Robert Docking

1925 - 1983

"Robert Docking was a constant -- a man with Kansas qualities: plain spoken, affable, optimistic, strongly loyal and committed to family, friendship, community and public service. Enduring qualities."

Governor of the State of Kansas 1967 to 1975

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Donner Camp Site

On October 28, 1846 the six covered wagons brought west by George and Jacob Donner and their families halted here for repairs. By March of 1847 one half of the party of 22 adults and children had died of starvation ...

Pollard's Station

On this site Joseph Delos Pollard constructed the first resort on the west end of Donner Lake. Between mid 1864 and early 1868 Pollard’s Station on the Dutch Flat and Donner Lake Wagon Road was office to the Pioneer Stage ...

Birthplace of the Texas Oil Industry

First important oil field in Texas

opened here Oct. 15, 1895.

First successful refinery in Texas

Completed Christmas Day , 1898

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Plaque presented to

The Citizens of Corsicana

by the

Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association

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Bethel Shipyard

With the incorporation of the Lewisville Marine

Railway Company in 1871, Bethel’s reputation as

a center for ship repair and construction was

firmly established. Approximately 40 vessels

were built here before the last ship was

launched in 1918. Many were ...

Howell Station Historic District

The Howell Station Historic District is located northwest of downtown Atlanta in an area dominated by light industry associated with the development of Marietta Street. The district consists of intact residential buildings, a recreational park, and four churches in a ...

Peach Tree Southern Railway (Brookwood Station)

Peachtree Southern Railway, now known as Brookwood Station, is the last passenger terminal in Atlanta, a city which owes its existence to railroads. Representing a fine example of a suburban railroad terminal, it is the work of the eminent Atlanta ...

Brookwood Hills Historic District

Brookwood Hills is a well-defined residential area that incorporates the major architectural, landscape, and planning elements of suburban development of the early 1920s. In 1912, Benjamin F. Burdett and a partner had purchased approximately 50 acres of land from the ...

Old Brown Marsh Presbyterian Church

2 Miles North East

Organized prior to 1756. Present building constructed 1818—the third on site. First two buildings of logs. Was also used for secular education until 1848. Among early ministers: H. McAden, Jas. Hall, S. Stanford, C. Lindsay.

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Oklahoma, The Indian State

Land in this area was granted to Cherokee Indians by U.S., 1828. Opened to White settlement, 1893. Kaw Indian Tribal Reservation, 5 miles east. There was located land allotment of Hon. Charles Curtis, Kaw Indian, Vice President of U.S., 1928-32.

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