First Congregational United Church of Christ

The First Congregational Church was organized in the Public Hall at Vanville (later renamed Bloomer) Chippewa County on November 20, 1868. In 1870, lots 4 and 5 of block 4 of the Town of Bloomer were donated by Mr. Samuel ...

Pawhuska

"The Rich Oil History of the Osage"

The legacy of oil and the Osages is one of the most intriguing facts of the oil industry in America.

On March 16, 1896, the first oil and gas lease was obtained covering all the ...

Worcester Academy

A Congregational Mission School

Established at Vinita

Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory

by the Rev. J. W. Scroggs, D.D.

Dedicated Jan. 14, 1883

Named in honor of the

Rev. Samuel A. Worcester, D.D.

Missionary among the Cherokees

Marker is at the intersection of West Canadian Avenue and South Smith ...

Grand River Dam

Will Rogers Memorial Highway

14 miles S-E, is Langley the site of the Grand River Dam Lake, covering 45,000 acres, with a shore line of 1100 miles, costing more than $20,000,000.00. The largest multiple type arch dam on earth. It was ...

The Tonge Factory

The Tonge Factory, owned by S. D. Tonge, stood on the South bank of the Flint river one-fourth mile West of here. The cloth produced by this plant was used by the women of Bainbridge to make uniforms for the ...

El Palacio Real

Fortress and Castle

built by order of the

Spanish crown 1610-1612

Seat of Government

under three flags–Spanish,

Mexican & American-

From 1610 to 1910 the

residence of over a hundred

Governors & Captains General

The oldest public building

in the United States–

Marker is on West Palace Avenue west of Old ...

"Beware The Savage Rocks"

Capt. Bartholomew Gosnold

Cape Neddick Light Station

43° 9' 45" N. Lat.

70° 35' 30" W. Long.

Constructed 1879 • Automated 1987

The booming of a bell like this warned mariners of the "savage rocks" surrounding this tip of Cape Neddick. It hung from a ...

Rainbow Route / Western Fremont County

[Side A:]

Rainbow Route

Completion of this road opens up a scenic paradise unequalled in any other state of the Union and unsurpassed by the scenic gems of the Wild West.

Governor George A. Carlson on the opening of the Rainbow Route, 1915

Conceived ...

Rolla

Side A:

This Ozark plateau town, 1120 feet above sea level, was a "Child of the railroad." On a natural passageway to southwest Missouri, midway between St. Louis and Springfield, this site was chosen by the Southwestern Branch of the pacific ...

Moweaqua Coal Mine Disaster Memorial

Coal was discovered in Moweaqua in 1886

With mining operations beginning in 1891

The method of mining was room and pillar

At a depth of 620 feet

Haulage was by mule and motor

On Christmas Eve 1932 an explosion in the mine

Claimed the lives of ...