Tanforan Racetrack Japanese Assembly Center

Racetrack opened in 1899 and had racing seasons until it burned down in 1964. Many famous horses raced and won here.

In 1942, Tanforan became a temporary assembly center for over 4000 persons of Japanese ancestry who were to be interned ...

Abraham Lincoln was a Guest in 1844

Site of Rockport Tavern

where Abraham Lincoln

was a Guest in 1844

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Sponsored by the Rockport

Business and Professional

Women’s Club — 1995

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and South 2nd Street, on the left when traveling ...

Seabiscuit

Seabiscuit

Born 1933

Sired by Hard Tack – Out of Swing On

Owner – Charles S. Howard

Jockeys

Red Pollard – George Woolf

World’s Champion Money Winner to 1938

Marker is on El Camino Real.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Lordsburg

Elevation 4,245

Lordsburg was founded in 1880 on the route of the Southern Pacific Railroad, near that used by the Butterfield Overland Mail Co., 1858-1861. The town was named for Delbert Lord, an engineer with the railroad. In 1927, Charles Lindbergh ...

The Burlington Hotel

Established 1883

Port Costa's old timers are quite certain that the rumor of the Burlington Hotel being a bordello is untrue. Their reasoning is that the respected owners and their families lived nearby, therefore it could not have been a bordello. ...

Indian Springs Baptist Church

This sanctuary was built one mile west of this site about 1825 near springs used by local Indians. The original wood-frame building survived virtually unchanged, with no modern conveniences. An Indian Springs petitionary letter was presented to the Bethlehem Baptist ...

Florence Little League Baseball (1951)

Coach Presley Robbins Field (1972)

Plans for the Florence Little League Baseball program for youth in ages ranging from eight to twelve years were completed in April 1951. These plans and the layout of this playing field were in accord with ...

Peterman, Alabama

Front:

The first settlers came to this area in 1815. Major Walker built a grist mill and a log structure was built which served as a school and a religious meeting place for three different denominations. Settlers came to clear land ...

Alfred Manuel "Billy" Martin

Casey's Boy

A Yankee forever.

A man who knew only one way to play - to win. As a player for Casey Stengel he thrived on pressure delivering the key play or hit. MVP of 1953 World Series setting record ...

William Malcolm "Bill" Dickey

1928 - 1943, 1946

Elected to the Hall of Fame in 1954

Named to the A.L. All-Star team 11 times

Had a .313 lifetime avg

Hit over .300 in 11 seasons

Caught more than 100 games in 13 consecutive seasons