A gigantic map of all the cool plaques in the world. A project of 99% Invisible.

Archer County Discovery Well

(Approximately 13 mi. SE)   M.P. Andrews No. 1, drilled in 1911, reached oil sands at 920 feet. Well first flowed oil, March 1912, at rate of 10 barrels a day.    Production in this shallow...

  • texas
  • archer county
  • archer city
  • oil
  • petroleum

Extinct Town of Anarene

 Landowner Charles E. Graham (1872-1937) in 1908 granted the Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad a route across his property and platted a town at this site. Anarene was named for his wife...

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  • archer county
  • anarene
  • ghost towns
  • last picture show

The Battle of Palo Duro Canyon

September 28, 1874 One of the most significant battles of 1874-75 Indian campaign; columns of troops converging from five directions harassed Indians on the Panhandle Plains for over six months.  ...

  • palo duro canyon
  • ranald mackenzie
  • comanches
  • kiowas
  • native amiercans

The S.P. Hamblen Family

Pioneered at this site, in dugout to the west. S.P. Hamblen (1846-1930) and wife Virginia (1861-1950) settled in Lakeview area (9 mi. S of Claude) in 1889. Hamblen helped establish...

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William E. Schott

Briscoe County pioneer William E. Schott (1870-1941) was born in Ohio and moved to North Texas in 1885. Still legally a minor, he came to this area in 1890 and filed a claim for the first of his...

  • texas
  • briscoe county
  • palo duro canyon
  • william e. schott

Hamblen Drive

Named for William H. Hamblen (1878-1952), who in 1890s pioneered a crude road (about 6 mi. N) into Palo Duro Canyon along old Indian trails. This cut 120 miles off settlers' trips to the...

  • texas
  • brisco county
  • palo duro canyon
  • hamblen
  • highways

Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway

In 1852, years before the nations’s first transcontinental rail line was completed in 1869, the Texas Legislature chartered what would become the Texas & Pacific Railway Company. The Civil...

  • texas
  • palo pinto county
  • parker county
  • mineral wells
  • railroads
  • resorts

The Old JA Ranch

n 1876, veteran Texas cattleman Charles Goodnight entered Palo Duro Canyon by way of an old Comanche Indian trail near here, to establish the first ranch in this area.In 1877, Goodnight...

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  • palo duro canyon
  • charles goodnight
  • cattle
  • ranching

SOUTH BERKELEY SENIOR CITIZENS INC

    Terry and Lenore Doran Memorial Parklet

    TERRY and LENORE DORAN MEMORIAL PARKLET Terry Stephan Doran (1/26/1943-1/1/2012) Father, Educator, Humanitarian. "Nothing is too good for the working man" Lenore Merzon Doran (9/21/1943-2/15/2021)...

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    • doran
    • berkeley

    The Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway (back)

    NOTE: plaque has text front and reverse.Hamilton's second major rail carrier, the Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway, was conceived in response to the merger of the Great Western and Grand...

    • railroads
    • hamilton ontario

    Polo Grounds

    Approximate location of home plate.Home of the New York Giants National Baseball League 1890–1957.World Champions 1904 • 1905 • 1921 • 1922 • 1933 • 1954.The Giants shared this field with the New...

      John W. Whitfield

      Brig. General C.S. ArmyCommanding 2nd BrigadeCav. Div. Johnston's Army-------------------------Major Texas Battalion Nov. 12, 1861Col. 1st Texas Legion April 2, 1862Brig. Gen. C.S. Army May 9, 1863

      • mississippi
      • u.s. civil war

      Hilltop Park

      Dedicated to Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center and the community of Washington Heights by the New York Yankees to mark the exact location of home plate in Hilltop Park, home of the New...

        C.S.S. Arkansas

        In memory of the 23 brave men of the Confederate Ram Arkansas who were killed in action or died of wounds received in battle with the Union fleet above Vicksburg July 15-22 1862.These Army,...

        • mississippi
        • u.s. civil war
        • csn
        • navy
        • boat