Showing posts with label memorial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label memorial. Show all posts

Monday, December 8, 2025

John J. Pershing Memorial, North Omaha

 On John J. Pershing Drive in north Omaha is the John J. Pershing Memorial, who was the general of the Allied forces in WWI.  It is on the river side just north of Craig.


John J. Pershing
General of the Aries of the United States
This marker commemorates dedication of Pershing Drive
November 11, 1941


Friday, April 30, 2021

Mineral Monument: Kingman

 The Miner's Mineral Monument was constructed by C Russell and is to commemorate all the miners of Mohave County from 1860s on.  It is located next to the train station at Fourth and Andy Devine.  The stones included in the monument include : quartz, travestine, agate, onyx, jasper, petrified wood and obsidian.  Inside there is a box to be opened after fifty years.

There are thousands of local mine, active and inactive.  This is a popular copper area but other minerals have been mined: silver, gold, copper, lead, zinc, turquoise, feldspar, tuff stone, aggregate (gravel/stone) among others.