This plaque explains the stone on the corner of the street, which is chained to the building. The stone was placed to protect the building from being damaged by passing carriages. Legend has it that  devils would play around with these stones at night. people complaind about the noise, and after a priest chased the devils away, the stone was chained to the building. As far back as 1520 this stone was named the "gesloten steen". The building itself was a cigar factory from 1844-1895. Submitted by Danny Kalkhoven.

This plaque idicates the spot where the philosopher Bendedictus de Spinoza was born in 1632. His most important work was Ethica (Ethics). His ideas of freedom of speach, tolerance and democracy are stille relevant today. Next to the plaque is the sculpture and monument dedicated to Spinoza. Submitted by Danny Kalkhoven.

"WE MUST THINK ANEW
AND ACT ANEW"

ABRAHAM LINCOLN
1809-1865
THIS MONUMENT COMMEMORATES THE
SESQUICENTENNIAL OF LINCOLN'S BIRTH
BY THE STATE OF WYOMING IN 1959.

WYOMING STATE PARKS COMMISSION
JACK F. LEWIS, PRESIDENT
HAROLD S. ODDE, DIRECTOR
JAMES A. CHAPMAN
CHARLES M. SMITH
MILWARD L. SIMPSON, GOVERNOR 1955-1959
J.J. HICKEY, GOVERNOR 1959-

CHARLES W. JEFFREY, M.D. RAWLINS-WYO., DONOR
ROBERT I. RUSSIN, SCULPTOR


submitted by JEB John Bradley

"THAT THERE SHOULD BE A
LINCOLN HIGHWAY ACROSS THIS
COUNTRY IS THE IMPORTANT THING."

IN MEMORY OF
HENRY B. JOY THE
FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE
LINCOLN HIGHWAY
ASSOCIATION WHO
SAW REALIZED THE
DREAM OF A CONTINUOUS
IMPROVED HIGHWAY
FROM THE ATLANTIC
TO THE PACIFIC
1938

submitted by JEB John Bradley

IN HONOR OF 
THOSE STURDY PIONEER
MEN AND WOMEN
THAT BUILT
THIS NORTH PARK COUNTRY

(the plaque is in a geographical area named "North Park" in front of
the Jackson County courthouse in the town of Walden, Colorado)

submitted by John Bradley JEB

Woodrow Wilson (Woody) Guthrie (1912-1967) composer of "This Land is your Land," arrived in Los Angeles in 1937 along with thousands of other migrant workers and families from the "Dust Bowl" region. Guthrie hosted a popular radio show on KFVD and became the voice of migrant workers and labor unions. He wrote hundreds of songs and often preformed them at rallies, house parties, and street corners on Main street between 4th and 5th streets. In 1940, Guthrie left Los Angeles for New York where he continued to write songs and as well as advocate for the working man and celebrate the fundamental ideas of America.

Donated by
The Erath Sugar Co.

Erath Sugar Refinery was built in the year 1910.
In the year 1914 the Earth Sugar Company, LTD.
acquired this bell from the Rose Hill refinery
and was used to summon canefield workers.
Dedicated to the Les Travailleuses Club
Bicentennial Year
April 20, 1978

At the 24th annual session of the Sabine Association, Oct. 16, 1871, delegates from the First District petitioned for Letters of Dismission for the purpose of forming the Vernon Baptist Association. Signing for the churches were: Benjamin Franklin and M.H. Stanly for Castor; Elder N.H Bray for Anna Coco; Elder J. Bolton and W.A. Holton for Walnut Hill; elder J.R. O'Banion and J.O Franks for Mt. Vernon and Elder James E. Melton for Comrade, Clementine, Elam, Pleasant Grove and Smyrna. Boundaries of the VBA were the Sabine Association on the north, the Sabine River on the west, the Calcasieu Association on the south and the Red River on the east. VBA's first annual session met with Castor Church Oct. 15, 1872. Elder J.E. Melton's introductory message was from Luke 11:13. On the Sabbath morning Elder Bray brought the missionary message from Romans 10:11-15. Elder Bray was elected Moderator, M..H. Stanly, Clerk and C.D. Collins, Treasurer. Ordained ministers were: Elders Bray, Melton, O'Branion, A.P. Bebee, J. Bolton. B.O. Owens was licentiate. First year membership was 288 with 18 received by baptism. With 295 received by baptism in 2006, the VBA had 12,324 members in 44 churches and had 63 ordained ministers. 3 of the 9 founding churches of 1871 are alive today.