White Castle

Wichita Historical Trail Walk Path

White Castle was founded in 1921 in Wichita, Kansas. Cook Walter A. Anderson partnered with insurance man Edgar Waldo "Billy" Ingram to make White Castle into a chain of restaurants. At the time, Americans were hesitant ...

Rose Powers White

(1894-1969)

This is a two sided marker

Side A:

Rose Powers White worked tirelessly to compile histories of early pioneers of southeastern New Mexico. She published numerous articles and was frequently asked to lecture to organizations and school groups. She served as president ...

Hotel at White Deer

The White Deer Land Company, a trustee for court-ordered land sales in this area, established the White Deer Demonstration Farm in the 1890s. About 1909 this frame four square structure was built to board prospective land buyers. Marvin Hughes bought ...

White Deer

Name taken from nearby creek so called by an Indian legend of White Deer feeding there.

Site of county's first water well, drilled at N Bar N Ranch, 1887. Also headquarters for White Deer Land Co. (formerly Francklyn Land and Cattle ...

White Deer Land Building

Erected in 1916

Houses property records of the White Deer Land Company (1886-1957), one of the strongest commercial influences in settlement of the Texas Panhandle.

Organized from wreckage of the bankrupt Francklyn Land and Cattle Company—whose chief stockholder was Lord Rosebery, Prime ...

R. D. Whitehead Monument

(bronze plaque)

Originally a horse watering trough

Erected in 1910

Restored as a fountain in 1966

by the

Mayor’s Beautification Committee

Designated a Milwaukee Landmark in 1974

in recognition of its historical

significance to the community

(stone mounument)

Erected ...

White's Bridge

This picturesque covered bridge, one of the last of its kind in Michigan, was built in 1867 by Jared N. Brazee and J.N. Walker, builders of several covered bridges in this area. The name of the bridge derives from the ...

White Bird

The battle of White Bird Canyon, which was the first battle in the war between the Nez Perce Indians and the U.S. Army, took place on June 17, 1877. In 1855, the U.S. Government had signed a treaty with the ...

White Springs

TRAVELERS FROM FAR AND WIDE VISIT

FLORIDA’S BEACHES EACH YEAR, BUT ONE OF THE

STATE’S EARLIEST TOURIST ATTRACTIONS WAS LOCATED

AT A SITE NEAR THE SUWANNEE RIVER.

LONG REVERED FOR ITS HEALING POWERS,

WHITE SPRINGS EMERGED AS A TOURIST DESTINATION

SHORTLY AFTER BRYANT AND ELIZABETH ...

Joan White

Joan White lived in Guantanamo Bay when the Navy stationed her husband there from 1989-1991.