The Historical Marker Database - New Entries

near Waskish, Minnesota.
Several years of dry weather set the stage for the devastating fire of 1931 Prelude to Disaster The bog's early settlers often set fires to burn trash or to clear land for planting. During dry spells, these fires created . . .

(Disasters) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Manhattan, New York.
For more than 50 years, Italian-born design team Massimo and Lella Vignelli collaborated on iconic, elegant, and minimalist projects, including the graphics, interior, furnishings, and liturgical objects for St. Peter’s . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Butte, Montana.
Butte women never worked in the mines, but their toil above ground shaped the face of the city. Most of the mining city's women were wives and mothers. Immigrant and native-born, they struggled to nurture their families and . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Labor Unions • Charity & Public Work • Women) Includes complete text, location,...

Butte, Montana.
Badger State Mine (1883 - 1966) 4169 feet deep Taking the name of an animal common to the West, the Badger State was a copper-bearing mine. One of the three largest mines owned by the ACM, it was not converted to electric . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Natural Resources) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordi...

Memphis, Tennessee.
Born February 18, 1885, in Hopefield, Arkansas. Tom Lee became a Memphis hero through an extraordinary act of bravery when he rescued 32 people from drowning in the Mississippi River on May 8, 1925. The M.E. Norman steamboat . . .

(Civil Rights • Disasters • African Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GP...