Bell Prairie

Once located southwest of this site was the home of Henry Falvel Gillette (1816-1896). A native of Connecticut, Gillette came to Texas in 1840 at the urging of his cousin, Ashbel Smith. He became a noted educator in Harris, Washington, ...

Little House On The Prairie

Historical Site

Famous Children's Book

by: Laura Ingalls Wilder

Kansas Home Of Charles Ingalls Family 1869-1870

Carrie Ingalls was born here Aug. 3, 1870 (Third Daughter)

Sunny Side School 1872-1946

Wayside Post Office 1874-1976

Marker is on U.S. 75 near CR 3000, on the right when traveling ...

Prairie Passages

The stone sculptures before you were [?]ed by [?] Richard Stauffer and produced by the 1992 Kansas Sculptors Association Team Carv[?] [?] to illustrated the theme “Prairie Passage,” reflecting Emporia’s role as gateway to the Flint Hills[?] , its significance ...

Huffman Prairie Flying Field

Huffman Prairie Flying Field, a unit of the Dayton Heritage National Historic Park, is the site where Wilbur and Orville Wright flew and perfected the world's first practical airplane, the 1905 Wright Flyer III, after their first flights in Kitty ...

Prairie du Chien Veterans Memorial

Prairie du Chien

Veterans Memorial

[emblems of the military service branches]

Marker is at the intersection of South Marquette Road (State Highway 35) and East Parish Street, on the left when traveling south on South Marquette Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Jefferson Prairie Settlement

?Ole Knutson Nattestad, first Norwegian settler in Wisconsin, came to Clinton Township, July 1, 1838.

In his native Numedal, Nattestad had been a farmer, peddler, and blacksmith. In 1836 he and his brother Ansten visited Stavanger and there heard for ...

Battle of Massard Prairie

On July 27, 1864 Confederates led by Gen. Richard M. Gano surprised an outpost of the Sixth Kansas Cavalry at nearby Caldwell's Place. The Federal force was routed with a loss of 25 killed and wounded, 127 prisoners and much ...

Prairie Switch

El Campo was known as "Prairie Switch" when it was established in 1881 as a siding and shipping point on the New York, Texas and Mexican Railroad, where cattlemen rounded up their herds for shipping. It was also a station ...

Prairie Dog Town

K. N. Clapp

The vision of Prairie Dog Town was conceived and implemented by K. N. Clapp in 1935. In the 1930's the government's poisoning program was becoming effective, and he was alarmed that the extinction of the black-tailed prairie dog ...

Old Halfway Prairie

This building is Dane County's oldest existing country schoolhouse. Repeated remodelings conceal an original framework of logs.

The land was donated for school purposes in 1844 by Mary Fowler, a widow and member of the British Temperance Immigration Society.

The name Halfway ...