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Veterans / Pioneers Memorial

State of Missouri 1821 • County of Webster 1855 • City of Seymour 1895-1995

(Side A)

In honor and memory of all veterans

of the Seymour area

who served our country in times of

peace and war and to those

who paid the supreme sacrifice

so that ...

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Idlewild Park

The longest-operating amusement park in Pa. and among the oldest in the nation. In 1878, Thomas Mellon leased land along his Ligonier Valley Railroad hoping to increase passenger traffic by opening a picnic ground. Amusement rides began to be added ...

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Sa’ Cumn’e Plaza

Sa’ Cumn’e means “Big House” in the Miwok Language

And was an early name for the Sacramento area

This plaza is dedicated to the Native Americans

who walked this land before us and inspire current

generations to carry forth their traditions.

From Placer County to ...

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Historic Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church

Erected 1860

Circuit Riders 1847-1853

Formally established 18 October 1853

1st Painted Church in Northwest Georgia

Only Church Where Union and Confederates Worshipped Together in Same Service During the War – April 1864

Union Field Hospital – May 1864

Restored 2002

Marker is on Liberty Road 0.1 ...

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John Milton Bryan Simpson

May 30, 1903 - August 22, 1987

Born 1903 in Kissimmee, Florida. Graduated from University of Florida College of Law 1926. Practiced law, Jacksonville, Florida, 1926-39. Assistant State Attorney, Fourth Judicial Circuit of Florida, 1933-39. Judge, Duval County Criminal Court ...

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In Memory of Captain James Cook, R.N.

In Memory of the great circumnavigator

Captain James Cook, R.N. who discovered these islands on the 18th of January, 1778, and fell near this spot on the 14th of February, 1779.

This monument was erected in November A.D. 1874 by some of ...

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Noah Webster Birthplace

Has been designated a

Registered National

Historic Landmark

Under the provisions of the

Historic sites Act of August 21, 1935

This site possesses exceptional value

in commemorating and illustrating

The History of the United States

U.S. Department of the Interior

National Park Service

1963

Courtesy hmdb.org

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The Birthplace of the Petroleum Industry

West of the Mississippi River, in

this well, drilled by H. G. Johnston,

E. H. Akin, and Charles Rittersbacher

under contract for a water well

for the city of Corsicans in

1894, the first oil in commercial

quantities in ...

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Provisions for the City

Hub, Home, Heart

This high ground near the B&O Railroad tracks has been Union Terminal Market since 1931. That year Center Market on Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, came down to make way for the National Archives. Vendors seeking new locations clustered ...

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The Famous Hotel El Paso de Robles 1891 - 1940

Historic Site

On May 11, 1889, with one million bricks piled at this site, the laying of the foundation of this famous hotel was begun.

In November of 1889, the El Paso de Robles Hotel Company was incorporated with five stockholders: Drury ...

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