The Historical Marker Database - New Entries

Bourbonnais, Illinois.
By late summer in 1838, the last of the Potawatomi left the valley of the Kankakee for their home west of the Mississippi. However, Chef Shawannassee did not leave this "Wonderful Land" (Ti-yar-ack-nauk) he lived in for so . . .

(Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Parks &...

Lewiston, New York.
This site on the western side of the newer cemetery was known as Oakwood for the oak trees lining its border. Formally a hay field next to the original cemetery and was purchased in 1875. Here lies early settlers that were . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bourbonnais, Illinois.
The Wayne Michael Hayes Freedom Garden is dedicated to the memory and honor of First Lieutenant Wayne Michael Hayes who gave his life for his country on July 6, 1967, in Quang Tri, Vietnam. He was a 1965 graduate of Olivet . . .

(Education • War, Vietnam • Horticulture & Forestry) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photo...

Bourbonnais, Illinois.
In memory and in honor of the local veterans and current members of the Armed Forces of the United States of America

(Military) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bourbonnais, Illinois.
The Donald H. and Faith N. Bell West Campus represents an investment in the future. In years to come this section of the Olivet Nazarene University campus will be the setting for the next chapter of Olivet's growth and . . .

(Religion & Religious Structures • Education • Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, di...