Arkalon and the Samson of the Cimarron

Many Kansas towns originated as potential railroad centers. Three miles west of this marker Arkalon was founded in 1888 at the Cimarron river crossing of the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska railway, a part of the Rock Island. Town lots were ...

The Mormon Battalion in the Oklahoma Panhandle

From September 23 through 27, 1846, the Mormon Battalion crossed the northwestern portion of the Oklahoma panhandle. The little army's 500-plus volunteers, recruited for the Mexican War, were enlisted near Council Bluffs, Iowa, from among the first company of Mormon ...

St. Mary Star of the Sea Church

In 1880 Bishop Casper Henry Borgess of the Detroit Diocese approved the establishment of a second Catholic parish in the city of Jackson. The cornerstone ceremony for the parish church was held July 4, 1881. The present limestone Romanesque structure, ...

Point of Rocks / The Dorsey Mansion

This is a two sided marker

Side A:

Point of Rocks

Point of Rocks was a major landmark along the Santa Fe Trail. Located in Jicarilla Apache country, it was near here that the party of Santa Fe merchant J.W. White was attacked ...

The Advance Academy

The Advance Academy

Property deeded by F.M. Potts and Daniel Orrell in 1892

Academy established in 1893

Later became a public school operating until 1924

It is the largest Academy building still standing in Davie County

Marker is on Route 801 0.2 miles south of ...

Make Way for the Railroad

Riverfrontiers

By 1851 the railroad had arrived at Rochester. Rail transit had been developed in the year before and had finally spread through Pittsburgh and surrounding western Pennsylvania towns.

Railroads were built on flat surfaces - one commonly flat location was along ...

The Del Mar Canning Company, 1927-1947

Historic Cannery Row

The Del Mar Canning Company was established in 1927 on this site, the original location of the Bayside Fish & Flour Company, a Japanese-operated reduction plant established in 1916. The Del Mar quickly rose to prominence in the ...

Memorial Park / The Scroll of Honor

[North Entrance]:

Clemson University

Memorial Park

This park honors Clemson University's

legacy of service.

It is a tribute to those who have served,

to those who are serving,

and to those who will serve.

[South Entrance]:

The Scroll of Honor

At Clemson University

This special place has been set aside to

honor ...

The Spanish Community

Historic Cannery Row

During World War I and the decade that followed, much of the workforce in the developing sardine industry along Cannery Row was made up of Spanish immigrants, who had fled crushing poverty for the promise of a new ...

The Japanese Community

Historic Cannery Row

While the majority of Monterey’s commercial fishermen in the 1930s were Sicilian, about 10 percent of the fleet were Japanese nationals, some of whom has been fishing the bay since 1900. These Issei – first generation Japanese – ...