Historical Markers -- Markeroni

[blars]

http://markeroni.com/ is a web site for people who like to find historical markers.  It is run by Linda, who was at the winter RTR gatherings.  While I look at some of the ones I go by, "snarfing" them for the site isn't my thing.

 

[highdesertranger]

i like to stop at some markers when i can.  once when traveling the back roads of nevada came across a good one.  it stated  "at this site in 1873 not a dam thing happened".  it still makes me laugh to this day.  highdesertranger

 

[josephusminimus]

Spending a little time at those markers to allow the gestalt soak in can be a lot of fun.&nbsp; Considering how the local population might be remembering and responding to a particular piece of local history.&nbsp; There's a marker out in the Texas panhandle where Ranald MacKenzie killed all the Comanche horses so's to put the Quahadi afoot and march them up to Oklahoma actually still gets some local recognition.<br /><br />But the possibilities are out there for most historical markers.&nbsp; For Instance:<br /><br /><img rel="lightbox" src="http://sofarfromheavendotcom.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/1twville-isaac-koontz.jpg?w=500&amp;h=958" class="bbc_img" /><br /><br /><p>Every year in TimeWarpVille on Christmas day a posse of local horsemen armed with modern weaponry meets at this spot, where they display their determination to never forget Isaac Koontz.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /><br /><img rel="lightbox" src="http://sofarfromheavendotcom.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/2-twville-isaac-koontz.jpg?w=500&amp;h=392" class="bbc_img" /><br />&nbsp;</p><p>After passing around all the new firearms they got for Christmas they somberly climb these stairs to the now-somewhat-neglected shrine.<br /><br /><img rel="lightbox" src="http://sofarfromheavendotcom.files....e-forgetting-isaac-koontz.jpg?w=500&amp;h=375" class="bbc_img" /><br /><br /></p><p>Surrounding the shrine, they kneel and remove their hats, whispering among themselves what a fine lad Isaac must have been, though none have a distinct recollection of him.</p><p>After five carefully timed minutes they descend the staircase, mount up and the elected leader shouts, &ldquo;<em><strong>Forwarrrrrd, HO</strong></em>!&rdquo;&nbsp; Waving a Texas flag, he motions forward.&nbsp;&ldquo;<em><strong>Let&rsquo;s KILL us some INDIANS bo</strong><strong>ys!&rdquo;&nbsp; <br /><br /><img rel="lightbox" src="http://sofarfromheavendotcom.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/4-twville-forgetting-isaac-koontz.jpg" class="bbc_img" /><br /><br /></strong></em></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>They ride to the top of the hill behind the monument searching for Comanche spying on the highway and the monument.</p><p>Finding no hostiles there they gaze respectfully down at the monument, pass around their hip flasks, swallow solemnly, and descend the hill.&nbsp; Usually no shots are fired.</p><p>As they load their horses into their stock trailers they ask how Aunt Tillie&rsquo;s doing, order one another to have a merry Christmas and happy new year, gun their engines and return to their families, better men for having remembered something they didn&rsquo;t experience and someone they never knew.</p><p><br />Their lives more secure in the knowledge the Comanche haven&rsquo;t killed anyone around TimeWarpVille in recent centuries&nbsp;thanks to their vigilance.</p>

 

[josephusminimus]

Driving east on the Interstate from Santa Fe, Exit at Glorietta and cross the freeway driving past the Glorietta Baptist Academy.&nbsp; You'll pass the unmarked and ignored main Glorietta battle ground and abandoned adobe Pigeon Ranch house where the main battle and hottest fighting happened before the Union retreat.&nbsp; A mile or so further on you'll see a house on the left, just beyond it nearer the road in front of a rock outcropping you'll see a historical marker erected by the Texas Daughters of the Confederacy during the 1930s.<br /><br />Behind the marker the stone is cratered and pocked with all that remains of the last stand the Union troops made before retreating to Pecos.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the Colorado Volunteers were burning the Texan supply train behind them, forcing them to begin the long march back down the Rio Grande to Texas.

 

[josephusminimus]

This probably qualifies as a historical marker of sorts<br /><br /><img rel="lightbox" src="http://sofarfromheavendotcom.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/1-junction-pagan-shrine.jpg?w=500&amp;h=790" class="bbc_img" />