Batesville, Arkansas Waymarks

We visited Batesville, Arkansas back on the 14th of April, 2015.  I ended up taking 203 pictures for the day and I have posted 102 waymarks.  I am awaiting paperwork on the National Armory National Register Application from the National Park Service.  This will add an additional 4 waymarks.  I did get to post my first featured waymark with waymarking.com - exciting stuff!

John Yancey's Woodman marker - 

this is the featured marker and one of the finest Woodman 

markers I have ever found!

The County Offices and Library that

used to be a Federal Courthouse.

An example of an Art Deco courthouse

Independence County Courthouse

The headstone of William Johnson in the 

Pioneer Cemetery near downtown Batesville.

Return to Mountain Home

Back for Round Two in Mountain Home, Arkansas.  We had such a good time around here last year that we thought we'd come back.  Saturday was a stop to MountainWoods place.  He is another waymarker I have been corresponding with for a bit.  We had a great visit.  I was able to pick up a cache and a waymark at his place.  Sunday was a late start, but we picked up another geocache and seven waymarks.

A Pileated Woodpecker that showed up outside MountainWoods window.  

This is only the third Pileated I've seen.

MountainWoods (Warren Swan) collecting a visit

on my waymarking sticker.

A dogwood flower near the lower Oakland Cemetery

near Mountain Home, Arkansas.

A history lesson at the Hart Cemetery.

My first Fish Hatchery Waymark post - WhooHoo!

I adore ya', Eudora.

Finally been able to get out and get new pictures - working on the batch from Pleasant Hill, Mo from last month (details to come).  This was from my birthday last Sunday to Eudora, Ks.  I found two geocaches, got bored, and then went waymarking...  I took 28 pictures of the downtown area - they translated to 21 new waymarks - not a bad ratio...  Most were Kansas Historical Markers, but four of my favorite buildings were:

Masonic Building

A very nice example of late 19th century architecture.

IOOF building

Unusual in that these buildings are usually three stories, not two.

This rather plain building - :) - was a bank

in the 1920's and 30's.

Another former bank - one can definitely tell

by the architeture.

Another Day of Pictures cleared!!!!

38 Posts and 12 Visits is the final tally from the 31 pictures taken on 10/8/2014.  Not bad considering it was a travel day from Gulf Shores and I also was geocaching at the same time.

20th Wisconsin Monument

Ameristar Casino (I miss Top o' the River 

Catfish House that used to be here) and the old Truss Bridge

Bust of General Francis J Herron - he was a Medal of Honor

recipient from the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas.

October 10,2014

Kansas is COLD in January - thank goodness for Lots of backlogged pictures from vacations!  This is from the last full day in Vicksburg last October...  94 Visits and 107 Posts with 185 pictures.  Not bad for one day of exploring!   A few of my favorite pictures:

States Rights Gist

Gotta love a man who was named "States Rights"

Okay, on this one I lied - this is the Kansas Memorial

this is the FUGLIEST Memorial on the Vicksburg Battlefield.

As a Kansan, I'm really embarrassed on this one!

General Lloyd Tilghman Memorial

This is the most moving Memorial on the Battlefield -

he was killed at Champion Hill before the Siege.

Not really a waymark photo, but who can resist

a photo of the sunset, Old Man River, and barge traffic going up river!

Stats for 2014

I have had a REALLY great waymarking 2014.  I was able to post 886 waymark in 13 states (South Carolina was from pictures from the previous year).  This represents 132 different categories.

The Top 5 were:
National Register Contributing Buildings - 312
Dated Buildings - 64
US National Register - 44
Smithsonian Art - 28
Converted Bank Buildings - 23

My top state was Missouri (must've decided to reenact REAL Jayhawking).  I posted 459 waymarks in the Show-Me state in 82 different categories:

Top 5:
Contributing Buildings - 194
Dated Buildings - 38
US National Register - 23
Mausoleums - 18
Missouri Historic Markers - 14

The rest of the states in Alpha order

Alabama - 1 waymark in Municipal flags

Arkansas - 123 waymarks in 47 categories
Top 5:
Contributing Buildings - 25
Arkansas Historic Markers - 12
US National Register - 11
Dated Buildings - 10
Courthouses - 5

Georgia -19 waymarks in 4 Categories
Contributing Buildings - 12
Specific Veterans - 4
Civil War Monuments - 3
Non Specific Veterans - 2

Illinois - 1 waymark in Photo Cutouts (me pictured as SUPERMAN!!)

Iowa - 33 waymarks in 20 waymarks only 4 categories have more than 1 waymark:
Dated Buildings - 10
Non Specific Veterans -3
Masonic Temples -2
US National Register -2

Kansas - 161 waymarks in 49 categories:
Top 5:
Contributing Buildings - 61
Smithsonian Art - 9
Converted Bank Buildings - 7
US National Register - 7
Dated Buildings - 6

Kentucky - 3 waymarks in 3 categories - Converted Bank Buildings, US Benchmarks, US Post Offices

Mississippi - 67 waymarks in 10 categories:
Top 4:
Contributing Buildings - 20
Specific Veterans - 14
Civil War Monuments - 10
Smithsonian Art - 10

Nebraska - 2 waymarks in 2 categories - Nebraska Historic Markers and Zinc Headstones

Oklahoma - 2 waymarks in 2 categories - Woodmen Headstones and Worldwide Cemeteries

 Tennessee - 6 waymarks in 6 categories - Civil War Monument, Barber Pole, Figurative Sculpture, Humerous Combo Businesses, Obelisk, Smithsonian Art

South Carolina - ( waymarks in 6 categories - American Guide - 4, Superlatives, This Old Church, US National Register, Wikipedia, WPA Projects