Abraham Lincoln's Biography

Greencastle Courthouse Square

6 West Washington Street

William Herndon

Jesse Weik

Abraham Lincoln

and

Greencastle

During the long, hot summer of 1887, William H. Herndon of Springfield, Illinois, the former law partner of Abraham Lincoln, came to Greencastle to visit his ...

The Hurricane of September 21st 1938

Top Marker

The Hurricane of September 21st 1938 driven by a wind velocity of 95 MPH max caused tidal waters to reach a new level as indicated below

13 feet 8½ inches

above mean high water

one foot eleven and one fourth inches higher ...

Thomas Conyers, Sr.

1757 - 1847

One mile due north is the grave of this veteran of the Revolutionary War who enlisted in 1776, wintered at Valley Forge, served in numerous battles, afterwards fought Indians, and was honorably discharged at Pittsburgh. He moved to ...

Providence (Water Street)

The site of an 18th century seaport village where seafaring merchants participated in the African slave trade. In the 20th century this port was used by Cape Verdeans who came to live in America.

Marker is on South Water Street, on ...

Gene Stephenson's Wichita State University All Americans

All Americans

[List of WSU Baseball Players]

Freshmen All Americans

[List of WSU Baseball Players]

Scholastic All Americans

[List of WSU Baseball Players]

[All Americans Marker Symbol Designations]

"Star" denotes - N.C.A.A. Player of the Year

1981 Joe Carter, 1982 Phil Stephenson, 1993 Darren Dreifort

"Square" denotes - N.C.A.A. ...

Repentance for Slavery

On this site Providence R.I. July 5th 1999 in conjunction with the 22nd general Synod of the United Church of Christ a group of church and community people gathered in an act of repentance for African American slavery and in ...

Bicentennial of the Birth of George Washington

To Inspire Patriotism

and Loyalty

and to commemorate the

Bicentennial of the Birth

of George Washington

[Erected] February 1932

Marker is on Alumni Drive, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Hutchings House

John Henry Hutchings was born in North Carolina in 1822. After living in New Orleans for several years, he moved to Galveston in 1845. Two years later he entered into a partnership with John Sealy to sell dry goods in ...

McKnight Art Center

Eva Giltner McKnight • J. Hudson McKnight

The McKnight Art Center is a tribute to a pioneer Wichita family. Mrs. McKnight's dream to advance the arts and serve the community, was fulfilled in her generous bequest to the university.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Charlottenburg Palace

Schloß Charlottenburg

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The baroque Lietzenburg palace completed in 1699 was built by Arnold Nehring as a summer residence for Sophie Charlotte, the wife of Elector Friedrich III. After her death in 1705, the palace was renamed Charlottenburg ...