Fort Stockton Guard House

Founded in 1859, Fort Stockton was abandoned during the Civil War and reestablished in 1867, when this guard house was built. Stone for the structure was quarried locally. The lumber was hauled from Indianola by oxcart. The Guard House consisted ...

"Ornamental Nursery Capital of Mississippi"

In 1898, E.E. Bolen established a nursery and orchard company in George County. Other wholesale nurseries were established in the early 1900s. The production of ornamental plants, trees and shrubs has since become a thriving commercial industry in the area.

Marker ...

Three Chopped Way

One of routes of Military & post road begun, 1807, from Natchez to Ft. Stoddert & Milledgeville, Ga. Over this trail many immigrants came into Territory & here Sam Dale operated wagon train.

Marker is on State Highway 15 0.1 miles ...

The Telegram Building, 1922

This property has been placed on the

National Register of Historic Places

by the Untied States Department of the Interior

National Parks Service

and is subject to the provisions of the

Oregon Special Assessment Program

ORS 358.475-.565

Marker is at ...

Simmons Hardware Company

1905

Morton-Simmons Hardware established its business on First Street in the large warehousing district around the rail connections east of downtown Wichita. The popular Keen Kutter brand name emblazoned on the cupola made the building an instant landmark. The tall cupola ...

Riding the Rails

1872

For a prairie town to grow and prosper, railroads were a necessity. They would bring more people and business. More opportunity for commerce and trade. Before long, Wichita was a bustling city with several railroad lines connecting it to the ...

Warehouse District

1872

1872

Colonel Marshall M. Murdock published the first issue of The Wichita Eagle, now the city's only newspaper.

"Cities are not the result of chance nor do they make themselves. Their prosperity and greatness are in a large measure due to the ...

Beckwourth Trail – Rich Valley

Now under water, Rich Valley and Bucks Ranch (1850) made a superb stopping place for emigrants of 1851 and later. “Good grass, wood and water” – John Dalton, Sep. 1, 1852

Marker is on Bucks Lake Road, on the right when ...

Bucks Ranch Hotel and Store

Original location

One hundred yards north east

Haven of pioneers

Pack train diversion point

for miners

to Feather River points.

Stage station.

Express and post office.

1850 – 1852

Emigrant Trail

Destroyed by fire Jan. 13, 1928

Marker can be reached from Bucks Lake Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

U.S. Army Unit Memorial

Fort Clark, Texas

Infantry Regiments

1st Infantry, 1852-1855; 1858-1859

3rd Infantry, 1860-1861

4th Infantry, 1902

5th Infantry, 1855-1856

8th Infantry, 1859

10th Infantry, 1872-1879

18th Infantry, 1889-1894

19th Infantry, 1882-1889

20th Infantry, 1878-1880

22nd Infantry, 1879-1882

23rd Infantry, 1894-1898

24th Infantry, 1869-1870; 1872; 1876-1878

25th Infantry, 1870-1872; 1873; 1877-1878

26th Infantry, 1906

41st Infantry, 1868-1869 (combined ...