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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM7AG_the-pony-express_Sacramento-CA.html
This statue commemorates the glory of The Pony Express, which started here at 2:46a.m. on April 4,1860, when Sam Hamilton galloped into a blinding rainstorm on the first lap of the 1,966 mile trip to St. Joseph, Missouri. During its 18-month existence, its …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM7EC_lindberghs-solo-flight_Americus-GA.html
The "Lone Eagle" first flew solo in early May, 1923 from Souther Field. Charles Lindbergh had come to Americus to purchase a surplus aircraft from the World War I training center. He chose a Curtiss JN4 "Jenny." He got the plane with a brand-new OX-5 engine…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM7EJ_jim-thorp_Anadarko-OK.html
1888 - 1953Sac and Fox & part Potawatomi.World's Greatest Athlete, Winner of the Olympic Games at StockholmSweden, 1912.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM7EK_chief-joseph_Anadarko-OK.html
1838 (approx.) 1904Famous in Military and Tacticalskill for his tribe, The Nez Perce.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM7EL_tecumseh_Anadarko-OK.html
A noted warrior / statesman whoconceived a confederation of IndianTribes to stem the flow of whitemigration, revitalize tribal cultureand preserve tribal lands along theMississippi Valley. Killed in the Battle of Thames River, 1813
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM7EM_pontiac_Anadarko-OK.html
Noted Ottawa Chief in Detroitregion. Warrior, orator andorganizer of the Indian Tribes tosave America for the Indian People.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM7GX_donner-party_Truckee-CA.html
Near this spot stood the Breen cabin of the party of emigrants who started for California from Springfield, Illinois, in April 1846, under the leadership of Captain George Donner. Delays occurred and when the party reached this locality, on October 29, the …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM7IC_father-antonio-ubach_San-Diego-CA.html
Antonio Dominic Ubach, passionate advocate for California Native Americans, and defender of Indian rights, ran St. Anthony's Indian School on this site from 1856 to 1891. Father Ubach, created programs to help hundreds of Indian children adapt to an America…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM7ID_don-antonio-aguirre_San-Diego-CA.html
Don Jose Antonio Aguirre built his adobe mansion on this site on or just prior to 1868. Because the Casa de Aguirre was one of the first houses in Old Town, the Aguirre - Antonio, his wife Rosaria and their many children - are considered to be one of San Di…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM7JL_the-confederate-hospital_Mt-Jackson-VA.html
The Confederate Hospital was established at Mount Jackson under the direction of Dr. Andres Russell Meem by order of the Confederate Medical Department in Richmond, Virginia about September 15, 1861. Dr. Meem, a native of the area, was a graduate of Princet…