Pierce Brothers Valhalla Dignity Memorial

Vietnam Wall Experience

“Solders rest thy warfare O’er.

Dream of fighting fields no more

sleep the sleep that knows not breaking

morn of toil, nor night of waking.”

~Sir Walter Scott

Marker is on Victory Boulevard, on the right when ...

José Manuel Ramírez Rosales

The Chilean Community of Northern California and the Consulate General of Chile in San Francisco present this plaque in honor of

José Manuel Ramírez Rosales

A Chilean 49er, pioneer, artist, visionary and co-founder of the City of Marysville, who, in ...

Charles Ives

1874-1954

A revolutionary composer, Ives was also a traditional insurance executive. His innovative music builds on American popular and folk tunes, and expands the use of rhythm and tonality. His avant-garde works include Concord, Mass., 1840-1860, The Fourth Symphony, and ...

The Former Canadian Hospital

This building, now a residence, was Canadian's first hospital, opened on June 16, 1917. Funds for construction were obtained by public subscription. Dr. H. C. Caylor, first owner, sold to Dr. L. V. Dawson in 1920. From 1924 to 1949, ...

W.C.T.U. Building

Only structure in the nation built, owned and still operated by a local chapter of Women's Christian Temperance Union. Built 1911, with financing and upkeep from annual bazaars held since 1906. Also, used by public library and civic groups.

Determined to ...

John Hemphill

1803 - 1862

On the eve of secession, U.S. Senator Hemphill set forth to Senate January 1861 Texas' right to secede and again became a sovereign nation. Elected delegate provisional Confederate Congress at Montgomery, Alabama which drafted the new nation's constitution, ...

R. Dick Bussell

(1845—1935)

Famed hunter. In 1870's killed buffalo on this square; was one of the first men to hunt commercially.

Came to Texas in 1874. In 1887, helped to survey the townsite here, where he became lifelong resident, operating a livery stable and ...

First National Bank of Canadian

Successor to first bank in Texas Panhandle: the Traders' Bank at Canadian, organized by Henry Hamburg and Robert Moody on August 1, 1887. In 1892 Moody and D. J. Young, his son-in-law, established the Canadian Valley Bank. The two men ...

Moody Hotel

In 1910 Canadian was a thriving railroad and marketing center with a Baptist Academy. English-born Robert Moody (1838-1915), a rancher, banker and trustee of the academy, decided to build a hotel that would reflect the town's prosperity. On the site ...

Enternal Flame

We salute

All Veterans

Who Lie In

God's

Quiet Garden

or Beneath His

Murmuring Waves

Marker is on East Potomac Avenue, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org