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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, Carroll County, Eureka Springs — The Springs — |
| 10 ► California, Del Norte County, Klamath — Captain Courageous — 1963 - 1983 — |
| 11 ► California, Inyo County, Death Valley National Park — The Racetrack Playa — Death Valley National Park — |
| 12 ► California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, Hollywood — 40 — C.E. Toberman Co. Building — Hollywood Historic Site — 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, Jefferson County, Golden — Bridge Load Ordinance Background — |
| 20 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Foggy Bottom — GW's River Horse — [Lisner Auditorium] — |
| 21 ► Florida, Pasco County, Land O' Lakes — Ehren Community — |
| 22 ► Florida, St. Johns County, St. Augustine, Historic District — Robert L. Ripley — |
| 23 ► Georgia, Colquitt County, Moultrie — Magnolia Tree — Circa 1845 — |
| 24 ► Georgia, Crisp County, Cordele — Titan I Missile — |
| 25 ► Georgia, Early County, Blakely — Early County Peanut Monument — |
| 26 ► Georgia, Gwinnett County, Lawrenceville — 2 — Goats on the Square — |
| 27 ► Georgia, Gwinnett County, Lawrenceville — 6 — The Banished Bank — |
| 28 ► Georgia, Gwinnett County, Lawrenceville — 7 — The Cotton Bag Wedding — |
| 29 ► Georgia, Gwinnett County, Lawrenceville — 3 — The Whacking Cane — |
| 30 ► Georgia, Gwinnett County, Lawrenceville — 8 — Tipsy Mules & Horses — |
| 31 ► Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Lincoln Park — Hidden Truths — The Chicago City Cemetery and Lincoln Park, Then and Now — |
| 32 ► Indiana, Ohio County, Rising Sun, Randolph Township — Pilotless Plane — |
| 33 ► Iowa, Des Moines County, Burlington — Snake Alley — |
| 34 ► Iowa, Sac County, Odebolt — Odebolt • Popcorn Capital of the World — |
| 35 ► Kentucky, Edmonson County, Cave City — 1385 — Sand Cave — |
| 36 ► Kentucky, Fleming County, Plummers Landing — 1411 — Stockton Grave — |
| 37 ► Kentucky, Jefferson County, Middletown — Joseph Abell House — |
| 38 ► Louisiana, Grant Parish, Colfax — The Famous Burning Well of Colfax — |
| 39 ► Maryland, Allegany County, Cumberland — Capture of Generals — Capture of Generals B.F. Kelly and George Crook — Nights, February 21–22, 1865 — |
| 40 ► Maryland, Baltimore, University of Maryland — Believe it or Not — |
| 41 ► Maryland, Washington County, Boonsboro — The Lost Orders — |
| 42 ► Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Cambridge, Area 2/MIT — The Smoot — |
| 43 ► Michigan, Charlevoix County, Charlevoix — Charlevoix's World's Largest Cherry Pie — |
| 44 ► Mississippi, Bolivar County, Cleveland — The Cleveland Depot — |
| 45 ► Mississippi, Jackson County, Pascagoula — Pascagoula UFO 1973 — |
| 46 ► Missouri, Cape Girardeau County, Cape Girardeau — Filburn & Sloan Commission House — Old Town Cape — |
| 47 ► Missouri, Howard County, Glasgow, Chariton Township — The Minnie — Site of the Old Ferry Landing — |
| 48 ► New Hampshire, Grafton County, Lincoln — Borasaurus — (Granitus Holus) — |
| 49 ► New Jersey, Mercer County, West Windsor Township, Princeton Junction — Martian Landing Site — |
| 50 ► New York, Warren County, Queensbury — This is "Porcellino" — |
| 51 ► North Carolina, Guilford County, Jamestown — 153 — Lydia's Bridge — Legends & Lore — |
| 52 ► North Carolina, Henderson County, Laurel Park — The Legend of Jump Off Rock — |
| 53 ► North Dakota, Barnes County, Valley City — High Above the Sheyenne — High Line Bridge — |
| 54 ► North Dakota, Cass County, Fargo, Downtown — Black Building & Fargo Theatre — |
| 55 ► Ohio, Lake County, Mentor — Mentor Lagoons Water Trail — |
| 56 ► Ohio, Lawrence County, Waterloo — 2-44 — The Waterloo Wonders — Waterloo’s Historic Wonder Five 1934 and 1935 Class B State Champions — |
| 57 ► Ohio, Perry County, New Straitsville — 12-64 — World’s Greatest Mine Fire — |
| 58 ► 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 — |
| 59 ► Ohio, Scioto County, Friendship — Ohio's Biggest Yellow Buckeye — (Aesculus flava) — Ohio Byway • Scenic Scioto Heritage Trail — |
| 60 ► South Carolina, Marlboro County, Blenheim — 35-21 — Grave of Mason Lee / Will of Mason Lee — |
| 61 ► Tennessee, Marion County, Monteagle — RyeMabee 1930 — Marion County, Tennessee — |
| 62 ► Texas, El Paso County, El Paso — 5407 — The Rainmakers of 1891 — |
| 63 ► Texas, McLennan County, West — 5315 — The Crash at Crush — (0.5 Mi. E) — |
| 64 ► Texas, Navarro County, Corsicana — Magnolia Cannon — |
| 65 ► Texas, Tarrant County, Fort Worth, Cultural District — Midnight — 1910 - 1936 — "World's Greatest Bucking Horse" — |
| 66 ► Vermont, Windsor County, Cavendish — The Gage Accident — 1848 — Cavendish — |
| 67 ► Virginia, Hampton, Fort Monroe — The Legend Of The Oozlefinch — |
| 68 ► Virginia, Norton — Resolution Declaring a Sasquatch / Bigfoot Sanctuary — |
| 69 ► Virginia, Wythe County, Austinville — The New River — |
| 70 ► West Virginia, Greenbrier County, Smoot — Greenbrier Ghost — |
| 71 ► Wisconsin, Dane County, Madison — Elvis Presley Fight Scene — |
| 72 ► Wisconsin, Grant County, Cuba City — Railroad Track Width — |
| 73 ► Alberta, Wheatland County, Gleichen — Gleichen's Count Albert Gleichen — 1863-1937 — |
| 74 ► Manitoba, Winnipeg, Exchange District — Union Bank Building — 1904 — Historic Winnipeg — |
| 75 ► Québec, Bécancour, Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent — La Roche à Mailhot / Mailhot's Stone — |
| 76 ► Québec, Communauté-Urbaine-de-Québec, Québec, Haute-Ville — Hommage à Pierre et Gabriel LeMieux — 1643 • 1983 — |
| 77 ► Guatemala, Quetzaltenango — World Record for a Marathon While Jumping Rope — |
| 78 ► Malaysia, Perak, Teluk Intan, Taman Melor — Elephant Memorial — |