Conical Mound
Conical Mound0 - 400 A.D.This mound was constructed by people of a hunting and gathering culture who met periodically at ceremonial grounds like this one to bury their dead.Madison Landmarks Commission
- mound
- burial
- native
- madison
- yahara
- cherokee
Heritage Oak
In Commemoration of our nation's 200th birthday this "HERITAGE OAK" planted for the pleasure of future generations by Girl Scouts of North Portage
- heritage
- oak
- bicentennial
- girl scouts
- chicago
- portage park
Ralph Clark
RALPH CLARK, MANAGER AMADOR COUNTY FAIR 1978 - 2004 FOR 26 YEARS THE AMADOR COUNTY FAIR ENJOYED RALPH CLARK'S LEADERSHIP AS ITS CEO. HIS COMMITMENT TO THE BETTERMENT OF THE JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW...
The Compassion Bench
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Eddie G. Robinson
Beginning in 1941, Eddie G. Robinson spent fifty- six years as head football coach at Grambling State University. He sent more than 200 players into the pros -four of which have been inducted into...
- louisiana
- african american
- football
Charles P. Adams - "The Founder"
In 1901, the North Louisiana Colored Farmers Relief Association asked the Tuskegee Institute's Booker T. Washington to find a man capable of setting up an agricultural and industrial school in...
- louisiana
- african american
- education
Conrad "Hutch" Hutchinson, Jr - (October 25, 1919 - March 5, 1996)
Conrad Hutchinson Jr. arrived in Grambling in 1952 and had a plan to make the Grambling College Marching Band the "Best Band In the Land". It didn't happen overnight and it certainly wasn't easy,...
- louisiana
- african american
- education
- marching band
- music
Paul "Tank" Younger
Paul "Tank" Younger, a Grambling, Louisiana native, played college football at Grambling State University and was the first player from a historically black university to play...
- louisiana
- african american
- sports
- football
- hbcu
Battle of Calcasieu Pass
Near this spot Confederate soldiers under the command of Col. W.H. Griffin captured the Union gunboats Wave and Granite City in the Battle of Calcasieu Pass, Cameron, Louisiana, on May 6, 1864....
- louisiana
- civil war
- cameron parish
- calcasieu
Ellwood-Craig House (Pompeiian Villa)
Built in 1900 as the winter home of Isaac L. Ellwood (1833-1910), principal developer of barbed wire. Architects G. C. Nimmons and W. K. Fellows, of Chicago, designed the house in a...
- texas
- landmark
- historic home
Sparks Settlement Cemetery
John and Melinda Sparks and their family came to southeast Texas from Tennessee in 1838. They settled on the Jeremiah Mixon headright on Lake Sabine and later set aside land for a family burial...
- texas
- cemetery
In Memory Arthur Stilwell Smith
In MemoryArthur Stilwell SmithFirst BirthFirst DeathIn Port ArthurMay 1896.Sparks Settlement CemeteryErected by Port Arthur Teen Canteen1948
- texas
- cemetery
John Delafose
John Delafose (1939-1994) Born in rural Duralde, John Delafose began playing fiddle as a child, eventually learning harmonica and finally accordion. He is best known for playing...
- louisiana
- music
- zydeco
- opelousas
Amédé Ardoin (1898-1942)
Amédé Ardoin, a Creole accordion player, laid the foundation for modern Creole and Cajun style music. He was known for his high pitched and expressive vocals. Growing up around Eunice and Mamou,...
- louisiana
- zydeco
- music
- cajun
- opelousas
George Henry Hall 'The Pit-Boy Peer' 1881-1965
English 1st Viscount Hall of Cynon Valley From Penrikyber Colliery to the House of Lords. Welsh Yr Is-iarll Hall Cwm Cynon cyntaf O Bwll Glo Penrikyber i Dŷ'r Arglwyddi.
- wales
- government
- viscount