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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTZX_lincoln-address_Atchison-KS.html
To commemoratean address given near this cornerbyAbraham Lincolnon "The Issues of the Day" thenight of December 2, 1859 Erected October 2, 1917
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTZM_uss-arizona-memorial_Atchison-KS.html
Dedicated to the 1,177 men who gave their lives on the U.S.S. Arizona and all those who have bravely served the United States of America. Billy Edwin Gibson of Atchison County is entombed in the U.S.S. Arizona. Air raid! Pearl Harbor! This i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTZL_atchison-wwi-factory-supported-freedom_Atchison-KS.html
At this site Atchison Leather Products operated a grease factory that filled a vital need to keep the world free. Before World War I the only factory producing a certain grease needed in munitions production and packing was in Italy. With the war …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTZJ_under-a-large-cottonwood_Atchison-KS.html
Near this site the Atchison Town Company was formed in early July of 1854 under a large Cottonwood tree on the river. The Lewis and Clark expedition rested and dined on corn July 4, 1804 near this same spot. This new Cottonwood tree dedicate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTZI_working-men-of-the-railroads_Atchison-KS.html
The backbreaking work building railroads to the West was accomplished by men, like Thomas W. Haverty from Galway, Ireland. Wielding hammers and driving spikes their labor united a country and made Atchison "The Rail Centre of Kansas" beginning wit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTZH_amelia-earhart-historic-district_Atchison-KS.html
Listed on the National Register on Feb. 1, 2002. It reflects the varied architectural tastes of Atchison's early residents. It contains a collection of architecturally significant building types dating from 1860 - 1928.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTZG_frank-howard-house_Atchison-KS.html
This property has beenplaced on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTZE_amelia-earhart-birthplace-museum_Atchison-KS.html
Amelia Earhart was born July 24, 1897in the home of her grandparents,Alfred G. and Amelia Harres Otis.The home was constructed circa 1860. The Birthplace Museum is owned byThe Ninety-Nines, Inc. International Organization of Women Pilots Ame…
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