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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Lyon County
Rock Rapids is the county seat for Lyon County
Adjacent to Lyon County, Iowa
O'Brien County(5) ► Osceola County(6) ► Sioux County(12) ► Nobles County, Minnesota(8) ► Rock County, Minnesota(1) ► Lincoln County, South Dakota(26) ► Minnehaha County, South Dakota(338) ►
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In Honor of Those Who Served
Dedicated May 29, 1995
Army
Brett Koedam ·
Arnold Gorter ·
Arnold Van Engen ·
John Van Surksum ·
Leonard Van Bemmel ·
Theodore Stientjes ·
Vernon Van Middendorp ·
Dale E. Vink . . . — — Map (db m236926) WM
This park is dedicated to Bob Locker and wife Judy (Swalve), his parents Heinie W. and Northa, and bother John Henry and Joanne (Salamida) and families. Bob, Judy and family made it possible for this 22 acre parcel to be set aside for future . . . — — Map (db m125807) HM
This area, where Blood Run Creek passes on its way to the Big Sioux River, was inhabited by Native Americans between 1300 and 1750, as many as 4,000 Oneota Indians lived on the fertile prairie. European explorers and traders arrived in the late . . . — — Map (db m211368) HM
To honor and remember all veterans who served our country and community in times of war and peace
Legion Post 310
Legion Auxiliary Post 310 — — Map (db m236925) WM
The city of Lester was platted by William Thomas and his wife Mary, on Nov. 8, 1889. It is located on the southwest quarter of section 36, township 100, range 47. The town became a key shipping point for this farming community due to the railroad . . . — — Map (db m232736) HM
Built in 1893 three miles south of here over Cry Creek, this arch bridge was designed by Joseph Melan, the Austrian originator of the Melan System of reinforcing concrete. His supervisor of construction was Frederick Von Emberger. The builder was . . . — — Map (db m101270) HM
…All gave some, Some gave all…
and…
…Our flag was still there…
Founding city of Veterans Day
Emporia, Ks.
1953 - 2003
Dedicated November 6, 2003 — — Map (db m64037) HM WM
In honor of those who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America
Unknown
Lest We Forget
Flag pole donated by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7957. In honor of those who
served and survived and those who . . . — — Map (db m49828) WM
Emporian Al King recognized the need for one holiday in memory of all veterans who served in all wars and he took action. He presented his idea to Kansas Congressman Ed Rees who sponsored a bill in the House of Representatives and then developed . . . — — Map (db m49832) HM
This land was deeded to the Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church on March 24, 1882. It served several school districts, one of which was Central School, located 1/4 mile east of here. It merged with the First Methodist Church in Emporia on June 28, . . . — — Map (db m80052) HM
Dedicated to those who offered their live's in Humanity's defense in the Great War of the Nations 1914-1918, and in memory of those indicated here by Gold Stars who gave their last full measure of devotion
[Roll of Honored Dead]
Luther Aue . . . — — Map (db m80551) WM
The men of the 38th Bomber Group, United States Army 5th Air Force, W.W.II
in honor of
Col. Edwin H. Hawes
Killed in Action 9 August 1945
Kyushu, Japan Pacific Theater
S.S., D.F.C. P.H. B.S. A.M. — — Map (db m49837) WM
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 . . . — — Map (db m49931) HM
Founded Feb. 22nd, 1857
by
George W. Brown
G. W. Deitzler
Lyman Allan
Columbus Hornsby
Preston B. Plumb
Site of First Public Building,
The "Emporia House" (Hotel)
June 1st, 1857
First Issue of Kanzas News
June 6th, 1857 . . . — — Map (db m49782) HM
[Roll of Honored Dead]
Class of 1938
Glen P. Austin, Jr. • Carl F. Hancock • George W. Gibson, Jr. • Harold E. McCanis
Class of 1939
Dean Class • Vernon Hiatt, Jr. • Dale E. Fillmore • Joseph R. Sheen, Jr. • Jim Loren Warren . . . — — Map (db m49834) WM
In honor of the Mexican American men and women of Emporia, Kansas, who proudly served their country
Killed in Action WWII
Jesse Garcia • Robert Ramirez — — Map (db m49836) WM
Commemorative of the
Garfield School Building
1880 1916
McShane Bell Foundry
Henry McShane & Co.
Baltimore, Md.
1881
Emporia High School 1880
[cornerstone]
— — Map (db m154977) HM
Medal of Honor
Sgt
US Marine Corps
World War II
Feb 14 1918
Jul 8 1944
——————
Sergeant Grant R. Timmerman
United States Marine Corps WWII
KIA 8 July 1944 Saipan Island
United States Navy . . . — — Map (db m49873) WM
This memorial tower is erected in honor of Christopher L. Hovgard D. D., distinguished Danish-born pastor whose wise counsel and courageous life have forever enriched the communities he served throughout Kansas. Beloved minister of this church from . . . — — Map (db m49795) HM
Founded by the Presbyterian Synod of Kansas
1882 - 1974
This memorial was gratefully presented
to the City of Emporia, Kansas
by the C of E Alumni Association 1984
The bell hung in Stuart Hall, the first
building on the campus. After . . . — — Map (db m80550) HM
The
John B. Anderson
Memorial Library
Erected A.D. 1901
by
Andrew Carnegie
in grateful remembrance
of Mr. Anderson
who opened his own
private library
for the working boys
of
Allegheny City,
of whom
Mr. Carnegie was . . . — — Map (db m49775) HM
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Circa 1929 — — Map (db m49777) HM
In honor of Veterans
who served in
Lebanon and Grenada
August 24, 1981 - July 31, 1984
Panama
December 20, 1989 - January 31, 1990 — — Map (db m49833) WM
The Associated Press reports carrying the news of Mary White's death declared that it came as the result of a fall from a horse. How she would have hooted at that! Horses have fallen on her and with her - "I'm always trying to hold 'em in my lap," . . . — — Map (db m49911) HM
This house built 1894
by widow of
Preston B. Plumb
a founder of Emporia.
Later given to Emporia Y.W.C.A.
by daughters
Mary, Ruth, Caroline.
——————
Senator Preston B. Plumb
and Carrie S. Plumb . . . — — Map (db m60946) HM
In Recognition of the 2nd Marine Division Asian-Pacific Campaign World War II The Battle for the Gilbert Islands
In Memory of Pfc. Floyd Everett Campbell Killed in action during the amphibious landing on Tarawa 20 November 1942 Purple Heart . . . — — Map (db m49839) WM
The stone sculptures before you were [?]ed by [?] Richard Stauffer and produced by the 1992 Kansas Sculptors Association Team Carv[?] [?] to illustrated the theme “Prairie Passage,” reflecting Emporia’s role as gateway to the Flint . . . — — Map (db m43258) HM
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Circa 1867 — — Map (db m49806) HM
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Circa 1923
——————
[Builder's Plate reads]
126 Ft Span
Rainbow . . . — — Map (db m49805) HM
St. Mary's Hospital of Emporia was first opened on this location in 1884 by the Sisters of the Order of St. Francis at Lafayette, In. For many years it was the only hospital between Kansas City and Wichita, and it was sustained not only by members . . . — — Map (db m49948) HM
[Roll of Honored Dead]
Ronald E. Alvord, Army
Jan 11 1947 - Mar 5 1968
Steven V. Ast, Army
Feb 9 1950 - Mar 2 1971
George D. Barrett, Army
Jun 18 1944 - Mar 20 1968
Marvin D. Buckridge, Army
Jan 5 1948 - Aug 18 . . . — — Map (db m49831) WM
What is Kansas? April 25, 1922 in the Judge by William Allen White
Kansas is a state of the Union, but it is also a state of mind, a neurotic condition, a psychological phase, a symptom indeed, something undreamt of in your . . . — — Map (db m49799) HM
Editor and publisher, The Emporia Gazette, 1885-1944, distinguished writer, champion of American ideals, strong defender of Freedom of the Press, leader against alien aggression, this country editor won nation wide influence and was loved and . . . — — Map (db m49796) HM
has been designated a
National
Historic Landmark
This site possesses
national significance
in commemorating the
history of the
United States of America — — Map (db m49780) HM
Refuge Wetlands Set the Table for Wildlife
The Neosho River floodplain was once covered with hundreds of shallow wetlands. As wetlands dried from spring into summer, seed-producing plants would grow. Fall rains recharged the water supply to . . . — — Map (db m81704) HM
An Ecosystem Shaped by Fire and Grazing
For thousands of years, numerous forces shaped the tallgrass prairie - frequent fires, huge herds of grazing bison, scorching summer heat, and the bitter cold winter winds. A sea of grasses and . . . — — Map (db m81702) HM
Preserving a Haven for Wildlife
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1966 as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers John Redmond Reservoir flood control project. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service managers 18,463 acres . . . — — Map (db m81700) HM
Born in Lyon County Kentucky, Corporal Andrew Jackson Smith (1843-1932) served as a member of the 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the United States Army. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for extraordinary valor in the face of deadly enemy . . . — — Map (db m124038) HM
Lyon was the son of Matthew Lyon. He represented Caldwell County in the Kentucky House of Representatives during 1822-24 when Lyon County was still a part of that county. As a Jacksonian he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives serving . . . — — Map (db m124036) HM
Home of G.M. Huggans (1815-1866), an
early doctor of Eddyville. He was
asked to judge sanity of Wm. Kelly.
Kelly's dream of a material more
malleable and stronger than iron
and experiments using cold air led
to charges of insanity. . . . — — Map (db m169117) HM
Several brisk skirmishes took place in this area because of the importance of Cumberland River navigation. Oct. 17, 1864 Gen. H. B. Lyon with small CSA force attacked Union garrison, which surrendered and was taken from town. Union gunboat "Silver . . . — — Map (db m169115) HM
Overlooking site, now underwater,
where last significant Civil War
skirmish east of the Miss. River
occurred, Apr. 29, 1865. US force
under Capt. S. M. Overby driven
back after attacking about 140
Confederates from Army of Northern
Virginia, . . . — — Map (db m169111) HM
The 102nd Kentucky county. Formed from a part of Caldwell, it was named for Col. Chittenden Lyon. Born in Vermont, 1787. Came here with father, Col. Matthew Lyon, in 1801. Had large mercantile and farming interests. Member state legislature, . . . — — Map (db m123684) HM
Mammoth Furnace
Built ¾ miles west in 1845 by Charles and John Stacker, a stone stack 31½ ft. high, 9 ft. across inside at widest. Steam-powered, charcoal-fueled, it made white, unusually hard pig iron from ore deposits near furnace, . . . — — Map (db m169129) HM
Site of the home of Willis B. Machen, 1810-93, farmer, manufacturer, lawyer, legislator. A courageous leader of strong convictions and unimpeachable integrity. Member Ky. Constitution Convention 1849, State Senate 1853, House of Rep. 1856-60, . . . — — Map (db m123742) HM
Home of Willis B. Machen (1810-93). He was a member of the Kentucky Constitutional Convention 1849, Ky. Senate 1853, Ky. House of Rep. 1855-61, Confederate Congress
1861-65, US Senate 1872-73. He was one of only a few that served in both CSA and . . . — — Map (db m169118) HM
St. Stephen Church stands as a reminder of the power and potential of community spirit, a spirit that has now extended into a second century. The church's origin ties directly to a group of German immigrants that settled in this area in the late . . . — — Map (db m169131) HM
Moved from Nashville to a site
one mile west, 1845-46, by Thomas
Tennessee Watson, Daniel Hillman.
Pig iron from charcoal-fueled
blast furnaces in this vicinity
was processed into boiler plate,
sheets, beams and other articles
here for . . . — — Map (db m169108) HM
The Battle of Sarataga
The confrontation at Saratoga was
one of the earliest Civil War
actions in Kentucky. On Oct. 26,
1861, 300 Union soldiers
surprised 160 Confederate recruits
stationed here, which resulted in
7 CSA deaths & 3 . . . — — Map (db m169110) HM
Andrew Jackson Smith, Medal of Honor Recipient
This Medal of Honor recipient was born a slave in Lyon County, Ky., on September 3, 1843. Andrew Jackson Smith escaped to Union Army at 19 and fell in with 41st Illinois. Wounded at Battle of . . . — — Map (db m245366) HM WM
Here William Kelly (1811-1888) discovered a steel making method, later known as the Besssemer process, which made it possible for civilization to pass from the Iron Age to the Steel Age. — — Map (db m169125) HM
Eddyville Furnace
Also, called Jim and I. A brick
blast furnace for smelting iron,
burning charcoal fuel, built 1832
by John and Samuel Stacker, and
Thomas Tennessee Watson. Later
owned by members of Cobb family,
then by William Kelly, . . . — — Map (db m169120) HM
One of many kettles made in this area by William Kelly, used for making sugar down South. In 1851, Kelly discovered process, known as Bessemer, for manufacture of steel. An Englishman, Bessemer, obtained patents on same process in England 1855 and . . . — — Map (db m123674) HM
New Union Forge
Stood ¼ mile SE. Built 1846-47 on site of older facilities by Wm. Kelly to process pig iron from nearby blast furnaces. Kettles to refine sugar, boiler-plate iron among products. Here Kelly began to develop the so-called . . . — — Map (db m123680) HM
Suwanee Furnace. Built by 1851, 200 yds. NW, by William Kelly, whose experiments there perfected his invention of the so-called Bessemer method of making steel, for which Kelly was granted the patent. The blast furnace was a brick stack 35 ft. . . . — — Map (db m123677) HM
Nearly nine centuries after Leif Ericsson established the first settlement of Europeans in North America, several hundred of his Icelandic countrymen left their native land to make their homes in the Minneota area. First of the Icelanders to . . . — — Map (db m207252) HM
The ruins of the Tracy Elementary School and the splintered Tracy Tornado Tree (right) show the tornado's destructive power.
The Tracy Tornado Tree
has endured as a symbol of the indomitable spirit of Tracy's people in . . . — — Map (db m235418) HM
Photo by Eric Lantz
On June 13, 1968, the city of Tracy stood poised on the brink of oblivion.
On that hot and humid Thursday evening, an F5 tornado plowed a path of utter destruction thru the heart of Tracy. . . . — — Map (db m235416) HM
Camels were imported into the United States for military purposes in the mid-1850's. Lt. Edward Beale of the U.S. Army tested the animals for caravan operations in the deserts of the Southwest. The experiment was not successful and the camels . . . — — Map (db m41082) HM
By 1880 the ores of the Comstock had dwindled and the men who founded the Virginia & Truckee Railroad and owned most of the mills on the Comstock needed to restore their high level profits. Mining bonanzas in the southern deserts set a plan afoot to . . . — — Map (db m103171) HM
The legendary Paiute Leader; friend and guide to pioneers; breveted a "Captain" by John C. Fremont; gave his name to a valley, river and town; died near here in 1860.
Dedicated July 20, 1974
By E Clampus Vitus
Julia C. Bulette . . . — — Map (db m30865) HM
The first Chinese were brought to this site in 1856 to build the "Reese" ditch from the Carson River to the entrance of Gold Canyon. The ditch was used for placer mining. The Chinese soon began reworking the placers, earning a living from those . . . — — Map (db m69688) HM
Dayton was the first seat of Lyon County and had one of the first courthouses built in Nevada. Finished in 1864, local residents celebrated the new two-story brick building and its Italianate styling as an important architectural benchmark for a . . . — — Map (db m143630) HM
Dayton, one of the earliest settlements in Nevada was first known as a stopping place on the river for California-bound pioneers. Coming in from the desert they rested here before continuing westward.
In 1849, gold was found at the mouth of Gold . . . — — Map (db m69687) HM
Founded in 1851, this is one of the oldest constantly maintained cemeteries in the State of Nevada. The trail to the Mother Lode passed directly in front and the wagon tracks can still be seen with careful observation.
James Finney (Ole . . . — — Map (db m89439) HM
In 1865 Lyon County built this imposing stone school building for the residents of Dayton, then the county seat. It is the second oldest schoolhouse in Nevada and is the oldest such structure to remain in its original location. The building served . . . — — Map (db m143635) HM
Born in Virginia in 1817, an often-inebriated prospector named James Finney was known as "Old Virginia" or "Old Virginny" to his friends. He lived in a tent dug into the side of the hill, which would become known as Johntown, located two miles from . . . — — Map (db m89525) HM
Spafford Hall built this station and trading post in the early 1850's to accommodate emigrants bound for California. Hall, who was the first permanent settler, was severely injured in a hunting accident in 1854 and sold the station to one of his . . . — — Map (db m89514) HM
James Finney, State of Virginia native, died Chinatown Dayton June 20, 1861. About 44 years old, one of the first placer gold miners in Gold Canon, arriving in 1850 or 1851. Old Virginny was so revered by other Comstock miners, they named Vrginia . . . — — Map (db m89532) HM
The Carson River While camping in 1849, waiting for snow to melt in the Sierra Nevada, frontiersman and wagon train guide Abner Blackburn used a butcher knife to dig Nevada's first-found gold from a creek bed at the mouth of Gold Cañon. The . . . — — Map (db m160800) HM
Mound House was located one-half mile north of this point. Originally constructed in 1871 as a station and siding on the Virginia and Truckee Railroad, it served for some time simply as a wood and water stop. In 1877, a post office was established. . . . — — Map (db m173904) HM
{Obverse:}
Dedicated September 15, 2001
NEVADA
Added Station
Jul. 1, 1861 - Nov. 20, 1861
By
Bennetts Family
James Stretesky
Dayton Historic Society
Don, Nancy, Jody & Jeff Dallas
Robert & Rae Marie Foster Family . . . — — Map (db m29750) HM
In July 1849, Abner Blackburn, a former member of the Mormon Battalion, made the first gold discovery in what is now Nevada near this site (see the canyon to the right). William Prouse, a member of a passing emigrant party, made a second discovery . . . — — Map (db m143642) HM
The first community building was built by the Odd Fellows in 1863 costing $30,000. Lodge offices and Hall were on the second floor. The Odeon Saloon and Billiard Parlour occupied the west side of the street floor, hosting such notables as Mark . . . — — Map (db m89448) HM
Sutro was a town, a tunnel, and a man. The well-planned community was headquarters for the Sutro Drainage Tunnel.
German-born Adolph Sutro came to the Comstock in 1860. He advocated a drainage tunnel, visualizing development of Comstock ore . . . — — Map (db m175810) HM
Had its beginning in May, 1869, when Fred Birdsall built a half-mile horse drawn railroad from the Lyon Mill of Dayton to the Gold Canyon Mine Tailings. On July 11, 1881, Engine No. 1, the “Ernie Birdsall,” first ran on a 3 foot gauge . . . — — Map (db m160797) HM
The Misfits is a contemporary western drama filmed in 1960 and is best known for the final film roles of movie legends Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe. It was directed by John Huston and written by playwright Arthur Miller. In 1956, Miller . . . — — Map (db m201467) HM
Dayton was an important point on the Pony Express route. The site of the old station is approximately 200 yards northwest near the old firehouse. — — Map (db m69689) HM
The Carson and Colorado Railroad (C&C) The Carson and Colorado Railroad (C&C), completed in 1881, operated on a 3-foot narrow-gauge track. Nicknamed the "Slim Princess," it provided transportation from Mound House, Nevada to Keeler, California . . . — — Map (db m160798) HM
The original Union Hotel was located across the street. It was rebuilt here in 1870 after a fire destroyed the old hotel. The former post office site originally housed the dining room and barber shop. The freestanding rock wall is the original . . . — — Map (db m89513) HM
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