On September 11, 2001, the United States of America fell victim to terrorists who hijacked four airplanes. United Flight 93 is the only plane that did not hit its intended target, the United States Capitol. Forty ordinary people sacrificed their lives when they supposedly overtook the four hijackers aboard United Airlines Flight 93. At 8:42 a.m., the 33 passengers and seven crew members departed from Newark as they began their flight to San Francisco. Sadly, these people had no idea that they only had 81 minutes to live before becoming victims of the worst act of terrorism in American history. During these 81 minutes, the forty passengers supposedly rallied together and prevented the plane from crashing into the United States Capitol. United Flight 93 was one of four planes hijacked by Al-Qaida affiliated terrorists. Unlike the other three hijacked planes, Flight 93 did not hit its intended target. The passengers on this flight had access to internet-connected devices and Airfones, so they learned about the fate of the passengers who were on the planes that struck the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Realizing that they would encounter the same fate, the passengers united and decided to take matters into their own hands. From telephone conversations and cockpit recordings, it is evident that the passengers attempted to overtake the plane using the limited resources at their disposal. One of these important resources was boiling water. Sandy Bradshaw, a flight attendant, informed her husband during a phone call that she was going to boil water to throw at the hijackers. In his final conversation with wife, passenger Jeremy Glick, explained that many of the men on the flight were larger than the hijackers. For this reason, Glick believed that the passengers had the physical strength to overpower the hijackers. Additionally, passenger Todd Beamer tried to make several calls to his wife, but he kept getting the answering machine. In desperation, Todd dialed “0” and reached an operator. Todd prayed with this operator, and then he informed her that the passengers were not going to go down without a fight. The operator said that she heard Todd tell the other passengers, “Let’s roll.” Then, the phone went dead. Traveling at 563 miles per hour, Flight 93 crashed in a field outside of Stoystown, Pennsylvania several minutes later at 10:03 a.m. Since the passengers exhibited exemplary heroism, efforts to develop an official memorial became a top priority for Americans. In the meantime, local residents erected a chicken wire fence on a quiet hillside that overlooked the crash site. This temporary yet powerful memorial in the middle of rural Pennsylvania attracted people from all across the globe who came to pay their respects. This temporary memorial remained for ten years until the National Parks Service completed the first phase of the official United Flight 93 Memorial on September 10, 2011. In 2002, Congress passed the Flight 93 National Memorial Act and allocated $50,000,000 for the construction of the memorial. In 2005, Paul and Milena Murdoch won the international design competition judged by government officials, community members, and the victims’ families. Their design completely transformed the field from an abandoned coalmine to a serene memorial park. The most iconic element of the Murdoch’s design is the memorial wall, which includes a marble slate for each passenger. There is a light at the base of each marble slate, which illuminates the names at night and symbolizes that light can persist even in the darkest times. This memorial provides a quiet place to honor the heroes of Flight 93. The memorial wall located near the crash site lists the names of the victims. If you are interested in learning more about the victims, please read the captions next to the pictures below this paragraph. The pictures are in the same order as the names appear on the memorial wall.

This location was Dave's Sundries then it turned into Birdwell's Restaurant in 1967. These restaurants served the local community with great food. Now, it is a dojo where martial arts classes are held. This building is still owed by the Birdwell family and is being rented. This is site with interesting history.

First and oldest cemetery in the Barboursville area.

Home to Civil Rights activist Daisy Bates (1914-1999), the Daisy Bates House is a National Historical Landmark for its role in the Civil Rights Movement and the Little Rock Central High School desegregation crisis of 1957-1958. Along with her husband, Daisy Bates assisted in the efforts for desegregation, opening her home to be a safe haven for the nine students involved. The Central High School desegregation crisis was “the first time a President used federal powers to uphold and implement a federal court decision regarding school desegregation” (“Daisy Bates House”). The house became the central headquarters, pick up, and drop off locations for the Little Rock Nine, the nine African American students whose goal was to desegregate the school, which lead to the home becoming a frequent target for damage and violence from supporters of segrigation. However, the strength of Bates and the Little Rock Nine sent a message to South: desegrigtaion was happening and Jim Crow laws were coming to an end and no longer would be tolerated.

On Christmas day of 1809, Dr. Ephraim McDowell became the first physician in the world to perform an ovariectomy when he removed a 22 and a half pound ovarian tumor- without the use of anesthetic or antisepsis. His patient, Mrs. Crawford made an uncomplicated recovery. She returned to her home 25 days later and went on to live another 32 years. This surgery led the way for other types of abdominal surgeries previously considered to be impossible- including bladder stone removals. One of his many patients for this type of surgery was none other than the 11th President of the United States- James Knox Polk.

Opened in 1881 on the day after Christmas, the Bird Cage Theatre was originally intended by its owners to be a family-friendly entertainment establishment. However, the heavily male demographics of Tombstone's mining community led to the Bird Cage becoming known as the "wildest, wickedest night spot" in the West. A reported 26 people were killed in shootouts at the Bird Cage, with 140 bullet holes littering the walls. The theatre was also known for its prostitution and gambling. The longest poker game in history- lasting 8 years- was played in the theatre's basement. The Bird Cage Theatre closed in 1889 after the silver mines shut down. When the building was purchased in 1934, the new owners found that everything was left exactly as it had been in the 1880's. Today, the Bird Cage Theatre operates as a museum, tourist attraction, and favorite destination for paranormal investigators.

The Mapparium is a three storey tall globe made of colorful stained glass. The globe was made in 1935 and features the entire map of the world made up of colorful glass panels. The original architect, Chester Lindsay Churchill wanted the glass panels to be replaceable, but despite ongoing debate the map still represents the world as it was in 1935. A glass walkway cuts straight through the diameter of the globe, allowing visitors to look at the earth’s continents from the inside out. As a result, the Mapparium is the only place in the world where one can observe the earth’s layout without distortion.

Pulse Night club was a popular gay bar, night club, and dance club in the Orlando Area. It opened in 2004 and was a hot spot for LGBTQ citizens in the Orlando to visit and a place in which they felt comfortable to be themselves. The club’s founder, Barbara Poma, named the club in honor of her brother who died of AIDS in 1991 she said it was named for “John’s pulse to live on.”

Part of the Mississippi Blues Trail, this historical marker shares the story of Robert Johnson who was born around Hazelhurst in either 1911 or 1912. Johnson's personal life is shrouded in mystery partly owing to the lack of records of his birth along with the shortness of his life. Johnson was a traveling musician in the Great Depression, and his work might have died with him had it not been for two recordings made in the two years preceding his death in 1938. Thanks to those recordings, musicians of the era heard some of his songs like Sweet Home Chicago, Cross Roads Blues, and Dust My Broom. Johnson's unique sound would influence other Delta Blues musicians like Muddy Waters, and several recording artists and talent scouts tried to find Johnson after hearing those recordings only to discover that he had passed away. Folk tales suggest that Johnson made a Faustian deal with the devil at a mysterious intersection known only as the "crossroads." According to this story, the devil agreed to tune Johnson's guitar which made the previously unknown musician the greatest in the world, a story that only grew owing to the fact that Johnson was not alive to deny or corroborate the story. From Eric Clapton to BB King, Robert Johnson is cited as an influence. Just as the details of his birth are unknown, there are several places that might be his gravesite, and over a dozen places sited as the location of the legendary "crossroads."

This historical marker honors Chester Arthur Burnett, better known by the stage name Howlin’ Wolf who became one of the most referenced and recognizable blues musicians in American music history. Burnett was born just north of West Point, and the community created a festival in his honor in 1996. Emerging onto the music scene shortly after World War II, Howlin' Wolf became an instant music icon around the world and brought the unique blues styles of musicians in Mississippi to the attention of the whole world.