Oglevie Post 64 G.A.R. Civil War Memorial

Erected by Oglevie Post, No. 64, G.A.R.

and Patriotic Citizens

Dedicated to the memory and honor

of our country’s

defenders and preservers

1861 – 1865

We Honor our Dead

We Inspire the Living

Marker is on Liberty Street, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Buffalo Springs

On the Old Chisholm Trail. 1/3 mi West

From this noted watering place came the name of "Bison," 1 mi. so., "Buffalo Springs" was the camp site of Pat Hennessey and his men just before they were massacred, 7 mi. so., ...

Bernard de la Harpe 1719

This French Explorer, seeking trade with the Wichita Indians, came north from Louisiana, on August 25, 1719, he camped three miles east of Hartshorne and the next day, following Gains Creek, passed here on his way to the Canadian River ...

Pratt Hall

This building constructed in 1912

is named in honor of

Dr. and Mrs. R.N. Pratt

Outstanding Teachers

at Anderson College

Dr. Pratt - 1922-1927

Mrs. Pratt - 1922-1946

Marker can be reached from Boulevard.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Transporting the Stone

A historic road is visible to the right. It was created by skids or "stone boats" that were loaded with stone and dragged by oxen to the wharf. The stone was very heavy. One cubic foot of stone weighed 120 ...

Houston Pioneer Cemetery

The pioneer Houston family built its first home just southeast of this location. It was customary in those days of the nineteenth century to bury the dead on the family property, thus this cemetery was established in 1883 when 27 ...

Bellfield Plantation

The Bellfield house site and graveyard are located some 300 yards to the east. This was the home of two early Virginia governors, Captain John West in 1632 and Edward Digges who bought the property from West in 1650. Here ...

Figures and Medallions of the Library Wing of Parliament Buildin

[Medallions, top row]

Milton – Sophocles – Shakespeare – Socrates – Dante – Homer

[Statues, anti-clockwise from the top left]

Colonel R.C. Moody

1813-1887

Commander of Royal Engineers in 1858, erected New Westminster as capital of B.C., planned the Cariboo Road.

David Thompson

1770 – 1857

Greatest ...

The Shannon Stock Company

Side A:

The Shannon Stock Company, also known as Shannon's Famous Players, was a traveling theatre company based in Wapakoneta from 1913 until the Great Depression. Founded by Harry Shannon, the group included his wife Adelaide, their children, Harry Jr. and ...

The Southern Campaign, Dec 1778 - Aug 1780

The American victory at Saratoga, New York, in October 1777, and France’s subsequent entry into the Revolutionary War as an American ally, forced British officials to abandon their effort to achieve victory in the northern colonies. Instead, they decided to ...