Mt. Lassen Club

Built in 1911 by Judge Gay, it was the first grocery store between Susanville and Red Bluff. On May 27, 1932 Gordon Purdy turned it into a bar named the Mt. Lassen Club. Margaret and Lee Baker became the club’s ...

Char's Beauty Salon

(Chester Bowl)

Built in the early 1900’s this building was originally a dance hall, owned by Jack Wardlow. In 1926 Leo Speegle bought it and in 1933 it became the Eastside Cafe. In 1945 it became a recreation center, known as ...

Salomon Brothers in the Civil War

In memory of four brothers

Residents of Manitowoc

Distinguished for service in the Civil War

Charles E. Salomon

Brigadier General US Army

Fred Salomon

Major General US Army

Edward Salomon

Governor of Wisconsin 1862-1864

Herman Salomon

Sergt. Co. I 1st MO. Engrs. US Army

Marker is at the intersection of South ...

Alpharetta First United Methodist Church

circa 1834

The Methodist Church was part of the Forsyth Circuit of the Cherokee District. Methodist camp meetings were held near this spot in the early 1830s, and there was a meeting house as early as 1834. On April 1, 1871, ...

Richmond County Vietnam War Memorial

Richmond County Men & Women Who Lost Their Lives in the Vietnam War

Donald Lincoln Covington PFC Army 7-8-69

Benjamin Tally Dawkins SGT Army 9-6-68

Jimmie Louis Ellerbe PFC 4-5-67

Lonnie Ellerbe Jr. LCPL MC 8-13-68

Thomas Lee Lewis SFC Army 5-28-64

James Edward McPherson 5-30-68

Billie ...

Keeper of the Plains

Kiowa-Comanche artist Blackbear Bosin donated his famous work, the "Keeper of the Plains," to the citizens of Wichita in May of 1974. The Keeper of the Plains stands at the confluence of the rivers were his ancestors camped. With his ...

Wichita Vietnamese American Memorial

Republic of Vietnam • Viêt Nam Công Hòa

We, the Vietnamese American Community of Wichita, Kansas, dedicate this plaque in the memory and honor of American, Vietnamese and Allied soldiers who fought to resist the North Vietnamese Communist aggression against the ...

Gold Star Families

Spouses • Children • Parents • Siblings

In Memory Of Our Loved Ones

You Will Never Be Forgotten

Freedom Is Not Free

Dedicated Nov. 2003

Courtesy hmdb.org

Valatie Santa Claus Club

First in the Nation

The Valatie Santa Claus Club was founded on Christmas Eve, 1946. Veterans of World War II pooled their discharge pay to bring gifts to every child in Valatie.

These Santas and their successors prove the truth ...

U.S.S. Wichita (CA-45)

World War II heavy cruiser -

The last U.S. "treaty cruiser"

Laid Down 28 Oct. 1935

Launched 16 Nov. 1937

Commissioned 16 Feb. 1939

Decommissioned 3 Feb. 1947

Struck 1 Mar. 1959

Displacement 10,000 Tons • Length 608 ft. 4 in.

Beam 19 ft. 10 in. • Propulsion ...