Blackford County W.W. I Honor Roll

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“Lest We Forget”

Those from Blackford County who

answered their Country’s call in the

World War,

Apr. 6th 1917 to Nov. 11th 1918.

“Our Boys”

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When the Service Flag has faded,

and the hands that it ...

Reverend Father Alexander Cestelli / Chiesta Italiana di San Gio

Side A: Reverend Father Alexander Cestelli

The National Italian Catholic parish of Saint John the Baptist was founded in October 1896 by the Reverend Father Alexander Cestelli, D.D. Father Cestelli was born in Fiesole, Italy and came to America in 1888 ...

Fort Dayton

This site was within the stockade of

Fort Dayton

which stood on a slight eminence about

one hundred yards farther north.

The fort was erected by Col. Elias Dayton

in 1776, served as a military base during

the Revolutionary War, and finally in 1781,

became the most ...

LaCrosse, Florida

The LaCrosse area was settled before the Civil War. Cotton was the chief crop. John Eli Futch was a cotton buyer who built a warehouse for cotton, a store to serve the growers, and his home near the store. This ...

Women of the Mormon Battalion

[Marker located on Front of Base:

Mormon women were anxious to reach the glorious West and any means offered seemed an answer to prayer to help them on their way. When it was learned four laundresses would be allowed each of ...

Roll of Honor

To commemorate the patriotic men and women who served in the Armed Forces of their country and to honor those listed below who made the supreme sacrifice.

Erected by the citizens of

The Borough of Keyport

Dedicated March 30, 1957

Garden of Eden

This property has been

placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is at the intersection of 2nd Street and Kansas Avenue, on the right when traveling east on 2nd Street.

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Pueblo of Picuris

The Pueblo of Picuris first visited by Spaniards in 1591, was described as being 7 to 8 stories high. In the 18th century Picuris cooperated with the Spaniards against the raids of the Plains Indians.The church, the third at this ...

Freewill Baptist Church

Restored

Wisconsin’s first Freewill Baptist congregation, organized by Yankee pioneers Rev. Rufus Cheney July 11, 1840, Built this Greek revival style edifice, 1859. As Abolitionists, they were active here in the Civil War.

But the dwindling congregation disbanded in 1925, incorporating ...

Old Stone Church Confederate Memorial

In Memory of

our Confederate Dead

Marker is on Anderson Highway.

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