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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLV5_fort-riley_Fort-Riley-KS.html
Here where the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers unite to form the Kansas, Fremont's expedition of 1843 camped and reported great numbers of elk, antelope and Indians. In 1852 the army selected the site for a Western outpost, temporarily called Cam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLUE_purple-heart-trail-in-kansas_Manhattan-KS.html
On 13 May 2003, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, proclaimed the Eisenhower Insterstate Highway System in Kansas, as the "Purple Heart Trail." This trail memorializes those heroic service members who have had the Purple Heart medal bestowed on th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLUD_historical-kansas_Manhattan-KS.html
Seven miles ahead you will drive through the southern edge of Fort Riley, established as Camp Center in 1852. The fort was visited by Horace Greeley, noted editor of the New York Tribune, when he traveled by stagecoach to the Pike's Peak region in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLRS_vieux-cemetery_Wamego-KS.html
Of Pottawatomie Indian and French ancestry, Louis Vieux was an early resident of this area. Probably born near Lake Michigan, Vieux, with a portion of the Pottawatomies, moved to Iowa and later Indianola, Kan., near Topeka. In 1847 or 1848, Vieux …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLRQ_pottawatomie-county_Wamego-KS.html
Dedicated by the women of POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY in honor of those from the county who answered their country's call and to the memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice in the World War, 1914-1918
Louis W. Beard · Walter Blackledge &m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLRO_old-dutch-mill_Wamego-KS.html
Built in 1879 twelve miles north of Wamego by a Dutch immigrant, this old mill was used to grind grain into flour and cornmeal. In 1925 thirty-five team and wagons moved the mill to Wamego. Each stone was taken down numbered and rebuilt exactly as…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKEQ_walker-school_Merriam-KS.html
Site of Former Madam C. J. Walker School. Built about 1860 to House the Black Students of the South Park Area Until 1949.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKB8_melvin-tubby-millar-memorial_Portis-KS.html
In Memory of Melvin "Tubby" MillarAnimator for Looney Tunes Porky Pig cartoons and assistant to Friz Freleng, creator of Porky Pig.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHN4_to-our-hero-dead-in-world-war-ii_De-Soto-KS.html
1941 - 1945(picture of star, wreath, and ribbon)
The people of De Sotopays homage to the memoryof these Valiants who gave the lastfull measure of devotion to their Country
Lawrence W. Cauldwell · Wm. G. Land · Earl H. Turner &m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFXH_stony-point-church-and-cemetery_Lawrence-KS.html
Stony Point Evangelical Lutheran Church was established around 1860 by Joseph Eberhart. Church services were held at Stony Point School until the church building was constructed in 1883. The church was disbanded around 1900. The building was place…