Second Baptist Church World War II Memorial

In Honor and Memory

Of the Members of the Second Baptist Church who served in

World War II

Herman A Arrowood - Fred A Johnson

Willard W. Batson - J.Clyde Jones

R.Douglas Bishop - Glover Y.Jones

Hubert E.Bishop - Ray F.Jones

Charles R.Brown. Jr. - Roy F.Jones

Lee ...

White Bird

The battle of White Bird Canyon, which was the first battle in the war between the Nez Perce Indians and the U.S. Army, took place on June 17, 1877. In 1855, the U.S. Government had signed a treaty with the ...

Dyatolv Pass

In February 1959, nine college students died under mysterious circumstances within the Dyatolv Pass in the Ural Mountains. They were travelling from Vizhai to Otorten and were to arrive no later than February 12. A rescue group was dispatched on ...

UNESCO World Heritage Site- Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam

The Minaret of Jam probably marks the site of the ancient city of Firuzkuh, the capital of the Ghurid dynasty that ruled Afghanistan and parts of northern India, from Kashgar to the Persian Gulf, in the 12th and 13th centuries. ...

Old Faithful, Riverside, and Grand Geysers

The Upper Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, has the largest concentration of geysers and other geothermal features in the world, including Old Faithful, Riverside Geyser, Grand Geyser, and Morning Glory Pool.

John Coulter sent back the first published account ...

Lewis and Clark State Park

On the 4th of July of 1804, the Lewis and Clark expedition stopped at an oxbow lake created by the Missouri River in present day Rushville, Missouri. The explorers dubbed it Gosling Lake due to the number of young waterfowl ...

Grand Teton National Park

The Lewis and Clark expedition launched seventy years of scientific survey expeditions across the United States. Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the location of Grand Teton National Park, was first explored in 1860. In 1853, Congress saw a need for a transcontinental ...

Stump Island

On June 10th and 11th, 1804, the Lewis and Clark expedition camped near Stump Island or Sheeco Island. Chicot is French for stump. Clark described the site in his journal as “the island covered in stumps.” The expedition planned to ...

Johnston Ridge Observatory

“Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!” On May 18 1980, US Geological Survey scientist Dr. David Johnston radioed this when Mount St. Helens began to erupt. The eruption caused a lateral explosion, magma slides, and mudslides. The eruption killed Johnston and ...

Coldwater and Castle Lake

In May 1981, Mount St. Helens erupted on the coast of Northern Washington. The debris from the eruption blocked the Coldwater Creek and Toutle River in the North Fork Toutle River Valley creating two lakes Coldwater and South Fork Castle, ...