"Bill" Nye, journalist, lecturer, author, and humorist, grew to manhood in this quiet valley of the Kinnickinnic, which flows southwesterly through River Falls. The tall-tales of frontier humor were popular regionally before 1860. Samuel Clemens . . . — — Map (db m9860) HM
Built in 1910, this cottage for Fred M. Nye was designed by architects P. Smith & L. Hodgsen and is one of only a few residences in the Jefferson District with original "out buildings" a modest carriage house and horse stable. The home . . . — — Map (db m273305) HM
Nyes Gas Station
Architects: Townley and Matheson
The firm of Townley and Matheson, best known for designing Vancouver's City Hall further up Cambie Street, designed this early brick gas station in 1922 for Captain Percival Nye . . . — — Map (db m236701) HM
This house was built about 1860 of local sandstone for William Morris Stewart who lived here until 1862. He sold it to the Territorial Governor of Nevada, James W. Nye. The two men served as Nevada's first United States Senators after the . . . — — Map (db m162593) HM
In Loving Memory
Edgar Wilson Nye
"Bill Nye"
American Humorist and Friend
Born in Shirley, Maine August 25, 1850
Died At "Buck Shoals" near this spot February 22, 1898
Admitted to the Bar 1876
He belonged to the Masonic Fraternity . . . — — Map (db m17798) HM
E.N. Fish came to Arizona as an enterprising merchant in 1865. Three years later he built this adobe house which served as the family residence for the next half century. Fish developed many successful businesses and his wife Maria was prominent in . . . — — Map (db m83026) HM
1850 - 1896
American Humorist
I will turn their mourning into Joy and will Comfort them and make the rejoice from their sorrow. Jeremiah 34:13 — — Map (db m17797) HM
Built in 1905 at a cost of $27,965.00 by Continental Construction Company. Site selected by commission April 1 and donated by Jim Butler's Tonopah Mining Company. On Tuesday, February 7, 1905 Governor Sparks signed the bill to remove the county . . . — — Map (db m3916) HM
The main gate of the presidio was located near what is now Alameda Street, just north of this spot. The gate was built from mesquite timbers and had a platform above, where a guard stood watch. In the late 1860's, the families of Milton Duffield, . . . — — Map (db m83204) HM
Within a few years, one generation passes and another comes on the scene. If those who follow are to have any notion of what it was that went before, it must fall to those who possess a tie to the past to preserve what may be known. In that . . . — — Map (db m120141) HM
Once visited by prehistoric man, Shoshone Indians also used this site for jackrabbit drives and for celebrations.
Silver ore discoveries in 1865, the convenience of wood and water and a naturally fine location resulted in the attractive . . . — — Map (db m86419) HM
Founded in 1865, Newport has become the largest town on the central Oregon coast.
Its railroad, maritime and highway connections have nurtured its development.
Newport Harbor
Today, Newport's harbor serves mostly . . . — — Map (db m112412) HM
Water flowed from the race to the mill where it originally powered two overshot wheels and later a large Boyden Turbine before flowing back into the river. When water power was unavailable either because of repairs or low water, the mill had to . . . — — Map (db m79199) HM
The 37th Degree North Latitude is marked at this point as the dividing line between the territories of Utah and New Mexico under the provisions of the Compromise of 1850 which originally organized the land ceded by Mexico in 1848.
When the . . . — — Map (db m46382) HM
The grand old building to the left, once known as the Philadelphia House was built by the Combination Silver Mining Company of New York in 1866. Constructed of native stone acquired from a nearby quarry, the building served as headquarters for mine . . . — — Map (db m60215) HM
Side A:
Major General William Sooy Smith was born in Tarlton on July 22, 1830. He attended Ohio University and supported himself throughout his college undergraduate career, graduating in 1849. He then entered the United States Military . . . — — Map (db m13495) HM
Born - June 13, 1874 Lake Linden, Michigan
Died - March 4, 1931 San Francisco, California
This monument, constructed in 1931 was dedicated in memory of John G. Kirchen. Tonopah businessman and manager of The Tonopah Extension Mining Co. . . . — — Map (db m46508) HM
Harold H. Ashenfelder, HIS '40 Bruce F. Anello, MHS '65 Gerald F. Ayres, MHS '57 Jack R. Bennett, HIS '42 Mark E. Blizzard, HIS '48 Warren M. Bolden, HIS '40 Robert E. Booth, HIS '39 James F. Brooks, HIS '34 Chester Craven, Jr., MHS . . . — — Map (db m296409) WM
The land on which Marysville was founded originally was leased in 1842 to Theodore Cordua a Prussian emigrant, by John A. Sutter. Named for his homeland, Cordua established a trading post and stock ranch on the Calif.-Oregon Trail to serve . . . — — Map (db m40146) HM
This house was one of the dwellings in Campus Martius. The fortification erected by the Ohio Company when the first settlement in the Northwest Territory was lake at Mariette in 1788. It stood next to the southeast blockhouse and was built by . . . — — Map (db m260983) HM
You are standing in the center of the Old Nye Estate. Before construction of the canal, this was the finest home in Bournedale, a sleepy Cape Cod village complete with post office, village hall, general store, and its own industry - the Tahanto Iron . . . — — Map (db m217361) HM
[English] Leadville City Hall was built in 1905 as a federal building, it was used as the US Post Office until 1973. As the story goes, the postmaster used the small attic windows to spy on his employees as they . . . — — Map (db m289799) HM
Opposite this spot, on the shores of Presque Isle Bay, Commodore Perry built his ships. The “Lawrence,” “Niagara,” “Ariel,” “Porcupine,” “Scorpion” & “Tigress.” On August 12, . . . — — Map (db m129900) HM WM
For nearly 200 years, water power along the Owasco River in Downtown Auburn
has been at the foundation of the community's manufacturing, industrial, and
economic growth. Historically, there were over 11 sites harnessing the power of the river to . . . — — Map (db m145774) HM
Served as first elected judge of Douglas County from 1864 – 66. Later on he served as District Attorney and Superintendent of Schools.
While in the practice of law he was considered one of the foremost jurists of his time and was engaged in . . . — — Map (db m20785) HM
In honor of all Vietnam Veterans of Lebanon Valley and to those who have fallen
US Army
PFC Althouse, Earl I. SP4 Hite, Franklin D. SP5 Baal,Carl T. SP4 Hoerner, Raymond D. 1LT Bashore, Harold E.,Jr. PFC Kohr, Wilbur L. PFC Boyer, . . . — — Map (db m224917) WM
Laurel's earliest mill was established on land originally inhabited by Native Americans. The early mills were located on the banks of the Patuxent River at the fall line. Here the River elevation changes and provided an excellent source of water . . . — — Map (db m80472) HM
1920
Erected by the Town Of Berlin
in honor of
her patriotic men and women
who served their country
in time of war
For The Dead A Tribute
For The Living A Memory
For Posterity An Emblem Of Loyalty
To The Flag Of Their . . . — — Map (db m47327) WM
Erected by the Town of Bourne
AD MCMXIV
In memory of Soldiers and Sailors who served in the War of 1861 – 1865
Rodman Avery Watson D. Avery Henry F. Benson David Blake Joshua W. Bourne &bull Thomas Bourne Elisha . . . — — Map (db m165441) WM
Built around 1908, this building was used to house coal unloaded from the Tonopah & Goldfield Railroad in Tonopah. The bin was donated by Larry Moss and moved to this location by the Nye County Road Department. — — Map (db m89630) HM
The Caldersburgh Pearl was dedicated in 2001 as a full-sized replica of a three-cabin canal freighter (65' x 14'). The name Caldersburgh Pearl has special significance to Roscoe's past. Caldersburgh was the name of the original community (early . . . — — Map (db m217365) HM
1788 Pioneer use of the Book of Common Prayer preceded Judge Arius Nye's 1826 founding of St. Luke's parish. The Reverend John Wheat's nurture led to the first church--1833. This church built 1856. — — Map (db m149688) HM
By an act of the Tennessee General Assembly, Gallatin became the county seat of Sumner County on February 26, 1802, when commissioners sold the first town lots. Newly laid out, the town embraced 42 ½ acres. The site had been purchased from . . . — — Map (db m82971) HM
Pioneer dramatic players entertained early Cache Valley audiences in this rock building. When erected, 1868 - 70, the only assembly hall in Providence. It has the finest dance floor, stage, proscenium, paintings, curtain in the valley. Among the . . . — — Map (db m44435) HM
The first in the west through which a telephone line was run. The first conversation over this line was held in 1882 between Bill Nye at Laramie and Hon. E. E. Warren at Cheyenne. — — Map (db m47148) HM
Designed by S. T. Whitaker, and constructed about 1889, this Victorian brick house combines several high-style elements in a design that makes it unique in Ogden and in the state. A colorful character and successful businessman, Dennis A. Smyth, . . . — — Map (db m278005) HM
We climbed aboard that huge winged rocket,
and rode it to the sky.
Our minds would soar for hours and hours,
we're never gonna die.
With pitch and yaw, dives and rolls,
we'd blast bad guys to heaven.
We'd crash and burn and walk . . . — — Map (db m66477) WM
Laurel was originally called Laurel Factory after the cotton mill that stood where the Laurel Pool is today.
The Laurel mill originally manufactured cotton duck, used for sails, tents and the Conestoga Wagons that settled the west. Cotton . . . — — Map (db m79084) HM
In February of 1867 the Nye County seat was moved from lone, NV to Belmont. The county offices were scattered around town in different buildings. Due to this inconvenience and a recent jailbreak from the old jail, the county decided to build a . . . — — Map (db m299479) HM
The DuBois Area Historical Society Inc., traces its origins to February 8, 1982, when Evo G. Facchine, president of the DuBois Chamber of Commerce (and future DuBois Area Historical Society president), made an announcement at a Chamber event . . . — — Map (db m265722) HM
These tablets are dedicated to and bear the names of the servicemen and women from Shippensburg and R.D.'s and nearby villages who served honorably in the American Armed Forces during the Vietnam War:
July 1, 1958 -- May 7, 1975.
This was a . . . — — Map (db m96085) HM
I forbindelse med anlζggelsen af den nye bydel
Nyenstad i 1540erne og byens nye fζstningsverker
anlagde man for fψrste gang en stψrre skibsbro
i sydlig forlζngelse af byen. Indtil da lε Nyborgs
havn ved Knudshoved. Fra den nye . . . — — Map (db m128957) HM
Home of the May Lundy Mine. Site of W. J. Lundy sawmill supplying lumber to Bodie in 1878. Organized as the Homer Mining District in 1879 by Wasson, Nye and Homer. Plagued by snowslides and partially destroyed by fire in 1886, Lundy's page of Mono . . . — — Map (db m37583) HM
Paris, Idaho was settled in the fall of 1863. Two years later a building used for church, school and recreation was erected by James Nye and others, of logs hauled from George Sirrine's sawmill It was 20' X 60' with two large rooms and a stage at . . . — — Map (db m105873) HM
Orion Clemens, secretary to territorial Governor James W. Nye, lived in this house with his wife, Mollie, from 1864 to 1866. Samuel, his brother who was a reporter for the Territorial Enterprise, stayed here periodically until leaving the . . . — — Map (db m284821) HM
Auburn occupies the traditional territory of the Gayogohono (Cayuga) people. The first settlement of the area occurred in 1793, during the post-Revolutionary period of expansion into western New York. The area was named Auburn in 1805 when it . . . — — Map (db m283669) HM
Born in Germany in 1887, Herman Stern immigrated to America in 1903, where he took work at the Straus Clothing store in Carrington. Stern later managed the Straus North Dakota businesses from his store in Valley City, where he lived for the . . . — — Map (db m99291) HM
Levi Whipple, A.G. Allen, Thomas Gurney, M.B. Cushing and H.C. Howells meet in Putnam to discuss slavery and oppression and consider forming an antislavery society. The next week, they are joined by Horace Nye, William Joiner, John Quigley, Charles . . . — — Map (db m280742) HM
Honor Roll
Erected by the Town of Johnson
In Grateful Appreciation of the Services
Rendered by Her Citizens to Their Country
During The World War. 1917-1919
Wallace A. Atwell ★Howard L. Bailey Delbert T. Dubray C. Gordon. . . . — — Map (db m140636) WM
This small community – once called Rich's Hollow – was settled in the late 1700s and during the 19th century was an important cultural and industrial center area. Samuel Rich created North Montpelier Pond by damming the Kingsbury Branch . . . — — Map (db m87997) HM
Founded in 1868 upon the arrival of the Union Pacific Railroad, Laramie was named after the fur trader Jacques LaRamie. The first female jurors served here in 1870 after Wyoming Territory in 1869, for the first time in history, gave women full . . . — — Map (db m67993) HM
Founded in 1868 upon the arrival of the Union Pacific Railroad, Laramie was named after the fur trader Jacques LaRamie. The first female jurors served here in 1870 after Wyoming Territory, in 1869, for the first time in history, gave women full . . . — — Map (db m280774) HM
Roll Of Honor
In Honor Of The Men And Women Of Coventry Who Served Our Country
In World War II
This Memorial Was Made Possible By The Citizens Of The Town Of Coventry
★ Merrick Aborn ★ Eugene F. Edgerson ★ John Jones . . . — — Map (db m144520) WM
Erected by the New Century Historical Society to record the names and commemorate the landing near this spot of the pioneer families of the Ohio Company August nineteenth 1788. Their homes were established in Campus Martius.
Benjamin Tupper . . . — — Map (db m20637) HM
Paul Ahyi, Forces Vives, 1989 6 mιtres de haut sable, gravier, fer, cement blanc, peinture acrylique, ιmaux Statue restuarιe en 2016 par Ayaba Emmanuel Massassi et son ιquipe (financement du FAC Fond daide a la culture . . . — — Map (db m229043) HM
Deutsch Die Fortbildungsschule von Lomι Geschichte Die Fortbildungsschule war zur deutschen Kolonialzeit eine
von der Kolonialregierung gegrόndete Berufsschule. Sie wurde am 24.1.1911 erφffnet, um die Kinder reicher Togoer . . . — — Map (db m240294) HM
Built in 1874 of unplastered adobe with pitched roofs, this second Edward Nye Fish mercantile store in Florence changed hands to become the, Joseph Collingwood & Co. Store and Wells Fargo office in 1877. Collingwood, Florence's first postmaster, had . . . — — Map (db m26717) HM
Edward Nye Fish, prominent Tucson merchant, and his partner/manager Joseph Collingwood, first Florence postmaster, opened Florence's first store in this building in 1868.
Building additions from 1867 to 1888 formed a U-shaped complex, and . . . — — Map (db m26708) HM
To the men of Whitley County who gave their lives during the Viet Nam Conflict so that mankind might live in freedom
Gary M. Archibald Kinsley B. Brennan Roger Egolf Lynn Harris Max Johnson Dennis Kneller Douglas Kreider Dale E. . . . — — Map (db m80554) HM
Reino A Panula James R Parrett Terry T Wricht Rodger L Egolf Lynn A Harris Stephan C Himes Robert W Wilfong Dale F Mills Gary M Archibald Max A Johnson Everett T Culp Avery M Nye III Rickey L Scott Lyle E Smith Roy D . . . — — Map (db m228154) WM
Each autumn Assateague Island is a refuge for migrating tundra peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus tundrius). In 1938, falconer and conservationist Alva G. Nye, Jr. confirmed the presence here of this previously-unrecognized race of peregrines. . . . — — Map (db m282144) HM
After the battle, 39 cavalry horses that had been shot for breastworks during Custers Last Stand, were found among the dead on Last Stand Hill. In 1879, a temporary cordwood monument was erected by the Army on the crest of the hill. The area, . . . — — Map (db m45604) HM
The opening of the Crow Indian Reservation to homesteaders brought settlers to this area who founded the town of Absarokee in 1893. School District #52 was created and by 1903, a log cabin with a potbelly stove served the towns first children. In . . . — — Map (db m190710) HM
To Jim Butler, District Attorney of Nye County, goes the credit for making the ore discoveries which ended the twenty-year slump in Nevada's economy. Migratory Indian bands originally applied the name Tonopah to a small spring in the nearby San . . . — — Map (db m42454) HM
In Sept. 1864, while Atlanta smoldered, the first use of military force to allay labor unrest in the West occurred when Governor J. W. Nye ordered 2 companies of Calvary from Fort Churchill to end a strike by The Story County Miners League. The . . . — — Map (db m21957) HM
1914 World War 1918 This tablet erected by Newfane Post 873 In memory of those who for their splendid spirit of duty and patriotism were chosen from this township to serve the Allied cause Aiken, Bryan · Allen, Frank · Andrews, Fred D.· . . . — — Map (db m83065) WM
During the War of the Rebellion three young men from Chauncey traveled to Parkersburg and Clarksburg, VA., to enlist in what was then the 1st Virginia Cavalry (USA). These "Loyalist Regiments became West Virginia regiments in June 1863 just . . . — — Map (db m242161) HM
A fine example of Gothic Revival architecture was built in 1855 for Melvin C. Clarke, a lawyer who died in the Civil War at Antietam. Later owned by the Nye and Bosley families.
The house is a treasure of fine woodwork, furnishings and changing . . . — — Map (db m143557) HM
Died in Service
Mark L. Bauserman Paul H. Beidel George W. Bert Roy C. Buhrman John L. Burkholder Wilbur C. Burkholder Wayne L. Clendening William J. Dowd Hugh Eckenrode Robert M. Etter John M. Fogelsanger John H. . . . — — Map (db m96182) WM
This statue honors the early settlers who walked along side their wagons to Texas seeking the promise of a better life for themselves and their children. They established the first permanent settlement of Grapevine in 1884. William D. Tate, . . . — — Map (db m193580) HM
A few miles up Meeteetse Creek from here, stood one of the toughest settlements of Wyomings frontier history. The town was founded in the spring of 1884 by Victor Arland, a French businessman, and John Corbett, a buffalo hunter. From 1880 . . . — — Map (db m87608) HM
Town of Norwich Vermont Armed Forces In Time of War 1776 — 1947
1776
Amos Ames · Parke Avery · Elijah Baldwin · Jonathan Ball · Joseph Ball · Gershom Bartlett Jr. · Jonathan Bartlett · Joseph Bartlett · Elihu Baxter · Nathaniel Boardman · . . . — — Map (db m158708) WM
This marker is made up of a dozen plaques embedded in a cement patio and a map of historic Laramie also embedded in patio. As each plaque has the same format, only a few of them have been illustrated.
1810-1820
French Canadian . . . — — Map (db m76849) HM
The history of the Nine Mile Ranch has a long and interesting past, beginning with the Paiute Indians who inhabited this area long before John C. Fremonts expedition into Nevada in 1843-1844. According to Fremonts journal he camped in this area . . . — — Map (db m191201) HM
Belmont sits at an elevation of 7400 feet. A spring flowing year round made this a gathering site of the Shoshone Indians for rabbit drives and celebrations.
In 1865, silver ore discoveries led to the development of an attractive tree-shaded . . . — — Map (db m287507) HM
(Front): A tale of two cities. During the time of the Underground Railroad, Zanesville and Putnam were two communities separated by the Muskingum River with two distinct moral views. The people in Zanesville were proslavery, in Putnam . . . — — Map (db m5624) HM
Sergeant Hacker served as an infantryman with Company C, First Battalion, Twenty-Second Infantry Regiment, Fourth Infantry Division. Near Pleiku, Dontum, in the Central Highlands, during an engagement with the enemy, when he exposed himself to . . . — — Map (db m273232) HM WM
In March 1942, units of the United States Army Air Corps opened formal operations at what was named the Myrtle Beach Bombing and Gunnery Training Range, which also encompassed the Beach airport. Construction began to meet the urgent needs for . . . — — Map (db m102128) WM
On November 14. 1809, the Tennessee General Assembly passed an Act which brought Giles County, and its County Seat, Pulaski, into being. The new six hundred square
mile county was formed from land ceded to the State in 1805 by treaty with the . . . — — Map (db m168698) HM
As part of a group of settlers, William A. Clark moved with his wife, Nancy (Copenhaver), and children to Caldwell County from Alabama in 1850. Clark purchased land in this vicinity in 1854. Early community residents met in homes and out of doors . . . — — Map (db m180763) HM
This stone was laid by the Rt Hon
The Lord Mayor of London
Sir Edmund Stockdale
On March 10th 1960
G.B. Slater – Master
David Nye & Ptnrs Architects
Holloway Bros. Builders — — Map (db m118141) HM
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized in 1918 at this location by ministers of what later became the American Lutheran Church under whose auspices the congregation organized a day school on the property across the street. That school . . . — — Map (db m272027) HM
Behind you are many of the original buildings of the historic Empire Ranch, established in the 1870s by Edward Nye Fish on 160 acres with a four-room adobe ranch house and corral.
In 1876, Walter L. Vail and Herbert R. Hislop purchased the . . . — — Map (db m84196) HM
Whale Ship Charles W. Morgan
Built by Jethro and Zachariah Hillman
Launched New Bedford July 21, 1841
Deeded by Gift to Whaling Enshrined Inc.
Charles S. Ashley 1/32 James F. Avery 1/32 Clarance H. Bartlett 1/32 John H. . . . — — Map (db m68306) HM
In honor of those
who served our country
in World War II
[Roll of Honored Dead]
Leonard M. Anstine · Robert J. Bone · Paul E. Boyer · Robert Bray · Edgar C. Briles · Billy Casey · Harold E. Cooper · Ray N. Daugherty · Bufford Deeds · . . . — — Map (db m57632) WM
Dedicated to the Citizens of
Who Devoted Themselves to the Cause of Freedom
And Served Their Country in the World War
1914 - 1918
Alves Gregory · Ames Alton C. · Angus Andrew H. · Ashley Harrison L. · Avery Harry L. · Bartelt Elmer E. · . . . — — Map (db m158663) WM
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
You are currently standing in the
middle of Rhyolite's Red-Light
District.
Rhyolite was officially surveyed as
a town in February 1905, and a
Board of Trade was organized in
December of that same year.
However, Nye County did . . . — — Map (db m269788) HM
The mural you are viewing was painted by noted mural
artist, Lee Bowerman of Grand Junction, Colorado and
is dedicated to Nevada Mine Safety in remembrance of
the Belmont Mine Fire of February 23, 1911 and the
heroism of cage tender, William . . . — — Map (db m129265) HM
[English] Looking over the quiet recreation fields today, it is hard to believe this riverbank was a bustling, industrial place for more than 100 years. Before railroads and highways, Lake Champlain was an important . . . — — Map (db m268407) HM
In Loving Memory
James Whitcomb Riley
"The Hoosier Poet"
Born in Greenfield Indiana October 7, 1853
Died in Indianapolis, Indiana, July 22, 1916
A friend of "Bill Nye"
A visitor at "Buck Shoals" on the French Broad River near this . . . — — Map (db m81020) HM
The Three Sycamore Trees
were planted on the Ohio River bank by George Nye shortly after the close of WWI, as a memorial for the first three soldiers from Meigs County killed in WWI.
Pvt McKinley (Kinney) Thompson of . . . — — Map (db m178591) HM WM
Side A
In the early 1800s, opposing attitudes existed in the separate communities of Putnam and Zanesville. Anti-slavery New Englanders settled Putnam while pro-slavery Virginians and Kentuckians settled Zanesville. The Emancipation Society . . . — — Map (db m94534) HM
Killed in Action
Gerald N. Austin Gordon Bailey Sgt. John F. Cox
Croix de Guerre [sic on marker]
Nurse Sylvene A. Nye
[Honor Roll of Veterans by community]
That government of the people, by the people,
for the people, shall . . . — — Map (db m120360) WM
Westerly
World War
Memorial
1917 – 1918
( south plaque on the column )
5th Co., C.A.C., R.I.N.G.
Adams, Edmund Adams, Irving R. Arnott, George Asher, Lloyd Barber, Wilfred Bentley, John I. Bernasconi, Peter . . . — — Map (db m69006) WM
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