Jourdanton United Methodist Church

The Methodist church in Jourdanton formally organized in 1909, the same year that the City of Jourdanton was founded. The church began as the Jourdanton Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and was a member of the Uvalde District in the West ...

Jourdanton City Cemetery

T.H. Zanderson and city namesake Jourdan Campbell bought the 40,000-acre Toby Ranch in 1907 and laid out the town of Jourdanton. The original plat included two blocks designated for use as a cemetery. The Artesian Belt Railroad built through the ...

First Settlement in DeKalb County Indiana 1828

First Settlement in DeKalb County Indiana 1828

Marker is at the intersection of Indiana Route 1 and DeKalb County Road 68 (County Route 68), on the right when traveling north on State Route 1.

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Fort Drummond

[English Text]: Fort Drummond

This small redoubt, or square fortification, and the U-shaped advance battery, named in honour of Sir Gordon Drummond, were built in the late spring of 1814 to defend the main portage road from Chippawa to Queenston. ...

Post Road - 1772

Albany to New York. Weekly

mail service established

on horseback. Passenger

service by covered wagons

and four horses in 1786.

Marker is on New York Route 9H south of Hudson Avenue (County Route 21), on the right when traveling north.

Sincerity Lodge 132 F. and A.M.

This historic building was built in 1878 by John McBeth and D.D. Compton, merchants, for use as a warehouse. As such it played an important role when Greenville’s two foundries, flour mill, sarsaparilla works, brickyard, wagon shop, and sawmill supplied ...

Alexander Abbott House

C. 1830

Dr. Abbott (1812 – 1884)

Major textile and paper

manufacturer as well as

dedicated citizen

Marker is on Kinderhook Street (U.S. 9), on the right when traveling north.

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MK-14 Submarine Torpedo

The MK-14 torpedo was developed in the 1930's on a very meager budget. These torpedoes were successfully deployed during World War II, destroying more than four million tons of Japanese shipping.

Early in the war the MK-14 proved to be very ...

1st Kansas Colored Infantry

The 1st Kansas Colored Infantry, a regiment that included many former Arkansas slaves, was formed in August 1862, the first black unit recruited during the war. Ist Kansas troops were the first black men to see combat, losing 10 killed ...

U.S. Submariners On Eternal Patrol Since World War II

In memory of the crew members

that lost their lives on

U.S. Submarines after WWII,

God Bless the shipmates on

eternal patrol

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