Airmount Grave Shelter And Cemetery

Front:

This Greek Revival style brick structure is known as the Hope Family Grave Shelter. Constructed in 1853, it is listed on the National Register of Historical places. The unusual splayed eaves and vaulted or “compass” interior ceiling can be traced ...

Pat Garrett Murder Site

Pat Garrett, the Lincoln County Sheriff who shot and killed William “Billy the Kid” Bonney at Fort Stanton in 1881, was himself murdered at a remote site nearby on February 29, 1908. Wayne Brazel, a local cowboy, confessed to shooting ...

Railroads: Union Pacific & Burlington Northern

Railroads played a key role in the development of the Heritage Highway corridor. Trains brought settlers and goods west to the new towns and took farm products back to market. As times have changed and transportation has evolved, many ...

Homesteading: The Cry was Free Land!!!

The Homestead Act of 1862 was one of the most significant and enduring events in the westward expansion of the United States. By granting 160 acres of free land to claimants, it allowed nearly any man or woman the chance ...

Fork Union Military Academy

Founded in 1898 by Dr. William E. Hatcher with the assistance of Charles G. Snead, Fork Union Academy established military training as part of the curriculum in 1902. It served as a coeducational school until 1909, when the trustees transformed ...

Doña Ana County Courthouse

County Seat

Las Cruces, New Mexico

Built 1937

Marker is on West Lohman Avenue, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Tale of Ensign James Liggett / Major Adam Charles Muir, 41st Reg

[Front Side of Marker]: "Tale of Ensign James Liggett"

After American militia troops forcibly ended the 1812 siege of Fort Wayne, General James Winchester's Army of the Northwest marched down the north side of the Miami [Maumee] River to stop or ...

The Brick Academy

This building was erected in 1809 by Rev. Robert Finley to house a classical school founded by him in 1797. Statesmen, professional men, and business leaders were among its graduates. The academy served as a public school from 1853 to ...

Paraje de los Brazitos

Here the Camino Real between Santa Fe and El Paso passed along the eastern bank of the Rio Grande near a brazito, or small branch of the river that created a small island. At this paraje, or stopping place, American ...

Founding of Beatrice, Nebraska Territory

Dedicated to the Citizens of Beatrice

for all their efforts put forth in the

Beatrice Centennial Celebrations of 2007

Beatrice, Nebraska Territory

Founded on this site July 4, 1857

Time Capsule to be opened on July 4, 2057

200 years to the date

the founders celebrated on ...