John P. Holland’s First Submarine

was launched in 1878,

a one man craft with engine which after a series of trials was sunk in the Passaic River at this spot where she lay buried until raised in 1927 by a group of Paterson youths who presented ...

Hoeing Table and Cleaning Tank

Hoeing tables and cleaning tanks were used to purify mercury as the final step in the process of converting cinnabar to mercury. Mercury collected in the condensers of a furnace or retort was contaminated with soot, water, dust, sublimed sulphur ...

George Darby House Cleburne’s H’dq’rs.

May 25, 1864. Maj. Gen P. R. Cleburne’s div. marched with Hardee’s A.C. [CS] from New Hope Church May 24th, to Power Springs.

These troops, the left flank of Johnson’s Army, marched S.E. to find the position of the Federals known ...

PFC Floyd Everett Campbell

In Recognition of the 2nd Marine Division

Asian-Pacific Campaign World War II

The Battle for the Gilbert Islands

In Memory of Pfc. Floyd Everett Campbell

Killed in action during the amphibious

landing on Tarawa 20 November 1942

Purple Heart presented posthumous[ly]

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Lebanon, Grenada, and Panama Veterans Memorial

In honor of Veterans

who served in

Lebanon and Grenada

August 24, 1981 - July 31, 1984

Panama

December 20, 1989 - January 31, 1990

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Emporia's Liberty Bell

Ship's Bell

Frigate

[USS] Emporia [(PF-28)]

Gift from

Department of

National Defense

James Forrestal

Secretary

1946

Marker is on Commercial Street (Kansas Route 99), on the right when traveling south.

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The Bishop's Palace

Built, 1886-1893, by Col. Walter Gresham, civic leader and U.S. Congressman. Nicholas J. Clayton was architect. One of the most lavish and massive homes in U.S., house is a Victorian adaptation of renaissance style.

Silver and onyx mantel in music room ...

Frederic Auguste Bartholdi

(1834 – 1904)

A French sculptor and friend of De Laboulaye, he created the Statue of “Liberty Enlightening the World” and selected its site. Inspired by his first view of New York Harbor, Bartholdi later wrote “The Statue was born for ...

Edouard Rene De Laboulaye

(1811 – 1883)

He conceived this monument, showing the love of Liberty shared by France and America. This statue would be a gift from a people to a people. It was intended for the 1876 Centennial, but was delayed until 1876. ...

Soden's Grove Bridge

This property has been

placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Circa 1923

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[Builder's Plate reads]

126 Ft Span

Rainbow Arch

Built by

Western Bridge Co.

Harrisonville, Missouri

Designed by

Marsh Engineering Co.

Des Moines, Iowa

Lyon County

Commissioners

C.L. Howe Chairman

C.A. Paine • Fred Fowler

1923

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