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Believe It or Not Historical Markers
Some markers tell fantastical or incredulous stories which get even more surprising and outrageous when you do some research. Most have no relation to the Ripley’s Believe it or Not! franchise.
By Mark Hilton, August 26, 2013
Autaugaville Marker
1 ► Alabama, Autauga County, Autaugaville — Autaugaville — Intersection of Autauga and Academy Streets — "America's First Crossroad" —  |
| 2 ► Alabama, Coffee County, Enterprise — Boll Weevil Monument — December 11, 1919 — |
| 3 ► Alabama, Coffee County, Kinston — 124 — Grancer's Ghost — Legends & Lore — |
| 4 ► Alabama, Morgan County, Hartselle — The Great Hartselle Bank Robbery / Three Hours Required to Accomplish Heist — |
| 5 ► Alaska, Juneau Borough, Juneau, Downtown Juneau — Eldred Rock — |
| 6 ► Alaska, Juneau Borough, Juneau, Downtown Juneau — Five Finger — |
| 7 ► Alaska, Juneau Borough, Juneau, Downtown Juneau — Patsy Ann: her history — |
| 8 ► Arizona, Cochise County, Tombstone — 35 — Rose Tree — Museum — |
| 9 ► Arkansas, Garland County, Hot Springs — Bridge Street — Hot Springs Central Avenue Historic District — |
| 10 ► California, Del Norte County, Klamath — Captain Courageous — 1963 - 1983 — |
| 11 ► California, Inyo County, Death Valley National Park — The Racetrack — |
| 12 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 40 — C.E. Toberman Co. Building — Hollywood Historic Site #40 — 6780 Hollywood Blvd — |
| 13 ► California, Los Angeles County, Sierra Madre — World’s Largest Blossoming Plant — Sierra Madre Wistaria Vine — |
| 14 ► California, Mono County, Lee Vining — Upside-Down House — |
| 15 ► California, Mono County, Mammoth Lakes — Legend of Deadman — |
| 16 ► California, San Joaquin County, Lathrop — The Shooting of David S. Terry — Reported missing |
| 17 ► California, Santa Barbara County, Santa Barbara, Upper East — Assembly Required — The Making of Chad — A Blue Whale — |
| 18 ► California, Ventura County, Ventura — Jesse Owens — The Greatest Track Star of the Century — Four Events, Four Records — |
| 19 ► Colorado, Conejos County, Antonito — The Secret Died With Him — Los Caminos Antiguos Scenic & Historic Byway — |
| 20 ► Colorado, Jefferson County, Golden — Bridge Load Ordinance Background — |
| 21 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Foggy Bottom — GW's River Horse — [Lisner Auditorium] — |
| 22 ► Florida, Bay County, Lynn Haven — The Castle House — 1912 — |
| 23 ► Florida, Bay County, Lynn Haven — Union Soldiers Monument G.A.R. Park — Lynn Haven, FL — |
| 24 ► Florida, Escambia County, Pensacola, St. John's Coalition — Inventor of FSU Tomahawk Chop — St. John's Cemetery — |
| 25 ► Florida, Pasco County, Land O' Lakes — Ehren Community — |
| 26 ► Florida, St. Johns County, St. Augustine, Historic District — Robert L. Ripley — |
| 27 ► Georgia, Colquitt County, Moultrie — Magnolia Tree — Circa 1845 — |
| 28 ► Georgia, Crisp County, Cordele — Titan I Missile — |
| 29 ► Georgia, Early County, Blakely — Early County Peanut Monument — |
| 30 ► Georgia, Greene County, Greensboro — Lucy Adaline Gresham — (1806-1826) — A Case of Vandalism in Greensboro — |
| 31 ► Georgia, Gwinnett County, Lawrenceville — 2 — Goats on the Square — |
| 32 ► Georgia, Gwinnett County, Lawrenceville — 6 — The Banished Bank — |
| 33 ► Georgia, Gwinnett County, Lawrenceville — 7 — The Cotton Bag Wedding — |
| 34 ► Georgia, Gwinnett County, Lawrenceville — 3 — The Whacking Cane — |
| 35 ► Georgia, Gwinnett County, Lawrenceville — 8 — Tipsy Mules & Horses — |
| 36 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Hidden Truths — The Chicago City Cemetery and Lincoln Park, Then and Now — |
| 37 ► Illinois, Kane County, St. Charles — The Legend of Charlemagne — |
| 38 ► Illinois, Madison County, Alton — The Legend of the Piasa — |
| 39 ► Indiana, Ohio County, Rising Sun, Randolph Township — Pilotless Plane — |
| 40 ► Iowa, Des Moines County, Burlington — Snake Alley — Ripley’s Believe It or Not! — |
| 41 ► Iowa, Sac County, Odebolt — Odebolt • Popcorn Capital of the World — |
| 42 ► Kentucky, Barren County, Cave City — 1385 — Sand Cave — |
| 43 ► Kentucky, Fleming County, Plummers Landing — 1411 — Stockton Grave — |
| 44 ► Kentucky, Jefferson County, Middletown — Joseph Abell House — |
| 45 ► Louisiana, Grant Parish, Colfax — The Famous Burning Well of Colfax — |
| 46 ► Louisiana, Iberia Parish, New Iberia — 187 — Teche Tunnel — Legends & Lore — |
| 47 ► Maryland, Allegany County, Cumberland — Capture of Generals — Capture of Generals B.F. Kelly and George Crook — Nights, February 21–22, 1865 — |
| 48 ► Maryland, Baltimore, University of Maryland — Believe it or Not — |
| 49 ► Maryland, Somerset County, Crisfield — 1 — Old Ailsey's Light — Janes Island State Park—White Tail Trail — Maryland Park Service — |
| 50 ► Maryland, Washington County, Boonsboro — The Lost Orders — |
| 51 ► Maryland, Worcester County, Ocean City — Three Ton Tire — Ripley's Believe It or Not! — Ocean City, MD — |
| 52 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Area 2/MIT — The Smoot — |
| 53 ► Michigan, Charlevoix County, Charlevoix — Charlevoix's World's Largest Cherry Pie — |
| 54 ► Michigan, Schoolcraft County, Manistique — Believe It or Not — |
| 55 ► Minnesota, Koochiching County, International Falls — The Village of Koochiching & International Falls — Downtown International Falls — |
| 56 ► Mississippi, Bolivar County, Cleveland — The Cleveland Depot — |
| 57 ► Mississippi, Jackson County, Pascagoula — Pascagoula UFO 1973 — |
| 58 ► Missouri, Cape Girardeau County, Cape Girardeau — Filburn & Sloan Commission House — Old Town Cape — |
| 59 ► Missouri, Howard County, Glasgow, Chariton Township — The Minnie — Site of the Old Ferry Landing — |
| 60 ► Missouri, Howell County, West Plains — 149 — Polly the Parrot — 1867-1920 — Legends & Lore — |
| 61 ► Missouri, Johnson County, Warrensburg — 92 — Yeater Ghost — Legends & Lore — |
| 62 ► Montana, Yellowstone County, Billings — The Place Where the White Horse Went Down — |
| 63 ► New Hampshire, Grafton County, Lincoln — Borasaurus — (Granitus Holus) — |
| 64 ► New Jersey, Mercer County, West Windsor Township, Princeton Junction — Martian Landing Site — |
| 65 ► New York, Dutchess County, Staatsburg — 96 — Fiddler's Ghost — Legends & Lore — |
| 66 ► New York, Genesee County, Corfu — The Darien Lake Sharp — |
| 67 ► New York, Genesee County, Corfu, Six Flags Darien Lake — The History of Ice Cream — |
| 68 ► New York, Orleans County, Ridgeway — The Culvert Road — |
| 69 ► New York, Warren County, Queensbury — This is "Porcellino" — |
| 70 ► New York, Washington County, Hudson Falls — The Ghost Story of Duncan Campbell — 1758 Ticonderoga Campaign — |
| 71 ► North Carolina, Guilford County, Jamestown — 153 — Lydia's Bridge — Legends & Lore — |
| 72 ► North Carolina, Henderson County, Laurel Park — The Legend of Jump Off Rock — |
| 73 ► North Dakota, Barnes County, Valley City — High Above the Sheyenne — High Line Bridge — |
| 74 ► North Dakota, Cass County, Fargo, Downtown — Black Building & Fargo Theatre — |
| 75 ► Ohio, Erie County, Sandusky, Cedar Point — Professor Delbert Feinstein — Cedar Point Historical Places — Omega — |
| 76 ► Ohio, Lake County, Mentor — Mentor Lagoons Water Trail — Reported permanently removed |
| 77 ► Ohio, Lawrence County, Waterloo — 2-44 — The Waterloo Wonders — Waterloo’s Historic Wonder Five 1934 and 1935 Class B State Champions — |
| 78 ► Ohio, Montgomery County, Dayton, Walnut Hills — Maurice R. Desjardins — 7/23/1929 – 7/13/1968 — |
| 79 ► Ohio, Perry County, New Straitsville, Coal Township — 12-64 — World’s Greatest Mine Fire — |
| 80 ► Ohio, Putnam County, Miller City — 5-69 — The “Cinderella Kids” of 1950 / The Miller City Wildcats — 1950 Class B Boys State Basketball Champions — 29 Wins, 0 Losses — |
| 81 ► Ohio, Scioto County, Friendship — Ohio's Biggest Yellow Buckeye — (Aesculus flava) — Ohio Byway • Scenic Scioto Heritage Trail — |
| 82 ► Ohio, Warren County, Waynesville, Wayne Township — 156 — Mary's Ghost — Legends & Lore — |
| 83 ► Oklahoma, Woods County, Alva — 26 — World's Tallest Man — Alva Mural Society — |
| 84 ► Pennsylvania, Northampton County, Hellertown, Lower Saucon Township — Welcome to the Bingen Station — |
| 85 ► South Carolina, Marlboro County, Blenheim — 35-21 — Grave of Mason Lee / Will of Mason Lee — |
| 86 ► South Dakota, Harding County, Buffalo — Three-Toes, The Wolf — |
| 87 ► Tennessee, Robertson County, Adams — 3C 38 — Bell Witch — |
| 88 ► Texas, Bexar County, San Antonio, Alamo Plaza — Emily West Morgan (1815-1891) — The "Yellow Rose of Texas" — |
| 89 ► Texas, Bowie County, Texarkana — The Legend of Hernando de Soto — City of Texarkana, Texas — Walk Through History — |
| 90 ► Texas, El Paso County, El Paso, West Central El Paso — 5407 — The Rainmakers of 1891 — |
| 91 ► Texas, McLennan County, West — 5315 — The Crash at Crush — (0.5 Mi. E) — |
| 92 ► Texas, Navarro County, Corsicana — Magnolia Cannon — |
| 93 ► Texas, Tarrant County, Fort Worth, Cultural District — Midnight — 1910 - 1936 — "World's Greatest Bucking Horse" — |
| 94 ► Vermont, Windsor County, Cavendish — The Gage Accident — 1848 — Cavendish — |
| 95 ► Virginia, Hampton, Fort Monroe — The Legend Of The Oozlefinch — |
| 96 ► Virginia, Hanover County, Doswell, Kings Dominion — Arachnidia — Temple of the Tarantula — Discovered & Named by: Marie Estrada, Ph.D. (2010) — |
| 97 ► Virginia, Hanover County, Doswell, Kings Dominion — Hanover Hill Orchard — |
| 98 ► Virginia, Hanover County, Doswell, Kings Dominion — Jungle X-Pedition Base Camp — Adventurers Wanted! — |
| 99 ► Virginia, Hanover County, Doswell, Kings Dominion — Reptilian — Temple of the Crocodile — Discovered & Named by: Professor Rovin Jay (2015) — |
| 100 ► Virginia, Norton — Resolution Declaring a Sasquatch / Bigfoot Sanctuary — |
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