Dexter Park

Dexter Park 1911 - 1955

Home of Max Rosner's Bushwicks

1st night game 7/23/30

Joe DiMaggio, Casey Stengel, Jackie Robinson, Satchel Paige, Phil Rizzuto, Hank Greenberg, Lou Gerhig, Babe Ruth, Josh Gibson all played here.

Marker is on Jamaica Avenue.

Cherry, Judge, Luckett Memorial

IN LOVING MEMORY

OF OUR FRIENDS

Douglas MacMillan Cherry '85

Ann Campana Judge '73

and

Edward Hobbs Luckett '84

who lost their lives September 11, 2001.

These gardens and benches are given in

their honor by The OWU Friends Fund

September 2005

Courtesy hmdb.org

Old Fort Marker

1633 - 1933

On the brow of the hill overlooking the meadow

stood the Old Stone Fort or Stoughton House. It was

in two portions, one stone, probably the older, and one wood. At the north end was a door of heavy oak

timbers ...

Reverend Timothy Horton Ball, A. M.

February 16, 1826, November 8, 1913.

Minister, Teacher, Historian, Author.

His love of history, natural resources and mankind led him to record events, past and present, writing many of his notes on the pommel of his saddle and also walking County in ...

Woodstock Music and Arts Fair

This is the original site of the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair held on Aug 15, 16, 17, 1969.

Peace and Music

Wayne C. Saward

sculptor

On Stage Performers. Richie Havens, Arlo Guthrie; Joan Baez; Joe Cocker; Ravi Shankar; Janis ...

Old Indian Trail

Here passed the Old Indian Trail used as a dividing line between the Choctaw and Creek Tribes.

General Andrew Jackson and his troops rested here for the night in 1813.

Marker is on Old Line Road (County Road 35) 2 miles north ...

Douglas International Airport

At this location on June 5, 1933, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, dedicated Douglas International Airport as the first international airport in the United States.

Designed by J. P. Sexton as the first and only truly ...

Humphrey DeForest Bogart

1899 - 1957

This site is the childhood home of

Humphrey DeForest Bogart

1899 - 1957

Mr Bogart lived at this site from the time he was born until 1923. During a film career that spanned nearly 30 years and ...

Geronimo Surrender Monument

"Near here Geronimo, last Apache Chieftain and Nachite with their followers surrendered on Sept. 6th 1886 to General Nelson A. Miles. U. S. Army. Lieutenant Chas. B. Gatewood with Kieta and Martine Apache scouts, risked their lives to enter the ...

River Town Development

Many Heritage Highway communities began as river settlements. Beatrice was founded in 1857 near the bend of the Big Blue River. The first building, known as Pap Towle's cabin, was constructed just north of the present Gage County Historical Society ...