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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YJM_john-days-river_Howe-ID.html
John Day's River
Fur traders named this stream for John Day, a pioneer trapper who died in the valley north of here, Feb. 16, 1820.
John Day had started west with John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Company that discovered Snake River Valley to the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YH1_uss-hawkbill-ssn-666-a-war-memorial_Arco-ID.html
USS Hawkbill (SSN-666)
Class: (Sturgeon Variant) Sturgeon
Built At: Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Keel Laid: 12 September 1966
Launched: 2 April 1969
Christening: Mrs. Bernard F. Roeder
Commissioned: 4 February 1971
First Commanding Officer: C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YFP_mk-14-torpedo-a-war-memorial_Arco-ID.html
Mk 14 Torpedo
Statistics
Length: 20.5 feet
Diameter: 21 inches
Weight: 3300 pounds
Range: 5500 to 9000 yards
Propulsion: Steam Turbine
History
The Mark 14 torpedo was introduced into the navy in 1929. The warhead contained 507 pounds of TN…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YFO_uss-s-27-a-war-memorial_Arco-ID.html
USS S-27
USS S-27 (SS-132) was one of
52 United States Submarines Lost
In World War ll
S-27 was commissioned on 22 January, 1924
under command of Lt. Herbert Jukes
S-27 was lost in the early morning hours of
19 June, 1942 When she ran agrou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YFM_hawkbill-base-a-war-memorial_Arco-ID.html
The United States Submarine Force
Has lost 65 submarines and more
Than 4,027 crewmembers are still on
Final patrol since submarines became
Part of the Naval Service in 1900
It Is Well That They Should Be Remembered
1915 - USS F-4 (SS-23) &…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YFK_arco-veterans-memorial-a-war-memorial_Arco-ID.html
A Memorial To Those Whose
Lives Were Lost In Defense
Of Freedom, By Acts Of War
Or Terrorism; And A Tribute
To The Heroic Actions Of All
Patriotic Americans
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R02_just-down-the-road_Moore-ID.html
The Strangest 75 square miles on the North American continentComment from an early travelerThe landscape before you was explosively created by volcanic eruptions. Cracks in the earth's crust allowed lava to blast, plop, and flow onto the surface t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R01_boy-scout-cave_Arco-ID.html
Look for lava and ice stalactites ("lavacicles" and "icicles") on the ceiling and walls of this lava tube. They were formed by dripping hot lava and melting ice. Born of fire, this cave now retains ice year-round—a cool place to visit on a h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R00_indian-tunnel_Arco-ID.html
Indian Tunnel is named for the mysterious stone circles that lie near the path to this large lava tube. Ancient stone structures are visible in many locations throughout the Monument. Archeologists believe that some of these structures may have ha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IWI_are-we-loving-them-to-death_Arco-ID.html
Walking off trails may be destroying these spatter cones which are some of the rarest volcanic features on the face of the earth.
Photographs taken at different times demonstrate that unrestricted visitor use left these fragile volcanic cones s…