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Wilbur was the first tax assessor in San Bernardino County and one of the early miners of the Holcomb Valley area during it's initial gold rush (1860's). Before he died he asked to be buried by his favorite pond, Wilbur’s Pond, and they did as he asked. The pond is directly across the dirt road from his grave.
The Wildland Firefighters National Monument is an American monument and memorial dedicated to wildland and wildfire firefighters. The monument, which is located on one acre of land, stands on the grounds of the National Interagency Fire Center's (NIFC) headquarters in Boise, Idaho. The monument was dedicated on May 25, 2000.
In 1994, fourteen firefighters were killed ...
Sculptor and painter William E. deGarthe lived in Peggy's Cove. A gallery exhibiting his work is open to the public between May 1 and October 31 each year. Outside the gallery, in the William E. deGarthe Provincial Park, is a carved granite outcropping. This 30 m (100 ft) sculpture was carved by deGarthe as "a lasting monument to Nova Scotian fishermen". It depicts 32...
The William Henry Harrison Tomb State Memorial is the final resting place of William Henry Harrison, the ninth President of the United States, his wife Anna Harrison, and his son John Scott Harrison, the father of the twenty-third President, Benjamin Harrison. It is located on Brower Road off of Miami Avenue in North Bend, Ohio.
On his death on April 4, 1841, after on...
The William Henry Harrison Tomb State Memorial is the final resting place of William Henry Harrison, the ninth President of the United States, his wife Anna Harrison, and his son John Scott Harrison, the father of the twenty-third President, Benjamin Harrison. It is located on Brower Road off of Miami Avenue in North Bend, Ohio.
On his death on April 4, 1841, after on...
William Joseph "Wild Bill" Donovan (January 1, 1883 – February 8, 1959) was an American soldier, lawyer, intelligence officer and diplomat, best known for serving as the head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency, during World War II. He is regarded as the founding father of the CIA, and a statue of him stand...
William Whatman was a member of Captain Cook's crew who died of natural causes whilst the Resolution was anchored in Kealakekua Bay.
The priests allowed Watman to be buried within their sacred heiau. This memorial was erected in 1928 when the Hawaiian Islands were commemorating the 250 anniversary of Cook's visit.
The Wests Last Famous Manhunt. Paiute Native American outlaw Willie Boy, who escapes with his lover, Lola, after killing her father in self defense. According to tribal custom Willie can then claim Lola as his wife. According to the law, Deputy Sheriff Cooper is required to charge him with murder.
Willie Boy and Lola are hunted for several days by a posse led by Coope...
The Will Rogers Memorial Museum is a 19,052-square-foot (1,770 m2) museum in Claremore, Oklahoma that memorializes entertainer Will Rogers. The museum houses artifacts, memorabilia, photographs, and manuscripts pertaining to Rogers' life, and documentaries, speeches, and movies starring Rogers are shown in a theater. Rogers' tomb is located on its 20-acre (8 ha) groun...
Carter G. Woodson, founder of Black History Month, once was a coal miner in nearby Nuttallburg and later taught school in Winona.
Located on Keeneys Creek in the highlands north of the lower New River Gorge, Winona is inhabited, though little is left of the community. The entire site of present-day Winona was owned by Robert M. Holliday, Sr., farmer and pioneer settl...
The Waterloo Bay massacre, also known as the Elliston massacre, was a clash between European settlers and Aboriginal Australians that took place on the cliffs of Waterloo Bay near Elliston, South Australia, in late May 1849. Part of the Australian frontier wars, the most recent scholarship indicates that it is likely that it resulted in the deaths of tens or scores of...
The Battle of Wireless Ridge was an engagement of the Falklands War which took place on the night from 13 to 14 June 1982, between British and Argentine forces during the advance towards the Argentine-occupied capital of the Falkland Islands, Port Stanley.
Wireless Ridge was one of seven strategic hills within five miles of Stanley that had to be taken in order for th...
The Wisconsin State Memorial is located on Union Avenue at milepost 2.9 of the park tour road. It was constructed from Winnsboro, SC, granite and stands 122 feet in height. A bronze statue of "Old Abe" the war eagle, mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry, sits atop the monument. It was erected at a cost of $90,644 and dedicated on May 22, 1911. The memorial features br...
The WNC Veterans Memorial in Asheville, North Carolina, is located in Pack Square Park. The memorial features six tall granite pylons displaying bronze service plaques representing the military branches. Additionally, it includes a wall dedicated to the 164 Western North Carolina veterans who died in Vietnam.
A memorial to the beloved brown bear that served in the Polish army during World War II. Wojtek (1942–1963) was a Syrian brown bear (Ursus arctos syriacus) bought, as a young cub, at a railway station in Hamadan, Iran, by Polish II Corps soldiers who had been evacuated from the Soviet Union. In order to provide for his rations and transportation, he was eventual...
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