White Lake CCC Camp

An installation of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Initiated modern park improvements. Established here 1835; closed 1942.

Marker is on U.S. 701 just north of North Carolina Route 41, on the right when traveling south.

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Rescuer Orchard

The Rescuer Orchard is in an area where the Oklahoma Water Resources and Athenian Building once stood. Both sustained heavy damage and required demolition.

The Orchard symbolically "rushes in" from both east and west on the Memorial Grounds towards the Survivor ...

The Field of Empty Chairs

You are entering the area where the Alfred P. Murrah Building once stood. The granite used on this pathway was salvaged from the Murrah Building. The Field of Empty Chairs is a tribute to the 168 Americans who were killed ...

Mission Nuestra Senora de la Luz

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Mission Nuestra Senora de la Luz

Established in 1757 by Franciscan missionaries with the purpose of civilizing and Christianizing the Orcoquiza and Bidai Indians. Abandoned in 1772.

Marker is on Feeder Road to Interstate 10 0.3 miles west of Wallisville Liberty ...

Mission Nuestra Senora de la Luz del Orcoquisac and Presidio San

Two of the most misfortune-ridden outposts of Spain in texas, “Our Lady of the Light” mission and its auxiliary fort, were founded near here in 1756 to guard against French encroachment from the east.

The two friars who were to minister ...

Joseph Blancpain's French Trading Post

French trader Joseph Blancpain established a trading post in this vicinity in August 1754. He had been living in Natchitoches, Louisiana, where he was the owner of a mercantile store.

With a small group of men, Blancpain arrived in August and ...

Comanche Lookout

At an elevation of 1340 feet, Comanche Hill is the fourth highest point in Bexas County. The hill lies on the southeastern edge of the Edwards Plateau and makes up the western edge of the Blackland Praire. Throughout history this ...

William Clayton Fain: Georgia Unionist

One of the leading Unionists in the state during the Civil War, William Clayton Fain was born in Georgia in 1825. A Fannin County lawyer and state representative, he served in the 1861 Secession Convention, where he opposed Georgia leaving ...

And Jesus Wept

John 11

On April 19, 1995 at 9:02 a.m., a bomb exploded just a few hundred feet east of here. In that instant and the ensuing calamity, 168 people were known to be killed. Devastation covered this area. The parish house ...

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This area was settled soon after the Revolution, and a community grew up here on the road from Greenville to Laurens. It was later known as Butler’s Crossroads for Willis W. Butler, who acquired a tract including the intersection of ...