Marathon, TX In highway cuts toward the east are excellent exposures of almost vertical rocks layers–part of the Ouachita Fold Belt, a northeasterly trending folded and faulted mountainous range which was uplifted about 275 to 290 million years ago. The deformation is comparable in age to the uplift that formed the Appalachian Range of the [ Read More ]
Marathon, TX ‘Highly deformed rocks in the Ouachita Fold Belt, a northeasterly trending range, uplifted about 275 to 290 million years ago. The intricate folding is shown by whitish rock bands–called caballos (the Spanish word for horses)–exposed on both sides of this highway. The Ouachita Fold is comparable in age to the uplift that formed [ Read More ]
San Antonio, TX San Antonio Mutual Aid Association organized Nov. 1862. By Act of Texas Legislature, incorporated 1863. Had store at his site. Its $44,000 capital included $8,000 subscribed by the city for its needy and for families of confederates away in the Civil War. Aim of group was to keep down costs on necessities; [ Read More ]
1601 N. Main St., Temple,TX ‘(January 8, 1886 – October 7, 1970)Texas native George Brindley graduated from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston in 1911, and went to work at the Temple Sanitarium (later Scott & White Hospital). He became a prominent specialist in surgery and cancer treatment and a leader in guiding [ Read More ]
Weston WV 26452. The oldest State institution in West Virginia was authorized by an act of General Assembly of Virginia, March 22, 1858. The War Between the States delayed construction. It was not opened for patients until October 22, 1864. Credit: 1965 by West Virginia Historic Commission.
Terra Alta WV 26764. Established in 1911 by an act of the Legislature as the State Tuberculosis Sanitarium. In 1921, name was changed to the Hopemont Sanitarium and to the Hopemont State Hospital for the chronically ill, aged, and infirm in 1965. Credit: 1975 by West Virginia Department of Archives and History.
Wheeling WV 26003. Oldest hospital in the state, chartered March 12, 1850, thru efforts of Dr. S. P. Hullihen and Bishop R. V. Whelan. In 1853, located at 110, 15th St. by Sisters of Saint Joseph. Moved to this site in 1856. As Union Army hospital during Civil War, Nov. 1864 – July 1865, treated [ Read More ]
47 Auburn Street, Auburn MA 01501. First liquid propellant rocket launched in Auburn Mass. Mar. 16, 1926 by R.H. Goddard This park dedicated to his memory by the Rotary Club of Auburn 1970 Credit: State Of Massachusetts 1970.
1 Bay View Road, Beverly MA 01915. [Bottom (larger) Marker] Hospital Point Light was established in 1871 and marks the deep-water channel to Beverly, Salem, and Marblehead. A smallpox hospital once stood on the hill to the rear, where there is also evidence of ramparts dug during the Revolutionary War. [Top (smaller) Marker] The Colonel [ Read More ]
121 W. Main St., Kingsport TN 37660. This building was constructed in 1915 and housed the City’s first drug store. Some of the first physicians in Kingsport kept their offices and practiced medicine on the second floor. The drug store featured one of the first soda fountains in town to sell Coca-Cola. Later on, the [ Read More ]
