Goldfield Mining District

Arizona

Originally called the Superstition Mining District, this district had its heyday from 1893 to 1898.

The greatest producing mines were the Mammoth, Black Queen and bull Dog. Their output was around a million dollars in gold and silver based on 1890's ...

Coarsegold

1852

Gold -- heavy coarse gold -- was discovered in this area and the texture led to naming the spot Coarse Gold Gulch. Nearby, the Texas Flat Mine which was filed on in 1853 became the oldest and most extensively worked ...

Knox County (Indiana) Gold Star Honor Roll

Spanish American War, World War I, World War II,

Korean War, Vietnam War, Desert Storm

Following the American Civil War, the United States emergence on the World scene was profound, if not inevitable.

The citizens of Knox County have been summoned on numerous ...

Golden Spike

National Historic Site

" The last rails laid, the spike is driven,

The Pacific Railroad is completed."

Here at Promontory, Utah, at 12:47 P.M.

on May 10, 1869. The driving of a

Golden Spike completed the first

transcontinental railroad. Climax of a

dramatic railroad-building race between

...

Gold Star - - Honor Roll

1917 - Knox County - 1919

[Row One:]

William Clayton Abraham • Forrest A. Alton • Noble Clarence Baker • Chauncy W. Barr • John Raymond Barr • Andrew Jackson Bennett • Lawrence W. Bouchie • Rex R. Boyer • Ellis P. ...

Knights of the Golden Horseshoe

Near here Governor Alexander Spotswood and his troop of gentlemen, Knights of the Golden Horseshoe, on their way to explore the land beyond the mountains, camped on August 31, 1716.

Marker is at the intersection of James Madison Highway (U.S. 15) ...

Water, Precious as Gold

Columbia’s Biggest Challenge

Every aspect of Columbia’sdevelopment depended on water. Without it, mining could not continue and the town could have died. In the early days of Columbia, fights broke out because of the short supply of water. To resolve the ...

Golden Plough Tavern

Possibly the oldest surviving building in York. Built, c. 1741, by Martin Eichelberger, native of the German Black Forest. Its massive hewn half-timbers reflect a style almost unknown today, of medieval architecture.

Marker is at the intersection of Pershing Ave and ...

Golden Queen Mine Cart

This display commemorates the Mojave area's rich mining history, which began with the discovery of gold on the Little Buttes north of the present day Silver Queen Road.

That discovery by W.W.Bowers was followed by many others in the region, including ...

Gold Star Mothers

This tree planted

May 11, 1929

in honor of the

Gold Star Mothers

Southway Unit No. 144

American Legion Auxiliary

In memory of their sons

John L. Fischer

Clemment J. Simon

Walter I. Clark

John Brehl

Who died in France 1918

For God and Country

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