Strange But True
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMOE_the-lost-orders_Boonsboro-MD.html
No other document of the Civil War has generated so much controversy as Lee's Special Orders No. 191. These "Lost Orders" detailed the movements of Lee's army for the operation against Harpers Ferry. On September 9 Lee sent copies of the order to his subord…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1I6_sand-cave_Cave-City-KY.html
Floyd Collins was first to explore Sand Cave. Fallen rock trapped him in narrow passage 150 ft. from entrance, Jan. 30, 1925. Rescuers reached him with food and heat for short time. Aid cut off by shifting earth closing passage. Engineers sank 55-foot shaft…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2MK_the-rainmakers-of-1891_El-Paso-TX.html
Working on the theory that explosives could cause rainfall because many war battles had been followed by rain, the U.S. Department of Agriculture conducted experiments in rainmaking. During a West Texas drought in 1891 the agency brought the experiment to M…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2P9_capture-of-generals_Cumberland-MD.html
A company of Confederates, young men from Cumberland, Maryland, Hampshire and Hardy Counties, West Virginia, captured several picket posts, obtained the countersign "Bulls Gap," rode into the city, captured two commanding Union Generals, Kelly and Crook, an…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM3J3_tory-tree-site_Delanson-NY.html
During the Revolution a Tory stuck his poplar walking stick in hasty escape from capture by a Continental surprise
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM3M0_legend-of-deadman_Mammoth-Lakes-CA.html
In 1861 the burned and headless body of Robert Hume, a prospector, was found in a shallow grave not far from this site. Later, the head was located in a nearby stream (now known as Deadman Creek). Hume was last seen alive with his partner, Farnsworth, searc…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMK8Q_boll-weevil-monument_Enterprise-AL.html
In profound appreciation of the Boll Weevil and what it has done as the Herald of Prosperity this monument was erected by the Citizens of Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HML6I_grave-of-mason-lee-will-of-mason-lee_Blenheim-SC.html
Marker Front:Mason Lee (1770-1821), a wealthy Pee Dee planter known for his eccentricities, is buried in old Brownsville graveyard two miles south of here. He believed all women were witches and that his kinsmen wished him dead to inherit his property. He f…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMO03_midnight_Fort-Worth-TX.html
A Legend in His Own TimeAs He Is TodayMidnight was born in Canada, the property of Tim McNabb. McNabb's "Door Key" brand was Midnight's mark throughout his life. He bucked on the American Rodeo circuit from 1923 to 1933 at which time he was retired by his o…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMOZN_elvis-presley-fight-scene_Madison-WI.html
On this site, the corner of Hwy 51 and East Washington Avenue around 1 am, on June 24th, 1977, Elvis Presley was riding in the 2nd of two limousines which had stopped for a red light. He was coming from a concert in Des Moines and had just arrived in Madiso…