TCAX (Thrall Car Co.) 20306

1971 All-Door Boxcar

Boxcars made up the largest portion of most railroad's freight car fleets until nearly the end of the Twentieth Century. They were used to carry almost any type of non-perishable solid cargo, ranging from cartons, crates, and bags ...

Arizona Medal of Honor

The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States Armed Forces to those who distinguish themselves "…conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of their lives above and beyond the call of duty while ...

115th Illinois Infantry

1st Brigade-Whitaker — 1st Division-Steedman

[Front Side of Marker]

Illinois

115th Infantry.

1st Brigade - Whitaker.

1st Division - Steedman.

Reserve Corps - Granger

[Reverse Side of Marker]

Commanded By

Col - Jesse H. Moore.

Sept. 20 - 1863.

2 P.M. to 6 P.M.

Loss 183.

Marker can be reached from Glenn-Kelly Road. ...

Marine Major Eugene McCarthy

May 10 1955 - Feb 2 1991

Marine Major

Eugene McCarthy

May 10 1955 - Feb 2 1991

Native son of Brooklyn

Desert Storm hero

made ultimate sacrifice

along with 278

fellow Americans

during the Gulf War

Marker is at ...

In Memory of All Vietnam Veterans

This memorial was erected in memory of the young individuals who went to war as kids and lost their youthful dreams, and some their lives, for a cause-freedom and honor-and came back as men with the horrors of war instilled ...

St. Patrick Parish

In 1867-68, at this site, on land donated by Patrick Donohoe in 1861, early Irish immigrants built a white frame church dedicated to St. Patrick. The location was called "Bad Axe" the original name of Vernon County.

The Church was dedicated ...

9/11 Arizona Heroes Memorial

In honor of our Arizona fire fighting heroes from Phoenix who went to New York City on September 11, 2001 to aid in the recovery efforts at the World Trade Center.

Dedicated on Veterans Day

Marker can be reached from Rio Grande ...

Tombstone, Arizona

"The Town Too Tough To Die"

In 1877 prospector Ed Schieffelin searched for silver in Apache land. He was told he would only find his own tombstone. Schieffelin ignored the advice. The result was a strike worth at least forty million ...

Gen. William Moultrie

1730-1805

Commander of Fort Sullivan and

the S.C. 2nd Regiment Jun. 17, 1775 to

Sept. 16, 1776. Governor of South

Carolina 1785-1787 and 1792-1794.

Defeated the British ships in 1776

in the invasion of the Charleston

Harbor. The fort's name was later

changed to Fort Moultrie in ...

Grierson's Raid

Apr. 17, 1863

From here, Col. Benjamin H. Grierson's task force (6th Ill., 7th Ill., 2nd Ind. Cav., Btry "K", 1st Ill. Art.) raided into the deep south. Using as advanced guard Federals in Confederate uniform and other stratagems, he cut ...