The Battle of the Washita, a major engagement in the Plains Indian War which established the Western expansion of the United States, was fought on this site. Col. George A. Custer's command of 500 troopers from the 7th Cavalry, and a detachment of scouts including the famed Ben Clark and the Osage, Hardrope, destroyed Chief Black Kettle's Cheyenne village here on Nov. 27, 1868.
"On July 4, 1836, here in Mineral Point, Col. Henry Dodge took the oath of office to become the first Governor of the newly-created Territory of Wisconsin. This Territory, previously attached to Michigan, embraced the vast and important area of what is now the states of Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and portions of North and South Dakota.
SITE OF HALFWAY HOUSE STAGE STOP
WYOMING COUNTY
Formed in 1850 from Logan. Named for the Wyoming tribe of Indians. First settler was John Cooke; first permanent settlement, Oceana. County has vast areas of smokeless coal. Among its natural features are Castle and Burning Rocks.
West Virginia Historic commission 1964
WASHINGTON WOMEN WIN THE VOTE
"Here, in February 1909, both Houses of the Washington Legislature authorized a vote by the State's qualified voters to amend the Washington State Constitution to enable women to vote in all elections. Male voters of Washington approved the amendment on November 8, 1910."
WASHINGTON STATE SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN COLONISTSInscription: Longhorns descended from Criollo cattle brought from Spain in 1493 and English longhorn brought by settlers in 1830s. Stock crossbred in the wild to produce hardy cattle with horn spans of 4-7 feet. Herds roamed Texas' open range until end of Civil War when millions were herded north on cattle drives. Goodnight-Loving Trail (1866) crossed Ector, Crane, and Ward Counties headed for Pecos River Horsehead Crossing. Drives ended in 1880s when barbed wire fenced open range land. Longhorns stocked Reed-Curtis Ranch (04 Brand) near Odessa, later owned by Baldridge Cattle Co.
On October 30, 1792 off the point in the Columbia River where the Sandy empties its waters, the boat crew from the H.M.S. Chatham (Vancouver's Voyages) were the first white men to sight the snowclad peak which Lt. Wm. R. Broughton named Mt. Hood in honor of Vice Admiral Samuel Lord Hood of the British Navy. He called the stream Barings River. Later in November 1805 Lewis and Clark called it the Quicksand River.
For over 100 years Etowah Indian Mounds were the Tumlin Mounds. In 1832 Col. Lewis Tumlin came to Cass County (Bartow) and drew the land lot that contained the mounds. Col. Tumlin served as county sheriff from 1834 to 1840. As young soldiers, Gen. William T. Sherman and Col. Tumlin became friends. First visiting the mounds in 1844, Sherman returned in 1864 and spared Col. Tumlin´s home. In 1887, the Tumlins allowed the Smithsonian Institute´s Bureau of American Ethnology to survey and partially explore Mound C under the direction of Dr.
Erected by Vermont Division for Historic Preservation in 2005, the Smugglers Notch historic marker is located near Stowe, Vermont, in Lamoille County on Vermont Route 100.