Major Murry L. Wortham
Shot down: December 30, 1967(Date of presumptive death January 18, 1977)Date of Birth: May 26, 1943F40 Phantom Jet480 Tactical Fighter Squadron ofthe 366 TacticalFighter WingDa Nang Air Base, Vietnam (RVN)
- texas
- vietnam war
- hero
- air force
Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial
San Augustine, TexasFebruary 1, 2003Space Shuttle ColumbiaForever in Our Hearts Ilan Ramon - Payload Specialist 1Laurel Clark - Mission Specialist 4Michael P. Anderson - Payload Commander...
- space
- disaster
- space shuttle
Early Texas Sawmill
One-fourth mile north to site ofEarly Texas SawmillTexas' first million-dollar industry - lumbering - was born to recorded history with the building of two sawmills in 1819. One, located...
- texas
- industry
- lumber
- logging
Mulholland Dam and Hollywood Reservoir
Hollywood ReservoirCapacity 2,500,000,000 Gals.Maximum Depth of Water 183 Ft.Mulholland DamWork started August 1923Dam completed December 1924172,000 cu. yds. of concreteElevation of roadway...
- los angeles
- william mulholland
- hollywood reservoir
- hollywood hills
- hollywood
- dams
- water
- infrastructure
Stephen A. Lewis PH. D.
Basilica of the Immaculate Conception
Begun in 1852 and completed in 1889, this is the fifth Catholic Church in Natchitoches. The first was associated with the French colonial Fort St. Jean Baptiste. Proclaimed a minor basilica...
- louisiana
- catholic
- church
- religion
- natchitoches
The Natchitoches Parish Old Courthouse
The first Natchitoches Parish Courthouse was built on this site about 1828. It was demolished in 1895 to allow for the present historic courthouse, which was built in 1896. The courthouse...
- louisiana
- courthouse
- natchitoches
- politics
Dennic McGee 1893-1989
Among first to record Cajun music, bridging old and new tunes, and dances influenced generations. Pomeroy Legends and Lores #87
- louisiana
- cajun music
- cajun
- zydeco
Remembering the Malbone Street Wreck
In memory of those who lost their lives near this location on November 1, 1918, when a wooden-bodied train carrying an estimated 650 passengers derailed and crashed under Malbone Street....
- brooklyn
- prospect park
- prospect lef...
- flatbush
- malbone street
- subway
- eric adams
- 1918
- 2019