Warehouse District

1872

1872

Colonel Marshall M. Murdock published the first issue of The Wichita Eagle, now the city's only newspaper.

"Cities are not the result of chance nor do they make themselves. Their prosperity and greatness are in a large measure due to the ...

Beckwourth Trail – Rich Valley

Now under water, Rich Valley and Bucks Ranch (1850) made a superb stopping place for emigrants of 1851 and later. “Good grass, wood and water” – John Dalton, Sep. 1, 1852

Marker is on Bucks Lake Road, on the right when ...

Bucks Ranch Hotel and Store

Original location

One hundred yards north east

Haven of pioneers

Pack train diversion point

for miners

to Feather River points.

Stage station.

Express and post office.

1850 – 1852

Emigrant Trail

Destroyed by fire Jan. 13, 1928

Marker can be reached from Bucks Lake Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Dixie School Log Cabin

Citizens of the Dixie community built this structure 1/4 mile southeast of this site in the 1930s to serve as a cafeteria during the Depression era. The log cabin has also served as a meeting place, music hall and classroom. ...

U.S. Army Unit Memorial

Fort Clark, Texas

Infantry Regiments

1st Infantry, 1852-1855; 1858-1859

3rd Infantry, 1860-1861

4th Infantry, 1902

5th Infantry, 1855-1856

8th Infantry, 1859

10th Infantry, 1872-1879

18th Infantry, 1889-1894

19th Infantry, 1882-1889

20th Infantry, 1878-1880

22nd Infantry, 1879-1882

23rd Infantry, 1894-1898

24th Infantry, 1869-1870; 1872; 1876-1878

25th Infantry, 1870-1872; 1873; 1877-1878

26th Infantry, 1906

41st Infantry, 1868-1869 (combined ...

Meadow Valley Historical Site

Here early residents of what was then an isolated valley created their own cultural center. On land deeded by Richard Jacks, through subscription and donated labor, they constructed the first public school of the area. Across the way shortly thereafter, ...

Spanish Creek Mines

Millions in gold were taken from the Spanish Creek Mines between 1851 and 1905. To supply the miners the small town of New Boston sprang up at the mouth of Wahponsey Creek. Complete with a toll gate, apple orchard and ...

Plumas Club

Built in 1914 as “Harvey’s Place” by Harvey Egbert. During Prohibition Ed Dory ran the Quincy Dairy Store & some slot machines here. Zola & Plumas “Plumie” Stokes bought the saloon from Egbert in 1947. In 1989 Plumie sold the ...

Battle of Trent's Reach

In a daring attempt to attack the Federal supply base at City Point, 11 warships of the James River Squadron ventured downriver on the night of January 23, 1865. Confederate land batteries fired against Fort Brady as the darkened warships ...

Coburn-Variel Home

1878

Built in the fall of 1878 by Joshua Variel and his son, Will, the house was the home of several families over the next century. In 1896 Sheriff John Bransford bought the home, then sold it in 1899 to Attorney ...