World War II Memorial Trees

These Trees

Have Been Dedicated to the

Memory of Our Men of the

Town of Sheffield, Who Gave

Their Lives in World War II

Lieut Herbert W. Small • A/C Paul C. Hogan • Sgt. Robert A. Goeway Jr. • Milton C. McGarry S 2/C ...

Kearney: From the Beginning

Long before early French explorers named it the Platte River, or "flat waters," this heartland oasis was a crossroads. Migratory birds, abundant wildlife and Native Americans had been in residence for centuries when the confluence of the Oregon and Mormon ...

Centennial of Hattiesburg

[West Side]

Formerly Choctaw Territory and later claimed by France, Britain, Spain and United States, this area entered by settlers in early 1800s and known as Ewin Forks, later Gordonville. Chosen as rail center by Captain William H. Hardy in 1880 ...

George Washington Hitt

1913-1958

“An unforgettable personality whose courage shone with such crystal brilliance as to brighten the world about him and uplift the spirits of those even more fortunate, but not fashioned of such heroic fibre. His is a name to remember when ...

Earl Purdy

In recognition of

Earl Purdy

The builder, developer and manager of the Dodge Ridge Ski Area from 1950 to 1976.

Marker can be reached from Dodge Ridge Loop Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Welcome to Italian Bar

At this historical site in 1850, over 3,000 prospectors worked. Over 10 million Dollars in Gold was extracted from Italian Bar & nearby “diggins”.

It is now private property owned by The Lost Dutchman’s Mining Association.

No camping without permission – Members ...

Oakdale Railroad Depot

Original depot, brought from Peters, California in 1871 was place several feet south and east of present location. It was destroyed by fire. The new depot was built on its current site, adjacent to F Street between railroad tracks and ...

Ceremonial Mound

Excavations have shown that building stood on several earlier levels of this mound.

We do not know how big those buildings were.

This structure is approximately the size of the posthole pattern in the architecture building (Mound B)

Marker can be reached ...

Burial Mound

(Mound C)

Native American Indian of the Mississippian culture were buried in this cemetery mound sometime in the A.D. 1200s. First excavated in 1932 by owner Col. Fain King, the mound was referred to as “Mound C”. A building was constructed ...

Historic American Beach

American Beach was established in 1935 under the leadership of Abraham Lincoln Lewis, one of seven co-founders of the Afro-American Life Insurance Company, and one of Florida’s first black millionaires. His vision was to create a beach resort as a ...