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Cairo Illinois or Mound City, Illinois or Kentucky. The marker reads: The Prince of the French Explorers--Commissioned by Louis XIV of France the Sieur Robert De La Salle, sweeping down the Mississippi with his Flotilla of canoes stopped in 1882 at this place. In his quest for the mouth of the Mississippi and an outlet for the French fur trade. This river called Ohio by the Iroquois and Quabache (Wabash) by the Algonquins was proclaimed by La Salle on April 9, 1882 to be the Northern watershed of the New Province of Louisiana of the French Colonial Empire.

31417. Prince of the French Explorers Historic Marker

IDNO:
031419
Title:
Prince of the French Explorers Historic Marker
Date:
1950
Description:
Cairo Illinois or Mound City, Illinois or Kentucky. The marker reads: The Prince of the French Explorers--Commissioned by Louis XIV of France the Sieur Robert De La Salle, sweeping down the Mississippi with his Flotilla of canoes stopped in 1882 at this place. In his quest for the mouth of the Mississippi and an outlet for the French fur trade. This river called Ohio by the Iroquois and Quabache (Wabash) by the Algonquins was proclaimed by La Salle on April 9, 1882 to be the Northern watershed of the New Province of Louisiana of the French Colonial Empire.
The historic marker reads: Kingwood--Named for grove of big trees. Southeast is Dunkard Bottom settled by Thomas Eckarly 1754. Near by during Indian raids in 1778 and 1788. Many settlers were killed Martin Wetzel and William Morgan, noted frontier scouts, had narrow escapes.

31418. Kingwood, W. Va. Historic Marker

IDNO:
031420
Title:
Kingwood, W. Va. Historic Marker
Date:
1951
Description:
The historic marker reads: Kingwood--Named for grove of big trees. Southeast is Dunkard Bottom settled by Thomas Eckarly 1754. Near by during Indian raids in 1778 and 1788. Many settlers were killed Martin Wetzel and William Morgan, noted frontier scouts, had narrow escapes.
Exterior photo of the Friendship Hill meadow, now a golf course.

31419. Friendship Hill Meadow

IDNO:
031421
Title:
Friendship Hill Meadow
Description:
Exterior photo of the Friendship Hill meadow, now a golf course.
Prickett's Fort historic marker stands on State Route 73 between Morgantown and Fairmont, W. Va. The marker reads: Prickett's Fort--To be north stood the fort built 1774 by Jacob Prickett. In 1777 Capt. William Haymond commanded a militia company here which guarded Monongahela Valley. In Prickett Cemetery are graves of Col. Zackquill Morgan and other pioneers.

31420. Prickett's Fort Historic Marker, W. Va.

IDNO:
031422
Title:
Prickett's Fort Historic Marker, W. Va.
Date:
1951
Description:
Prickett's Fort historic marker stands on State Route 73 between Morgantown and Fairmont, W. Va. The marker reads: Prickett's Fort--To be north stood the fort built 1774 by Jacob Prickett. In 1777 Capt. William Haymond commanded a militia company here which guarded Monongahela Valley. In Prickett Cemetery are graves of Col. Zackquill Morgan and other pioneers.
Boone County Marker stands on the US Route 119. The marker reads: Boone County--Formed in 1847 from Cabell, Kanawha and Logan. Named for Daniel Boone noted hunter and explorer whose home was in the Great Kanawha Valley from 1788 to 1795. In 1791 he was a member of the Virginia Assembly from Kanawha county.

31421. Boone County Marker on US Route 119, W. Va.

IDNO:
031423
Title:
Boone County Marker on US Route 119, W. Va.
Date:
1951
Description:
Boone County Marker stands on the US Route 119. The marker reads: Boone County--Formed in 1847 from Cabell, Kanawha and Logan. Named for Daniel Boone noted hunter and explorer whose home was in the Great Kanawha Valley from 1788 to 1795. In 1791 he was a member of the Virginia Assembly from Kanawha county.
The marker of Rollins College, Florida's oldest institution of higher education.

31422. Rollins College, Florida Historic Marker

IDNO:
031424
Title:
Rollins College, Florida Historic Marker
Date:
1952/01/22
Description:
The marker of Rollins College, Florida's oldest institution of higher education.
The historic marker of Lebanon, Missouri.

31423. Lebanon, Missouri Historic Marker

IDNO:
031425
Title:
Lebanon, Missouri Historic Marker
Date:
1956/06
Description:
The historic marker of Lebanon, Missouri.
The historic marker of Carnifex Ferry reads: Scene of battle, Sept. 10 1861 between Federal army of Gen. W. S. Rosecrans and Confederate army of Gen. John B. Floyd. This engagement followed defeat of Federal troops at Cross Lanes, Aug. 28, 1861. State acquired title to site, Oct. 29, 1935.

31424. Carnifex Ferry Historic Marker

IDNO:
031426
Title:
Carnifex Ferry Historic Marker
Description:
The historic marker of Carnifex Ferry reads: Scene of battle, Sept. 10 1861 between Federal army of Gen. W. S. Rosecrans and Confederate army of Gen. John B. Floyd. This engagement followed defeat of Federal troops at Cross Lanes, Aug. 28, 1861. State acquired title to site, Oct. 29, 1935.

31425. Unidentified Priest

IDNO:
031427
Title:
Unidentified Priest
Date:
1958/07/08

31426. Unidentified Male

IDNO:
031428
Title:
Unidentified Male

31427. Group Portrait of Military Men and Women in front of School of Medicine

IDNO:
031429
Title:
Group Portrait of Military Men and Women in front of School of Medicine
Date:
1944/05

31428. Unidentified Male

IDNO:
031430
Title:
Unidentified Male