Founding of Pi Beta Phi Fraternity

On April 28, 1867, the National Women's Fraternity Movement began here in the home of Jacob Holt. In a second floor bedroom, shared by Ada Bruen and Libbie Brook, twelve Monmouth College co-eds founded I.C. Sorosis, known today by its ...

Wyatt Earp Birthplace

This property

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

By the United States

Department of the Interior

Wyatt Earp

Birthplace

March 19, 1848

Marker is on South 3rd Street south of East 3rd Avenue, on the right when traveling south.

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The Gate City of South Florida

In 1842, the U.S. Government began to encourage settlers to relocate to Florida by offering free land. Settlers came from all along the east coast, mostly Georgia, Virginia, and the Carolinas.

In 1870 Henry Sanford acquired 12,548 acres of land ...

Exodus to Greatness

Near here, the Mormon exodus to the Rocky Mountains began on February 4, 1846 in seven years, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly called the Mormons, had built Nauvoo to a size comparable to Chicago, ...

National Association for Music Education

MENC: The National Association for Music Education was founded on this corner in the Westminster Presbyterian Church on April 12, 1907, during a meeting of music supervisors from fourteen states. The meeting was organized by Philip Cady Hayden, Music Supervisor ...

Last Battle in the Scioto Country

One-half mile south east of this marker was Reeves Crossing on Tod's Trace, where in the summer of 1795 the last battle in the Scioto country was fought between the whites under General Nathaniel Massie and the Shawnee Indians. The ...

Paris Fish Hatchery

Opening in 1881, the Paris Fish Hatchery was the state's second fish-rearing agency. This area was selected because of its abundant sources of water and excellent railroad connections. The Paris Fish Hatchery was a major supplier of salmon and brown ...

Saint Peter's Catholic Church

In the early 1850's, settlers from Rhine, Bavaria, Bohemia, and Luxembourg came to this part of Wisconsin now known as Tilden Township. They vowed to build a church in honor of the "Blessed Virgin Mother of God" giving thanks for ...

Palmyra Confederate Monument

Erected to the memory of

Capt. Thomas A. Sidenor

Willis T. Baker

Thomas Humston

Morgan Bixler

John Y. Mc Pheeters

Hiram T. Smith

Herbert Hudson

John M. Wade

Francis M. Lear

Eleazer Lake

Marker is on South Main Street, on the right when traveling south.

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Uptown Theater

Opened June 30, 1930. In 1956, Walt and Roy Disney held the Midwest premiere of their feature film "The Great Locomotive Chase" in this theater. They personally greeted each child at the door. Walt and Roy took the stage before ...