Corky

ESU's mascot "Corky" the Hornet made his debut in 1933 when Paul Edwards (BSE 1937) designed him as a part of a campus-wide competition

Dedicated August 17, 2004

President of Emporia State University

Dr. Kay Schallenkamp

Original Design

Paul Edwards (BSE 1937)

Artist

John Forsythe (BA 1975)

Consultants

Emporia ...

Site of Old Fort Utah

An adobe-walled refuge against Apaches

Built by the Lehi Pioneers of March 6, 1877

First Mormon colonists in central or southern Ariz.

[Left Column]:

Daniel W. Jones

• Harriet E. Jones

• Daniel P.

• Wiley C.

• Edwin W.

• Eleanor A.

• Wesley L.

• Byron

• Elvina

• Lorenzo E.

• ...

Bodie and Benton R. R.

Surveyed in March, 1881, and completed in December, 1881 with materials hauled through Bodie to this roadbed, at a cost of one million dollars. This narrow gauge railway carried timber supplies 31.74 miles from Mono Mills to Bodie Station, rising ...

Roland M. Manteiga

January 16, 1920 – September 25, 1998

Roland Manteiga chronicled events and politics that shaped Tampa and Ybor city and championed human rights for more than 40 years through his weekly column “As we heard it.” From his private table ...

Brock's Monument

Upper Canada has dedicated this monument

to the memory of the late

Major-General Sir Issac Brock K.B.

Provisional Lieut.Governor and commander of the forces

in this province whose remains are deposited in the vault beneath.

Opposing the invading enemy he fell in action near these ...

Line United Methodist Church

On January 31, 1785, Planner Shores sold

a one acre lot to the trustees of the

local Methodist Society. A part of a

tract known as “Pleasant Grove”, the

land was located on the border of Delaware

and Maryland. The ...

The Holland Red Door Store

In 1860 James Holland purchased this land and built the general store that still stands today. Located at the intersection of the toll roads to Baltimore and Olney, the store was at the heart of a community that became known ...

John Callaham - Zachariah Carwile Memorial

John Callaham

Born in Virginia 1770

Migrated to South Carolina 1790

Died Level Land 1855

First Wife, Nancy Jarrett - Three

of Twelve Children of This Union

Married Sons of Zachariah Carwile.

Second Wife, Nancy Pinson - Eleven

Children by This Marriage. Donated

Land for Little River Church Property.

Zachariah ...

Bangor Cemetery

This land, which was owned by George Washington, purchased by Morris Hudson, who in 1819 built a small church on knoll that adjoined this property. As was custom of the times, acres set aside as a cemetery for members of ...

Buffalo Creek Disaster

One of worst floods in US occurred here 26 February 1972, when Buffalo Mining Co. impoundment dam for mine waste broke, releasing over 130 million gallons of black waste water: killed 125; property losses over $50 million; and thousands left ...