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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y1K_b-24-bomber-crash-memorial-a-war-memorial_Waldo-KS.html
On 22 September 1943 a B-24D "Liberator" bomber srashedinto the hillside approximately four hunder yards west of this site amid inclement weather. That night eleven Army Air Force men lost their lives while in the service of their country. Let thi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XZH_us-flag-raised-over-pawnee-republic-historical_Republic-KS.html
Erected by the State of Kansas
1901
To mark the site of the Pawnee Republic where Lieut. Zebulon M. Pike caused the Spanish flag to be lowered and the flag of the United States to be raised
September 29, 1806
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W4U_wagons-and-coaches-to-trains-and-planes-historical_Overland-Park-KS.html
The heyday of the trails had come and gone by the time William B. Strang Jr. platted out a residential development in this area in 1905. To promote his real estate plans and bring people out from Kansas City, he developed a trolley car railroad, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W4P_voices-from-the-trail-historical_Overland-Park-KS.html
The Santa Fe, Oregon, and California trails proved to be both challenging and exhilarating for the travelers in the caravans passing through this junction along one of the Westport routes. Letters and diaries are filled with adventures and excitem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W4N_two-routes-from-westport-historical_Overland-Park-KS.html
The Santa Fe Trail forked into two routes as it headed south from Westport. Along the routes were campgrounds for trail travelers — to the northeast of the junction was Sapling Grove and the southwest was a campground called Flat Rock or Ind…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W45_opening-the-floodgates-historical_Overland-Park-KS.html
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"from 'Sappling Grove' where there is an excellent fountain spring & a very good place to camp.. The road runs a little round on the high ridge."
The Santa Fe Trail began in 1821 when William Becknell and a small group of men from Frankl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W0G_henry-g-davis-a-war-memorial_Leavenworth-KS.html
Died Nov. 10. 1864 of wounds received at the battle of Big Blue River Oct. 23. 1864.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VKF_mercy-hospital-cross-historical_Fort-Scott-KS.html
Dedicated this day, June 2003
In memory of
John F. Benage, MD
The cross was originally donated by
Dr. and Mrs. Benage
To Mercy Hospital in 1989
"The cross should be a sign of hope and not of despair.
It reminds us that Jesus Christ should…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VKA_wheels-of-progress-historical_Olathe-KS.html
Conceptualized by Heart of America's own Craig Shannon and Mike Whalen, "Wheels of Progress" represents the evolution of transportation depicted by 4 giant wheels. One in stone to symbolize the prehistoric era, one in wood to symbolize the middl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VI4_butterfields-overland-dispatch-historical_Atchison-KS.html
Text on the Front of the marker:
(picture of Concord Coach)
Butterfield's
Overland Dispatch
1865
Text on Reverse of marker:
Butterfield's
Ooverland Dispatch
Established 1865
by
David A. Butterfield
The B.O.D. followed the…