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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10Y8_replica-of-the-statue-of-liberty_Topeka-KS.html
With the faith and courage oftheir forefathers who madepossible the freedom of theseUnited States The Boy Scouts of America dedicate this copy of theStatue of Liberty as a pledgeof everlasting fidelity andloyalty 40th Anniversary Crusade …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY9U_site-of-the-first-state-capitol_Topeka-KS.html
The first major office building in Topeka was erected on this corner in 1857-1858. It was known as the Ritchie Block and in the structure in 1861 the Executive Offices and the Senate Chamber of the new State of Kansas were first established. Fi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY9T_home-of-charles-curtis_Topeka-KS.html
Home of Charles CurtisVice PresidentUnited States 1928-1932 The Charles CurtisHouse - 1878
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY9R_gem-building_Topeka-KS.html
has been placed on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the InteriorNovember 1, 2006and on theRegister ofHistoric Kansas Placesby the State of KansasAugust 26, 2006—————Constructed b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY9O_topeka-high-school-world-war-memorial_Topeka-KS.html
Former students who gave their livesin the World War 1917 - 1918 Victor Blakely · Robert MeltonWilliam Bolinger · Harold OlsonCrosby Deacon · Lyman RiceKenneth Sutherland
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY96_u-s-s-constitution-lower-foreyard_Topeka-KS.html
This flagstaffwas the lower foreyardof theU.S.S. Constitution"Old Ironsides"Launched at Boston October 21-1797 Presented toTopeka High SchoolbyThe United States Navy1930
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX8Z_northeast-kansas-korean-war-memorial_Topeka-KS.html
[Honor Roll of Names by County] The Korean War 1950-1953[Map and Chronology] Freedom's FlagIt is the Soldier, not the Reporter,who has given us Freedom of the Press.It is the Soldier, not the Poet,who has given us Freedom of Speech. It is…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWTD_sioux-quartzite-boulder_Topeka-KS.html
This large boulder was carried to Kansas by a glacier several thousand feet thick about 700,000 years ago during the Pleistocene (Ice) Age. The boulder was plucked from a bedrock source, the nearest located in southeastern South Dakota or northwes…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWT9_mission-kitchen-garden_Topeka-KS.html
In the 1850s most Americans were farmers. They relied heavily on kitchen gardens to feed their families. These plots contained herbs and vegetables used for food, medicine, and dying cloth. Yarrow was used to treat colds and oregano to season meal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWT7_potawatomie-baptist-manual-labor-training-school_Topeka-KS.html
Student farm labor was intended to make this boarding school self-supporting. The building, completed in the spring of 1850, housed approximately ninety Indian children. Eleven years later, the school was closed due to funding failures and the Civ…
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