Strange But True
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1OTK_the-cleveland-depot_Cleveland-MS.html
Four railroad depots have operated here since Cleveland was incorporated in 1886. The first depot - two Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR cars tied together and parked together on a side track - disappeared when a prankster hooked it to an outgoing train. A tem…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1U17_borasaurus-historical_Lincoln-NH.html
Millions of years ago, the borasaurus roamed this area, It was similar in size to a T-Rex but with a large drill like horn on its head. It was his constant sharpening of this horn that produced such a smooth hole in this granite boulder. This rare example o…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2DON_world-record-for-a-marathon-while-jumping-rope_Quezaltenango-Quetzaltenango.html
. . El Honorable Concejo Municipal de la Ciudad de Quetzaltenango . Dr. Jorge Rolando Barrientos Pellecer . Alcalde Municipal . El Organo de Coordinacion, vecinos y la Comision de Deporte del COCODE de la Colonia Minerva rinden perpetuo reconocimiento a: …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2FWR_the-waterloo-wonders_-.html
The Waterloo Wonders. Waterloo's Historic Wonder Five 1934 and 1935 Class B State Champions—. . Waterloo was home to the legendary Waterloo Wonders. Coach Magellan Hairston and his Wonder Five captured consecutive Ohio state high school Class B baske…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2IEV_the-famous-burning-well-of-colfax_-.html
The Famous Burning Well of Colfax. —. . Visitors to this spot were once greeted with a curious sight, a burning well. In 1899 a driller named L. B. Hart completed an artesian well at 1,103 feet. The water was salty, and it bubbled with gas. Hart stru…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM2K2M_this-is-porcellino_-.html
This is "Porcellino". .