1878,

making South Main Street - now Biltmore

Avenue - a ...

Confederate Torpedo Boat David

Tomb

In Memory of my

shipmates of the

Confederate

Torpedo Boat David

Charleston S.C. Oct 5, 1863

Lieut. W.T. Glassell, C.S.N.

Pilot W.J. Cannon, C.S.N.

Fireman Jas.Sullivan, C.S.N.

Chief Engineer

James Hamilton Tomb, C.S.N.

Marker can be reached from Winona Drive near N. Liberty Street, on the left.

Courtesy ...