| Missouri, St. Louis — Nimνipuu (Nez Perce) |
| |
[Traveling?] approximately 2,000 miles from present-day Idaho, four Nimνipuu (Nez Perce) came to St. Louis in the fall of 1831 to the home of William Clark. Feeling pressure from an encroaching white presence in their homeland, these men sought information on the white man's culture and a greater understanding of the "Book of Heaven." Knowledge was power - power to assure their families thrived and that their way of life continued. Black Eagle and Speaking Eagle fell ill and died . . . — Map (db m62061) HM |
| Missouri, St. Louis — Aloe Plaza The Meeting of the Waters |
| | This fountain by the sculptor Carl Milles symbolizes the union of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers · The two central figures represent the two great rivers while the lesser water creatures suggest the many tributaries and streams · Milles conceived the sculpture as embodiment of the freedom and primeval force of the waterways of the Great Mississippi Valley and he thought of the grouping as a marriage or festival celebrating the coming together of these great waters · The sculptor, Swedish . . . — Map (db m62213) HM |
| Missouri, St. Louis — American Elm Missouri State Champion Tree Treemendous |
| |
This is to certify that the
American Elm
described below is the largest
known tree of its species in the
state of Missouri recorded by
Forestry Division,
Missouri Department of Conservation
Species: Ulmus americana
Owner: Bellefontaine Cemetery
Nominator: Margaret McCall
Measured by: Perry Eckhardt & Mark Grueber
Date Measured: July 2, 2010
Circumference: 191 inches
Height: 102 feet
Spread: 122 feet
Score: 324 points
County: St. Louis City . . . — Map (db m62186) HM |
| Missouri, St. Louis — Auguste Chouteau |
| |
Born September 26, 1740
Died February 24, 1829
Founder of St. Louis — Map (db m62017) HM |
| Missouri, St. Louis — Basilica of Saint Louis, King |
| | On this location the first church in St. Louis, a small wood structure was blessed on June 24, 1770. Six years later it was replaced by a larger church of white oak timbers blessed and used for divine service for the first time in early summer of 1776. It also served as the Cathedral for the installation of Bishop Louis DuBourg, the Bishop of Louisiana and the Floridas, who took up residence here January 5, 1818. Little more than two months later on March 29, 1818, the cornerstone for a brick . . . — Map (db m62637) HM |
| Missouri, St. Louis — Capture of Camp Jackson |
| | The Strength of our Nation is the Union of States
To Commemorate The capture of Camp Jackson - May 10 1861 - By - The Missouri Volunteers:
First Regiment Infantry - Colonel Frank Blair,
Second Regiment Infantry - Colonel Henry Bernsyein,
Third Regiment Infantry - Colonel Franz Sigel,
Fourth Regiment Infantry - Colonel Nicholas Schuettner,
First Reg US Reserve Corps - Col Henry Almstedt,
Second Reg US Reserve Corps - Col Henry Kallman,
Third Reg US . . . — Map (db m51474) HM |
| Missouri, St. Louis — Charles Galloway 1871 - 1931 In Memory Of |
| |
Noted Organist
Choral Conductor
Music Educator
Whose musical genius and
purity of soul are the
inspiration and priceless
heritage of an
unnumbered multitude
"The souls of the righteous
are in the hands of God"
MCMXXXII — Map (db m62119) HM |
| Missouri, St. Louis — Charlotte Taylor Blow Charless 1810 - 1905 |
| |
Foundress of the
Charless Home
(Formerly the Home of the Friendless)
1853 — Map (db m62117) HM |
| Missouri, St. Louis — Dred Scott Born About 1799 Died Sept. 17, 1858 |
| |
[Front]
Freed from slavery by his friend Taylor Blow.
[Back]
Subject of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1857 which denied citizenship to the Negro, voided the Missouri Compromise Act, became one of the events that resulted in the Civil War.
———————
In memory of a simple man who wanted to be free
Dred Scott — Map (db m61970) HM |
| Missouri, St. Louis — Edward Hempstead |
| | . . . — Map (db m62163) HM |
| Missouri, St. Louis — Father Thomas Ambrose Butler |
| |
Born in Dublin, Irl'd
Mar. 21, 1837
Died
Sept. 6, 1897
R.I.P.
First Pastor
of St. Cronan's Church
Priest & Poet
Ordained in
Maynooth
Mar. 17, 1864 — Map (db m62045) HM |
| Missouri, St. Louis — Founders of Saint Louis, Missouri In Commemoration |
| |
Buried here are the remains of many men and women who were founders, on 14 February 1764, of the city of St. Louis, including
Nicolas Beaugeneau Jean-Baptiste Bequette (blacksmith) Jean-Baptiest Bequette (miller) Margaret Bequette Joseph Chancellier Louis Chancellier Auguste Chouteau Jean Cote Alexis Cotte Francois Delin Gabriel Dodier Jean-Baptiste Gamache Jean-Baptiste Herieux Paul Kiercereau Joseph Labrosse Theodore Labrosse Pierre LaClede Julian . . . — Map (db m62078) HM |
| Missouri, St. Louis — Harriet Scott ca. 1815 - 1860s |
| |
American Patriot
Wife of Dred Scott
Mother of Eliza and Lizzy
Co-Plaintiff in the historic
Dred Scott Case
Your plea for equality was raised in obscurity, but in time it became the rallying cry of a people determined to abolish slavery. Yours was a strong seed planted in the pursuit of freedom rising.
This stone is set by the Elijah Love Society in gratitue for your life and work, and as a reminder that the vigil for freedom continues. In the course of our history, you . . . — Map (db m61991) HM |
| Missouri, St. Louis — In Memory of Robert E. Lee |
| | Engineer, St. Louis Harbor
1837-1841
His engineering genius was responsible for moving the Mississippi River Channel back to the St. Louis shore, preserving the city as a river port.
Erected by
the Missouri Committee
R. E. Lee Memorial Association
Mrs. William Armstrong
Mrs. Charles Fox
Mrs. Oscar Johnson Jr.
Mrs. H. Norbert Kirchdorfer
Mrs. H. Terrance Kurrus
Mrs. W. Gillespie Moore
Mrs. Leighton Morrili
Director for Missouri
Mrs. Austine P. Leland . . . — Map (db m4946) HM |
| Missouri, St. Louis — James MacCash |
| |
Born Springburn, Glasgow, Scotland
August 16, 1834
Died St. Louis, Missouri
December 27, 1922
Founder of the
Order of Scottish Clans
at St. Louis on
November 30, 1878
To commemorate a noble achievement
and as a reverent tribute to
a worthy Scot
this monument is erected
in his honor and
dedicated to his memory
by the members of the
Order of Scottish Clans
November 30, 1941.
For a'that and a'that
Its coming yet for a'that
That man to man the world . . . — Map (db m62079) HM |
| Missouri, St. Louis — John B. Meachum 1780 [sic - 1789] - 1854 |
| |
African
Founder & Pastor
1817 - 1854
First Baptist Church
west of the
Mississippi River — Map (db m62184) HM |
| Missouri, St. Louis — John Mason Peck Oct. 31, 1789 - Mar. 16, 1858 |
| |
Pioneer Baptist
Missionary, Statesman,
Founder of Shurtleff College — Map (db m62185) HM |
| Missouri, St. Louis — Lewis and Clark and St. Louis Riverfront |
| | The Return of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Michael Haynes "We Arrived in Sight of St. Louis"
At about noon on September 23, 1806, five dugout canoes and a larger boat called the "White Pirogue" rounded the bend of the Mississippi River to the north of where you are standing. The citizens of St. Louis, perhaps numbering as many as 1,500, lined the riverbank atop the natural bluff, cheering and firing guns into the air to welcome back Lewis and Clark's "Corps of Discovery."
After . . . — Map (db m40810) HM |
| Missouri, St. Louis — Nathaniel Lyon |
| | August 10 1861 Lyon — Map (db m51475) HM |
| Missouri, St. Louis — Presley and Amelia Cordell |
| |
Reinterred July 1868 from an older cemetery, here rest Presley Cordell and wife Amelia Conner. Both died in July 1849. He had been a silversmith and served as mayor of Leesburg, Virginia. His group left there 15 Oct. 1835 and included his mother Catharine Basye, and some Garrett and Humphreys relatives. They went overland to Wheeling, then by boat via Louisville and were met in St. Louis on 9 Nov. 1835 by his cousin Hiram Cordell. — Map (db m62204) HM |
| Missouri, St. Louis — Rev. A. [Aloys] V. Garthoeffner Oct. 17, 1873 - Apr. 27, 1917 |
| |
First Superintendent
of Catholic Schools
of St. Louis
He helped children
to know and love their God — Map (db m62040) HM |
| Missouri, St. Louis — Rev. Ambrose J. Heim |
| |
[Front]
Died Jan. 3, 1854
Aged 47 years
The Priest of the Poor
[Back]
Spiritual Director of the first conference of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Founded in North America at St. Louis, Mo. Nov. 14, 1845
A tribute to his memory by the St. Louis members, May 1909
R.I.P. — Map (db m62041) HM |
| Missouri, St. Louis — Rev. Constantine P. Smith |
| |
Native of Cavan, Ireland
Born June 2, 1838
Ordained June 29, 1862
Died February 5, 1898
Founder and first pastor
of Saint Agnes Church
R.I.P. — Map (db m62039) HM |
| Missouri, St. Louis — Rev. James J. Toomey Sacred To The Memory Of |
| |
Born May 8, 1852
in Bruff, Co. Limerick, Ireland
Ordained at Montreal, Canada
Dec. 18, 1891
Died Pastor of Farmington, Mo.
Apr. 21, 1906
Burial services at
St. Bridget's Church, City
Asst. Priest
St. Patrick's Church
St. Louis Jan. 1892
Appointed Pastor
of Farmington, Mo.
Aug. 12, 1897
Founder & First
Teacher of School
1897
And I most gladly will spend
and be spent myself for
your souls although
loving you more I be
loved less.
II Cor. XII: . . . — Map (db m62044) HM |
| Missouri, St. Louis — Rev. John C. Granville |
| |
Born Dec. 2, 1868
Ordained Dec. 17, 1892
Died Oct. 26 1911
R.I.P.
Chaplain of the
14th U.S. Cavalry
Founder of the
Church of the Nativity
1904 - 1911 — Map (db m62042) HM |
| Missouri, St. Louis — Rev. John R. Anderson 1818 - 1863 |
| |
Founder Central Baptist Church — Map (db m62183) HM |
| Missouri, St. Louis — Robert A. Barnes |
| |
Who died Apr. 2, 1892.
Aged 84 years.
Founder of
Robert A. Barnes Hospital — Map (db m62190) HM |
| Missouri, St. Louis — The Gateway Arch Jefferson National Expansion Memorial |
| |
Dedicated to
the People of the United States
May 25, 1968
Lyndon B. Johnson
President of the Unites States
The City of St. Louis Missouri
The United States Territorial
Expansion Memorial Committee
United States Department of the Interior
National Park Service
[The Gateway Arch was added to the National Historic Landmark Survey on May 28, 1987] — Map (db m26866) HM |
| Missouri, St. Louis — Thomas Hart Benton Statesman Elizabeth Benton |
| |
By the State of Mo.
A.D. 1902
In memory of
Thomas Hart Benton
1782 - 1858
U.S. Senator for 30 Years
1821 - 1851
Representative
1853 - 1855
Elizabeth Benton
[namesake of the D.A.R. chapter] — Map (db m62116) HM |
| Missouri, St. Louis — Union Station |
| |
has been designated a
National
Historic Landmark
This site possesses national
significance in commemorating
the history of the
United States of America
———————
[Markers on interior concourse wall,
including an identical
National Historic Landmark plaque]
National Historic
Civil Engineering Landmark
Union Station
Designated 1981
American Society of Civil Engineers
—————
St. . . . — Map (db m62210) HM |
| Missouri, St. Louis — William Clark Monument |
| | Born in Virginia August 1, 1770, Entered into Life Eternal September 1, 1838
Soldier, Explorer, Statesman and Patriot. His life is written in the history of this country. — Map (db m61810) HM |
| Missouri (Andrew County), Savannah — Andrew County |
| | Andrew County, organized 1841, is one of 6 counties in the Indian Platte Purchase Territory annexed to Missouri, 1837. Named for Andrew Jackson Davis, St. Louis editor, the county was first settled in the middle 1830s. Pioneers were from Ohio, Ind., Tenn., Ky., Va., and other parts of Missouri.
Savannah, the county seat, was laid out in 1841. First briefly called Union, it was renamed for Savannah, Ga., The Platte Co. R. R. (C. B. & Q.) reached therein 1860, and todays Chicago, Great . . . — Map (db m39756) HM |
| Missouri (Andrew County), Savannah — Conglomerate Rock |
| | Formed during the Glacial Period. Weighs about a Ton. Removed from Bethel Church Road east of Highway 71 and North of 48 by County in 1941. Removed and placed here by Andrew County and Fred M Clark of Clark Construction Co. in September 1941 for Andrew County Centennial Celebration 1941. — Map (db m43018) HM |
| Missouri (Atchison County), Fairfax — Veterans Memorial |
| |
To Our Veterans
They Shall Have a Noble Memory — Map (db m47490) HM |
| Missouri (Atchison County), Rock Port — Atchison County Walk of Honor |
| |
Atchison County Citizens
have left and will continue
to leave their footprints
around the world
Bravery Courage
Hope Duty
Liberty Service
Dedicated November 11, 2008 — Map (db m48118) HM |
| Missouri (Atchison County), Rock Port — Atchison County War Memorial |
| |
To the men and women
of Atchison County who
offered, and those who
gave their lives in the
cause of peace.
[Roll of Honored Dead]
[War Memorial Building Cornerstone]
To the boys of Atchison County
who gave, and offered their lives.
[Built 1921] — Map (db m48115) WM |
| Missouri (Atchison County), Rock Port — Rock Port |
| | Side A:
Here on Rock Creek in Missouri's fertile Glacial Plains, Rock Port was laid out, 1851, by Nathan Meek and succeeded Linden as seat of Atchison County, 1856. A leader in corn production, the county, organized 1845, is named for U.S. Sen. David R. Atchison.
In extreme northwest Missouri, Atchison is one of 6 counties formed from the Platte Indian Purchase annexed to Missouri in 1837. The county's north boundary was unsettled until 1851 when the U.S. Supreme Court had the . . . — Map (db m48107) HM |
| Missouri (Barry County), Cassville — Secession Convention in Cassville A State Divided The Civil War in Missouri |
| | Between 1855 and 1884, there stood on this square, a two-story brick courthouse that was known as Missouri's "second Confederate capitol." It was here that members of the state legislature gathered between Oct. 29 and Nov. 7, 1861 to complete a legislative agenda that they had begun the preceding week at Neosho. In Neosho, the General Assembly had passed an Ordnance dissolving Missouri's tie to the United States and another bill ratifying the provisional constitution of the Confederate States . . . — Map (db m44605) HM |
| Missouri (Barry County), Cassville — Veterans Memorial |
| | Dedicated to men and women who serve in the Armed Forces of the United States, during war and peace. We sincerely appreciate your sacrifice and dedication to preserve the freedom of this great nation. God will one day judge our actions. Until then He will shine on the lives of each Veteran now and forever, more because He was with each one of them always. He is the only one that truly knows what they went through.
American Legion — Map (db m62885) |
| Missouri (Barry County), Monett — Christopher G. Stark Memorial |
| | Dedicated to a fallen hero and all Armed Forces Serving and Protecting the United States of America.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13.
Under a picture of Specialist Clark:
Christopher Stark
US Army
705th EOD
18 August 1988 - 28 February 2011
KIA Afghanistan — Map (db m62712) WM |
| Missouri (Barry County), Monett — Veterans Memorial |
| | In grateful memory of our Armed Forces Veterans who honored their nation with their service and sacrifices. — Map (db m62806) HM |
| Missouri (Barry County), Purdy — Purdy Veteran's Memorial |
| | This monument is dedicated to those who served our country by the people of Purdy, Missouri. We must always remember that by the sacrifices we enjoy our freedom today. Dedicated 2012. — Map (db m62800) WM |
| Missouri (Barton County), Lamar — Harry S Truman In Memoriam |
| |
Born Lamar, Missouri May 8, 1884
Died Kansas City, Missouri December 26, 1972
Patriot - Statesman - Legionnaire
First Legionnaire President
of the United States
This memorial was erected in May 1984 by
Legionnaires and Friends of the
American Legion Department of Missouri
through efforts of the 15th District. — Map (db m37140) HM |
| Missouri (Barton County), Lamar — Harry S. Truman May 8 1884 - Dec. 26, 1972 |
| |
Birthplace: Lamar, Missouri
32nd President, Apr. 12, 1945-Jan.20, 1953
From this spot Mr. Truman
delivered his Vice Presidential
Nomination Acceptance Speech
on August 31, 1944 — Map (db m42287) WM |
| Missouri (Barton County), Lamar — Harry S. Truman Birthplace Memorial |
| | This shrine is dedicated to
Harry S. Truman
Thirty second [sic] President
of the United States of America
who was born at this location
May 8, 1884
[died] Dec. 26, 1972
"I ask only to be a good and faithful
servant of my Lord and my People."
H.S.T.
County Judge - 1923-1925
Presiding Judge - County Court - 1927-1935
United States Senator - 1935-1945
Vice-President of the United States of America - 1945
President of the United States of America - 1945-1953 . . . — Map (db m37113) HM |
| Missouri (Barton County), Lamar — Lamar |
| | Side A
Lamar is distinguished as the birthplace of Harry S. Truman, the 33rd President of the United States. The son of John Anderson Truman and Martha Ellen (Young) Truman, he was born May 8, 1884. The family moved to Harrisonville in Cass County, 1886, and from there to Grandview and Independence in Jackson County. Here in Lamar is the birthplace, and the Truman Library and the home are in Independence.
In Harry S. Truman's national career, he served as U.S. Senator from Mo., . . . — Map (db m42286) HM |
| Missouri (Barton County), Lamar — McCook Post No. 34 G.A.R. Civil War Memorial Barton County War Memorial |
| | On October 1st, 1910, this cannon and original memorial presented to Barton County, Missouri by the members of McCook Post No. 34 G.A.R. Department of Missouri. It was dedicated to the memory of the soldiers and sailors of the Civil War 1861-1865.
This cannon was in active service on the Gunboat Benton on the Mississippi and its tributaries, 1861-1865.
This memorial rededicated October 1st, 1985, to the memory of all Barton County, Missouri service men and women of the Civil War, . . . — Map (db m42302) HM |
| Missouri (Barton County), Lamar — Replica of the Statue of Liberty |
| |
With faith in
and loyalty to
The United States
of America
the
School Children
of
Barton County
have caused to be
erected this replica
of the
Statue of Liberty
symbolizing freedom
and justice for all. — Map (db m42304) HM |
| Missouri (Barton County), Liberal — Veterans Memorial 1776 1976 |
| |
In Memory of
Those Who
Served
Our Country — Map (db m63675) WM |
| Missouri (Bates County), Butler — “First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry” They Fought Like Tigers |
| | The 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry fought and won the Battle of Island Mound, also known as The Battle at Fort Toothman on October 28 & 29, 1862 in Charlotte Township approx. 7.5 miles southwest of Butler. It is said to have been the only battle fought on Bates County soil, in which regular U.S. troops were involved. The First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry was the first black unit to fight in the Civil War. Reportedly Southern rebels outnumbered the black troops five to one, . . . — Map (db m54126) HM |
| Missouri (Bates County), Butler — Arnold Post No. 46 Veterans Memorial |
| |
Duty Honor Country
Well Done
Be Thou At Peace
[Seals of the Five Armed Forces] — Map (db m46149) HM |
| Missouri (Bates County), Butler — Arnold Post No. 46 World War Memorial |
| |
In memory
of the
Veterans
of the
Great World War
1914 - 1918 — Map (db m46144) HM |
| Missouri (Bates County), Butler — Bates County World War I Memorial |
| | In Memory of Our
World War Veterans
Unveiled under auspices of
the American Legion Posts
of Bates Co.
May 30, 1927 — Map (db m39870) HM |
| Missouri (Bates County), Butler — Bates County, Missouri in 1862 |
| |
Bates County was formed in 1841. Many early settlers came from Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee. The 1860 census listed a population of 6,765 with a slave population of 442. In 1862, the slave population had dropped greatly.
Most Bates County residents supported the Confederacy. Several groups of guerrilla fighters operated in the area. Using Hog Island, located about nine miles from the town of Butler, Mo., local guerrillas terrorized pro-Union families and led raids into eastern . . . — Map (db m60614) HM |
| Missouri (Bates County), Butler — Battle of Island Mound Memorial |
| |
Here, on October 29, 1862 was the first crucible to test the mettle of formerly enslaved black men during the Civil War.
Here, a group of volunteers faced battle with the certainty of only two outcomes - victory or death - for there would be no quarters given to a black man who had taken up arms.
Here, in uniforms issued on behalf of a country that had not yet emancipated them, they revealed courage and tenacity under fire.
Here, the First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry defeated . . . — Map (db m60581) HM |
| Missouri (Bates County), Butler — Butler History Murals |
| |
1806 15 Ms. South of Butler
Explorer Zebulon Pike Parley
With Osage Chief
1863 Burning of Butler by Order No. 11
During the Civil War
Where the Civil War Began
Brother Against Brother
Post Civil War Reconstruction
[Mural Depicts Local Civil War Events]
Keep the Pioneer Spirit
1717 Claude Dutisne
1804 Louisiana Purchase
Governor Frederick Bates
1832 Washington Irving
1862 Battle of Fort Toothman
1863 General Order No. 11
Jefferson Highway, . . . — Map (db m39898) HM |
| Missouri (Bates County), Butler — Butler Memorial Airport 1963 |
| | Dedicated to those who served
our nation in all wars — Map (db m39912) HM |
| Missouri (Bates County), Butler — David Clayton Wolfe 1864 - 1917 |
| | First Road Dragger in Bates County
He lived for others. He tried to live a humble Christian [life]. The Lord blessed his life and will continue to bless all who trust fully in Him. — Map (db m46088) HM |
| Missouri (Bates County), Butler — Eugene S. Hurt Chapter 67 D.A.V. Veterans Memorial |
| |
In honor and respect
to every veteran
Dedicated by
Disabled American
Veterans
Nov. 11, 1987 — Map (db m39868) HM |
| Missouri (Bates County), Butler — First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Regimental History |
| |
Most of the men of the First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry were escaped slaves. Many fled to Kansas from farms and towns in Missouri or Arkansas to find freedom. Some may have been "stolen" in Jayhawk raids. Others in the regiment were free men of color who had moved to Kansas in the hope of a better life. All faced prejudice and bigotry from their white neighbors.
Recruiting the First Kansas Colored
In August 1862, Sen. Jim Lane was appointed Commissioner of Recruiting for . . . — Map (db m65049) HM |
| Missouri (Bates County), Butler — North Field Webster School 1900 |
| | Webster School was erected on this site in 1900. It was one of 3 schools to serve the East, West, & North neighborhoods. Known as North School, it was razed when the 3 grade schools were consolidated into Butler Elementary. — Map (db m39907) HM |
| Missouri (Bates County), Butler — Palace Office Building |
| | The Palace Hotel Building was built in 1879 as part of the rebuilding of Butler after it was burned during the Civil War. It is a good example of high style Italianate architecture with elaborate bracketed cornice. It originally had an exterior second story balcony but it collapsed in the early 1900's. The building was constructed for retail business on the first floor, a hotel on the second floor, and a spacious place for entertaining on the third floor. This became the commercial and social . . . — Map (db m39874) HM |
| Missouri (Bates County), Butler — Prairie Fire and the Battle of Island Mound |
| |
In the 1860s, the vast, rolling tallgrass prairies of the Osage Plains stretched for miles. Maintained by periodic fires for approximately 5,000 years before European settlement, prairie once covered approximately 78 percent of Bates County, Mo. Historically, the creeks and rivers in the area harbored stately bur oaks and post oaks, both fire-tolerant species able to withstand the regularly occurring prairie fires that swept through the area. By the mid-1860s, small homesteads and family . . . — Map (db m60613) HM |
| Missouri (Bates County), Butler — The Battle of Island Mound |
| |
During the fall of 1862, Bates County had become a haven for guerrillas and Confederate recruiters. One of their favorite haunts was a marshy tract on the Marais-des-Cygnes River, southwest of Butler, known to locals as "Hog Island." On Oct. 27, approximately 240 members of the First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry marched into Bates County to clear out the rebels.
Fort Africa
The black troops commandeered the farmstead of local Southern sympathizers, Enoch and Christiana . . . — Map (db m65050) HM |
| Missouri (Bates County), Butler — The Battle of Island Mound: A Demonstration to the Nation |
| |
African Americans saw the Civil War as a fight for their freedom. Early in the war, freed black men who tried to enlist in the Union Army were turned away. A 1792 Federal law still barred blacks from bearing arms for the U.S. Army. The U.S. Navy, on the other hand, allowed African Americans to serve as shipboard firement, stewards, coal heavers and even boat pilots. Abolitionists urged President Abraham Lincoln to both free the slaves and recruit African-American men in defense of the . . . — Map (db m60617) HM |
| Missouri (Bates County), Butler — The Toothman Farm Home to a Notorious Rebel Family |
| |
After the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed, pro-slavery Missourians and free-state Kansans fought over whether Kansas should enter the Union as a slave or free state. The fighting was so intense that the conflict was called "Bleeding Kansas."
In 1861, when the Civil War began, most Bates County, Mo. residents supported the Confederacy. Because Bates County bordered Kansas, guerrilla warfare from both states was rampant.
Federal authorities considered the Toothman family, who . . . — Map (db m60584) HM |
| Missouri (Bates County), Rich Hill — Harmony Mission American Presbyterian and Reformed Historical Site No. 33 |
| | [Front]
Historic Harmony Mission, a school for the Indians of Missouri, once stood east of Rich Hill, on the north bank of the Osage River, near the centuries-old camping sites of the Great and Little Osage tribes.
The mission was founded in 1821 by the United Foreign Missionary Society of N.Y., supported by Presbyterian, Congregational, and Dutch Reformed churches. Among the 41 members of the mission family were teachers, mechanics, and farmers, headed by minister Nathaniel B. Dodge. . . . — Map (db m39941) HM |
| Missouri (Boone County), Columbia — Columbia Cemetery |
| |
This cemetery contains the original six lots established in 1821 as the burial ground for the City of Columbia. Commemorated on the one hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary.
Dedicated May 27, 1996
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
February 1, 2007
Notable Historic Property
2001
Boone County Historical Society
Historic Site — Map (db m59457) HM |
| Missouri (Boone County), Columbia — Don Faurot / Faurot Field |
| |
Don Faurot
1902-1995
Football Coach 1935-42, 1946-56
Athletic Director 1935-67
Here stands the symbol of Ol' Mizzou, famed "Thin Man" from Mountain Grove, a boy who helped build this stadium and a football coach who filled it with victories and fresh hopes. Faurot overcame boyhood mishap that cost him the first two fingers at the middle joint. Gutty, jut-jawed guy lettered in baseball at Missouri, captained the basketball team and punted as a 148-pound linebacker for . . . — Map (db m59512) HM |
| Missouri (Boone County), Columbia — George Clinton Swallow A.M., M.D., L.L.D. 1817 - 1899 |
| |
First Professor of Geology, Chemistry, Agriculture, and First Dean of
The College of Agriculture
University of Missouri.
First State Geologist of Missouri. — Map (db m59459) HM |
| Missouri (Boone County), Columbia — James Shannon L.L.D. |
| |
In memory of
James Shannon L.L.D.
Born in Monaghan Co. Ireland
April 23, 1799
Died
Feb. 23, 1859
Second President, University of Missouri,
Columbia, Mo. 1850-1856
Co-Founder of Christian College 1851
(Now Columbia College), Columbia, Mo.
Co-Founder of Christian University 1853, and
First President (Now Culver-Stockton College)
Canton, Mo.
The Christian Philanthropist and Teacher
has gone to receive the Crown of the Faithful — Map (db m59462) HM |
| Missouri (Boone County), Columbia — Jewell Cemetery |
| | Jewell Cemetery is located on what was originally the farm of George Jewell. George, his wife, and their children first moved from Virginia to Kentucky, then Franklin, Missouri, and finally Columbia in 1822.
George, his son William, and sons-in-law Charles Hardin and William Hitt were all prominent in the community. All served on road commissions and the county court, and helped shape the early community. William Jewell became one of the founders of the college in Liberty that . . . — Map (db m59646) HM |
| Missouri (Boone County), Columbia — Memorial Union Tower |
| |
In grateful memory
of these
Heroic Sons of Missouri
who in the Great War
- 1917 - 1918 -
paid the full measure
of devotion
[Roll of Honored Dead]
Tipping of the Hats
When the Memorial Union Tower was completed in 1926, the names of MU's honored 117 men who lost their lives in World War I were inscribed on the inside walls of this archway for all future generations of MU students and Missourians to pay their respects. Tradition has it that whenever men and women walk . . . — Map (db m59474) HM |
| Missouri (Boone County), Columbia — Site of Columbia College |
| | On this site stood Columbia College an institution of higher learning for men. First proposed in 1831, chartered by General Assembly in 1833, began its work in 1834. First session of University of Missouri held here in 1841. This college has been called the seed from which grew the University of Missouri.
This marker erected by the
State Society
Daughters of the American Colonists
and the
John Corbin Chapter
June 8th, 1933
Mrs. Edward Thurman Smith, State Regent
Mrs. B. J. . . . — Map (db m59463) HM |
| Missouri (Boone County), Rocheport — Edward D. "Ted" and Pat Jones |
| | Katy Trail State Park is one of Missouri's premier attractions, drawing about 400,000 visitors from across the United States and other countries. Stretching 225 miles from St. Charles in the east to Clinton in the west, the trail is the longest developed rails-to-trail project in the nation. Without the support of Edward D. "Ted" and Pat Jones, Katy Trail State Park would not have been possible.
To Be or Not To Be a Trail?
In 1986, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (known as the . . . — Map (db m46383) HM |
| Missouri (Boone County), Rocheport — History of Rocheport |
| | 1804...
Land Before the Town
Prior to its settlement, American Indians used the area we now call Rocheport. The closeness to the river, fertile soils, both salt and freshwater springs, and the protection given by the huge bluffs, rock overhangs and caves were a natural lure for early travelers. The Rocheport area is noted in the journals of Lewis and Clark during their 1804-1906 expedition.
Birth of a River Town
John Gray operated a horse ferry here after arriving in 1819. In . . . — Map (db m46345) HM |
| Missouri (Boone County), Rocheport — Katy Trail State Park 20th Anniversary 1990 - 2010 |
| | From its inception and throughout its 20-year history, Katy Trail State Park has been one of the most successful rails-to-trail conversions projects in the United States. As the longest developed rail-trail in the United States, it has been inducted into the national Rail-Trail Hall of Fame.
The Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (MKT)
Begun in the 1870s, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, also known as the Katy, ran through much of the Missouri River valley by the 1890s. With the . . . — Map (db m46403) HM |
| Missouri (Boone County), Rocheport — Steamboating on the Missouri |
| | First Steamboats
Early steamboat trips on the Missouri River tested boats, crews and passengers. Between 1820 and 1900, several hundred steamboats on the Missouri were destroyed by fire or boiler explosions, crushed by ice, or sunk by snags. The first steamboat to navigate a significant distance on this untamed river was the Independence. In May 1819, the Independence set out from St. Louis loaded with flour, whiskey, iron, sugar and passengers. After 13 days and 150 miles, . . . — Map (db m46353) HM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), Iatan — Wetland Habitats of the Past Little Bean Marsh Conservation Area The Journey of Lewis & Clark |
| | July 4th Wednesday (1804)
...proceeded on, passed the mouth of a Bayeau lading from a large Lake on the S.S. which has the appearance of being once the bed of the river & reaches parrelel for several Miles...
William Clark
Traveling up the Missouri River, Lewis and Clark found a complex river snaking its way from bluff to bluff. The river overflowed into backwaters and sloughs and refreshed the miles of marshes and wetlands bordering its path.
Little Bean Marsh is an example of . . . — Map (db m44569) HM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), Lewis and Clark State Park — Lewis and Clark in Missouri |
| | Missouri was a beginning and end for the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Planned by President Thomas Jefferson and carried out by the two captains and a large crew, the expedition is a keystone American event. When the United States took ownership of the Louisiana Territory - during a ceremony in St. Louis in March 1804 probably attended by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark - the country doubled in size, and expansion to the Pacific Ocean seemed possible. Two months later, the "Corps of . . . — Map (db m44590) HM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), Lewis and Clark State Park — The Lewis and Clark Expedition Across Missouri |
| | The land that would become Missouri and 14 other western states was acquired by the United States in the greatest land acquisition in American history: the Louisiana Purchase. By the stroke of a pen, President Thomas Jefferson ensured the country would be a continental power, reaching from the Atlantic toward the Pacific Ocean. For about three cents an acre, the United States nearly doubled its size, gaining almost 830,000 square miles from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, and . . . — Map (db m44615) HM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), Lewis and Clark State Park — The Lewis and Clark Expedition Across Missouri |
| | "Groops of Shrubs covered with the most delicious froot is to be seen in every direction, and nature appears to have exerted herself to butify the Senery by the variety of flours [flowers] Delicately and highly flavered raised above the Grass, which Strikes & profumes the Sensation, and amuses the mind."
William Clark, July 4, 1804
Although the boats were past the hardest stretch of the Missouri River - between the Grand and Kansas rivers - travel was by no means easy, thanks to the . . . — Map (db m44624) HM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), Saint Joseph — "Saddle and Mochila" |
| | On April 3, 1860 the eastern Pony Express mail arrived by train and it was late. To save time the Pony Express Company which was located in the Patee House at 12th and Penn Streets had the mail taken directly to the post office. The post office was closer to the ferry landing and was located on the east side of Second Street 120 feet north of Francis St.
The mail was first put into the four castinas (pockets of the "Mochila" (mo-che-la). The mail consisted of a few newspapers printed on . . . — Map (db m47480) HM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), Saint Joseph — Brian Jay Bradbury May 1, 1984 - June 21, 2006 |
| |
Fire Support Specialist
71st Calvary [sic] Regiment
3rd Brigade Combat Team
10th Mountain Division
Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan
The Littlest Soldier with the Biggest Heart
Greater love hath no [man] than this,
that he lay down his life for his friends — Map (db m55835) WM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), Saint Joseph — C. B. & Q. 5614 Steam Locomotive |
| |
Built July, 1937 in West Burlington,
Iowa by C.B.&Q. at a cost of $99,285.00
Weight 288 Tons or 576,000 lbs.
Class 0-5-B Northern Type
Used in Passenger and Freight Service
Later Improvements Totaled $107,525.00
Retired from Active Service September, 1957
Donated to the City of St. Joseph
April 27, 1962 by Burlington Northern Rail Road
Corporation formed and stock sold to
raise money to pay for moving the Locomotive
into it's [sic] present . . . — Map (db m47491) HM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), Saint Joseph — Joseph Robidoux City Founder 1783 - 1868 |
| | Near this site the French fur trader Joseph Robidoux established a trading post in 1826 while it was still Indian territory. Robidoux and his family oversaw a far-ranging fur trading empire.
The Platte Purchase of 1837 added the six county northwest corner to the state of Missouri. With the opening of the area to settlers, Robidoux incorporated the town of St. Joseph in 1843, naming it for his patron saint. — Map (db m47468) HM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), Saint Joseph — Missouri Valley Trust Company Commercial Italianate 1859 |
| |
Oldest building west of the
Mississippi River to function
continuously as a bank
This property has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Saint Joseph Landmark — Map (db m47475) HM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), Saint Joseph — No Turning Back |
| |
Too young and naοve
to think they could fail
Too full of visions
for the end of the trail
They stored their silk dresses
and donned calico
To join in the cry
of Westward Ho
Their diaries tell
of the endless hours
The vast sea of grass
and bounty of wildflowers
They tell of the children
conceived and born
and of those who were buried
in the gray, silent morn
Still, the wagons rolled on
and the ruts got deeper
The column moved westward
as the . . . — Map (db m55832) HM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), Saint Joseph — Patee House Company & Division Headquarters, Original Home Station Apr. 3 1860 - Sep. 13, 1861 |
| |
The Patee House was the Pony Express Company's Eastern Headquarters from April 3, 1860 to September 13, 1861. The company's official name was "The Central Overland California and Pike's Peak Express Company."
John Patee built the hotel from 1855-1858 at a cost of $180,000. The four-story building when new was the largest hotel west of the Mississippi River and one of the finest in the world. It boasted of such features as gas lights, running water and flush toilets. The main entrance was . . . — Map (db m47398) HM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), Saint Joseph — Patee House - 1858 The Pony Express |
| | Patee House – 1858
In this National Historic Landmark were located the offices of the Pony Express, founded by Russell, Majors & Waddell; the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad and the Civil War offices of the U.S. Provost Marshall. [sic]
Preserved by the Pony Express Historical Association, Inc.
National Pony Express Centennial Association
Dwight D. Eisenhower – Chairman
Waddell F. Smith – President
1860 The Pony Express 1960
Russell, Majors, Waddell . . . — Map (db m47444) HM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), Saint Joseph — Patee Park Baptist Church |
| | Patee Park Baptist Church is the second oldest Baptist Church in St. Joseph. It began as a Sunday School in 1881 under the leadership of H.G. Walker, an active leader in the First Baptist Church of St. Joseph.
It was organized as a church February 14, 1882, in the home of W.T. Payne. Dr. E.S. Dulin, who founded William Jewell College at Liberty, Missouri and served as President of the Baptist Female College at St. Joseph, was called as the first pastor. The new church was called the South . . . — Map (db m48080) HM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), Saint Joseph — Peace Officers Memorial |
| |
[Numerous memorials to
fallen officers, including]
Joseph H. Killion
Patrolman - SJPD
Crushed By A Train In The
Line of Duty
Died June 14, 1917
Greater Love Hath No Man Than This,
That a Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends
— Map (db m55836) HM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), Saint Joseph — Pony Express 1860 - 1861 |
| | On this site, April 3, 1860, a ferry carrying a horse and rider crossed the Missouri River to start a 10 day journey of 1,966 miles to deliver mail to Sacramento, California.
The race against time, elements and a hostile land captured the spirit of Americans, helped hold California for the Union and proved a central overland route was possible.
Operators William Russell, Alexander Majors and William Waddell went broke without a government mail contract, and the telegraph replaced the . . . — Map (db m47470) HM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), Saint Joseph — Replica of the Statue of Liberty |
| |
With the faith and courage of
their forefathers who made
possible the freedom of these
United States
The Boy Scouts of America
dedicate this copy of the
Statue of Liberty as a pledge
of everlasting fidelity and
and loyalty
40th Anniversary Crusade to
stengthen the arm of liberty — Map (db m55726) HM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), Saint Joseph — Saint Joseph |
| | (Front): Renowned city of the Pony Express, St. Joseph was first settled as a trading post for the American Fur Company by Joseph Robidoux, 1826. Later he acquired the site and laid out a town in 1843. St. Joseph became an outfitting point for settlers in
northwest Missouri and travelers on the Oregon-California trail. It was also a supply base for army posts and western gold mining camps. Here was the terminus of the first railroad to cross Missouri, the Hannibal and St. Joseph in . . . — Map (db m4989) HM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), Saint Joseph — SPC Edward "Eddie" Lee Myers June 12, 1984 - July 27, 2005 |
| | Killed in Action
Operation Iraqi Freedom
United States Army
3rd Battalion,
69th Armor Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division,
Fort Stewart, Ga
“I made the ultimate sacrifice for you” — Map (db m55833) WM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), Saint Joseph — SPC Joshua James "Josh" Munger May 6, 1983 - November 2, 2005 |
| | Killed in Action
Operation Iraqi Freedom
United States Army
1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment,
2nd Brigade, 101 Airborne Div.
“Freedom Isnt Free”
Dedicated to the Memory of Our Fallen Hero — Map (db m55834) WM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), Saint Joseph — St. Michael's Prairie / The Lewis and Clark Expedition |
| | St. Michael's Prairie
St. Michaels Prairie, the site where St. Joseph would be established, was identified on maps at least as early as 1792. French explorers and trappers had been traveling up and down the Missouri River since the early 1700s, and many areas along the river had been used as camps or temporary settlements. St. Michael was the name of a French family whose history is linked with the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, so it is possible that during the 18th century this area . . . — Map (db m47472) HM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), Saint Joseph — The Boder Building |
| |
This property has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — Map (db m47476) HM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), Saint Joseph — The California - Oregon Trail 1840s & 1850s |
| | Each spring thousands of emigrants camped in these hills and meadows waiting for new grass to support their teams along the trail. Wagons lined St. Joseph streets to the east waiting for two to three days to be ferried from this point. The settlers faced up to five months of hardships, sickness and danger in a trip beyond the protection of the U.S. Government. In the 1840s and 50s, hundreds of thousands of emigrants followed the St. Joe Road west seeking homesteads or gold on the California . . . — Map (db m47467) HM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), Saint Joseph — The Civil War in St. Joseph A State Divided: The Civil War in Missouri |
| | On April 3, 1860, the Pony Express started from this neighborhood on its historic run to the West. Eight months after the Pony Express joined East and West, the country split North to South when South Carolina seceded. Missouri, including St. Joseph, was as divided as the nation. Almost 2,000 men from Buchanan County fought for the Union. Roughly the same number joined the Confederates. Union troops occupied St. Joseph throughout most of the war to protect the strategically important western . . . — Map (db m48063) HM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), Saint Joseph — The First Pony Express |
| |
This monument erected by the
Daughters of the American Revolution
and
The City of St. Joseph
marks the place where the first
Pony Express started on April 3, 1860 — Map (db m47492) HM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), Saint Joseph — The Journey West |
| | After the 1848 discovery of gold in California, more than 100,000 sturdy Americans passed through St. Joseph on their way west in quest of wealth, opportunity and better lives. The "Gold Rush" began and those who followed the "Star of Empire" became part of one of the world's largest-known human migrations. Most of the pioneers came to St. Joseph, outfitted their wagon trains, and then ferried the swift-running waters to start their 2,000-mile journey to California.
This monument is a . . . — Map (db m47479) HM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), Saint Joseph — The Patee House |
| | The Patee House
has been designated a
Registered National Historic Landmark
under the provisions of the
Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935
This site posseses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States
U.S. Department of the Interior
National Park Service
1964
Patee House Hotel
1858
Restoration of this front portico was
a 1976 Bicentennial project. Mrs. William
J. Bingham, great-granddaughter of John
Patee, . . . — Map (db m47443) HM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), Saint Joseph — The Patee House In The Civil War A State Divided: The Civil War in Missouri |
| |
The Hotel Patee House opened in 1858 as St. Josephs finest hotel. It later served as the national Pony Express headquarters, the local Union Army headquarters, a womens college and a factory. The building is now a National Historic Landmark.
The Opening of the Hotel Patee House
St. Joseph was a thriving community on the western border in 1856 when John Patee began construction on his Hotel Patee House. He equipped his hotel with the latest technology and a lavish interior at a . . . — Map (db m47441) HM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), Saint Joseph — The Pony Express by Albert Fales |
| |
A stone from the U.S. Post Office
1898 - 1940 — Map (db m47466) HM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), Saint Joseph — Transcontinental Telegraph Electrical Engineering Milestone |
| |
Between July 4 and October 24, 1861, a telegraph line was constructed by the Western Union Company between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California, thereby completing the first high-speed communications line between the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts. This service met the critical demand for fast communications between these areas. The telegraph line operated until May 1869, when it was replaced by a multi-wire system constructed with the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railway lines.
September 1992 — Map (db m47465) HM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), Saint Joseph — War Memorial |
| |
Dedicated to those
who gave their lives
in behalf of their country
They gave their tomorrow
for our today
Spanish American War World War I
World War II Korean War
Vietnam Persian Gulf War — Map (db m55771) HM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), St Joseph — Patee Town |
| | John Patee came to St. Joseph in 1845 and opened the city's first drugstore at the corner of of Main and Francis Streets. He purchased 320 acres, platted what was known as "Patee Town" and began selling building lots in 1849. He later built the Patee House Hotel on the corner of 12th and Penn Streets in 1856. The city contributed money in 1860 to open Patee Market House on South 10th Street between Olive and Lafayette Streets.
Construction of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad in 1859 . . . — Map (db m22072) HM |
| Missouri (Buchanan County), St. Joseph — Jesse James Home |
| | Outlaw Jesse James was shot and killed in this house April 3, 1882. It was then at 1318 Lafayette on the hill above Patee House. It was moved here in 1977. — Map (db m58835) HM |
| Missouri (Butler County), Poplar Bluff — First Presbyterian Church USA |
| | A church building occupied by First Presbyterian Church has stood at this northwest corner of Main and Oak Streets since 1884, the longest period of time one denomination has occupied one site in Poplar Bluff's history. Founded in 1879, first church built in 1884. Remodeled in 1900; destroyed by fire, 1925. Rebuilt in 1929, education building added in 1967. — Map (db m36142) HM |
| Missouri (Butler County), Poplar Bluff — Historic Brick Streets |
| | In 1913 the city completed 3-1/3 miles of brick streets along Main & Vine at the cost of $86,645 following specifications established for brick streets in New York City. These historic streets have served the city for nearly a century. — Map (db m36140) HM |
| Missouri (Butler County), Poplar Bluff — Original Town Poplar Bluff |
| | This site marks northwest corner of original town platted in 1849. Poplar Bluff, named for beautiful tulip poplars on bluffs overlooking Black River, became county seat of Butler County in 1849 and was incorporated on February 9, 1870. — Map (db m36126) HM |
| Missouri (Butler County), Poplar Bluff — Poplar Bluff |
| | (Front): Butler County chose this bluff and the surrounding area as the county seat in 1849 and named it Poplar Bluff. The beautiful trees growing on the natural bluff were tulip poplars. (Reverse): According to legend, early travelers on Black River called it the poplar bluff. The tree is one of Missouri's most valuable trees. It is native to this area and is also called yellow poplar. Though known as a poplar, the tree is a member of the magnolia family. Early in May it is . . . — Map (db m36127) HM |
| Missouri (Butler County), Poplar Bluff — Poplar Bluff |
| | (Front): In the Ozark perimeter, above Missouri's Southeast Lowland Region, Poplar Bluff was laid out in 1849 as seat of newly organized Butler County. The town was named for its location in a forest of yellow poplars on the bluffs above Black River. Called L'eau Noire by French trappers, Black River flows clear and swift above Poplar Bluff, murky and slow below. The county is named for Mexican War General W.O. Butler. Almost destroyed by guerrilla and troop foragers during the Civil . . . — Map (db m36128) HM |
| Missouri (Butler County), Poplar Bluff — Pvt. Billie Gene Kanell |
| | Dedicated to the memory of Pvt. Billie Gene Kanell 35th Infantry Regiment 25th Infantry Division - Company I Korean War Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and to all the servicemen of Butler County Missouri who made the supreme sacrifice for democracy — Map (db m36139) HM |
| Missouri (Caldwell County), Braymer — Haun's Mill |
| |
Southwest of here
on October 30th, 1838,
occurred the incident generally
known as the Haun's Mill Massacre.
This site located by
Wm. R. Pemberton.
This marker placed here by
Glenn M. Setzer
1941 — Map (db m22502) HM |
| Missouri (Caldwell County), Breckenridge — Haun's Millstone Commemorative Marker |
| | Mill Stone believed to be from Haun's Mill (1836- ca. 1845)
This relic represents a tragic episode in American Religious history. A testament to an enduring need for greater understanding and tolerance between peoples of differing ideologies, including religious beliefs and cultural backgrounds. As a result of miscommunication and feelings of powerlessness to effect change in the wake of what they saw as offensive Mormon military actions in Daviess County, Livingston County Regulators and . . . — Map (db m22564) HM |
| Missouri (Callaway County), Fulton — The Berlin Wall |
| | Following the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, the country was divided into four zones of occupation by the World War II Allies. The United States, Great Britain, France and the Soviet Union. Berlin, located deep within the Soviet zone also was subjected to four-power control. Three years later, the Soviets tried to force the Western presence out of the city by severing highway, rail and water links between West Berlin and the rest of Germany. After an eleven-month Airlift organized by the . . . — Map (db m59080) HM |
| Missouri (Callaway County), Fulton — The National Winston Churchill Museum |
| | Commemorates Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech delivered at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri on March 5, 1946, in which he warned:
"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an IRON CURTAIN has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe.
Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and Sofia, all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the . . . — Map (db m59085) HM |
| Missouri (Callaway County), Fulton — The Winston Churchill Memorial and Library |
| | The Church of St. Mary Aldermanbury first mentioned in 1181, destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666, rebuilt by Christopher Wren, destroyed by bombing in 1940. The remaining fabric removed to Westminster College in 1966 and restored as this memorial. — Map (db m59087) HM |
| Missouri (Cape Girardeau County), Burfordville — Bollinger Mill/Burfordville Covered Bridge |
| | (Front): Bollinger Mill
Maj. George Frederick Bollinger built the first mill here in 1800, on a 640-acre grant from Louis Lorimier, Spanish Commandant of Cape Girardeau district of Upper Louisiana. A German Swiss from North Carolina, Bollinger visited this area 1796, and returned with 20 families. His mill became the largest and best in the district.
The mill, damaged in the Civil War, later rebuilt, operated until 1950, and is now owned by the Cape Girardeau County . . . — Map (db m35367) HM |
| Missouri (Cape Girardeau County), Cape Girardeau — "Red Rover, Red Rover" Did you know? |
| | "Red Rover" was the first hospital ship of the United States Navy, the first Navy ship that women served on and the apparent namesake of the popular children's game. It was also build and launched in Cape Girardeau in 1859.
"Red Rover" was a steamer brought by the Confederate Navy a the beginning of the Civil War and used as a transport. At the Battle of Island #10 near New Madrid, MO, it was captured by Union forces in April 1862. The Union Navy outfitted it as a military Hospital ship, . . . — Map (db m58928) HM |
| Missouri (Cape Girardeau County), Cape Girardeau — Cape Girardeau and the Railroad |
| | After the golden age of the steamboat, port cities like Cape Girardeau suffered as railroads provided alternate means of transportation.
Responding to the post-Civil War railroad boom, a syndicated of local business leaders formed the Cape Girardeau and State Line Railroad Company in 1869 and sold bonds to capitalize the enterprise. However, no track was ever laid, the funds disappeared, and the company went bankrupt leaving the City in great debt.
In 1880 Louis Houck, a local lawyer and . . . — Map (db m58672) HM |
| Missouri (Cape Girardeau County), Cape Girardeau — Cape Girardeau River Crossings |
| | In the 1790s, the Spanish governor granted Louis Lorimier permission to operate a ferry service at Cape Girardeau.
Thereafter, ferry operators continued to shuttle people and products across the Mississippi River until 1928 when a new, privately built bridge ended the ferryboat era. Captain A.C. Jaynes was the last of these operators.
Located at the north end of the River Campus Terrace Park, the 1928 bridge operated first as a toll bridge and later as a state roadway. The bridge closed . . . — Map (db m58667) HM |
| Missouri (Cape Girardeau County), Cape Girardeau — Cape La Croix Creek |
| | In 1699, fathers Montigny, Davion, and St. Cosme, French missionaries erected a cross where this stream entered the Mississippi and prayed that this might be the beginning of Christianity among the Indians.
The stream has ever since been known as Cape La Croix Creek.
Originally dedicated October 12, 1947 LaCroix Creek site on N. Kings Highway.
Relocated to this site on
Good Friday, April 10, 2009
Rededicated
Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010 — Map (db m58683) HM |
| Missouri (Cape Girardeau County), Cape Girardeau — Champion Beech Tree |
| | This stately Beech is one of the largest and oldest trees in the State of Missouri. A registered "champion" tree, it is approximately 200 years old. Quite possibly it was alive at the time of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
The American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) is the only native North American species of beech.
A slow growing hardwood, beaches may live 300-400 years and attain heights of 70-120 feet.
Beech trees are typically found in the hardwood forests of eastern United States. . . . — Map (db m58665) HM |
| Missouri (Cape Girardeau County), Cape Girardeau — Don Louis Lorimier / El Camino Real |
| | Don Louis Lorimier On this site stood the home of Don Louis Lorimier first commandant of the Spanish Military Post established here in 1793
Erected by the Nancy Hunter Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1917
El Camino Real
New Madrid
Cape Girardeau
Ste. Geneviene
St. Louis
Erected by the Missouri
Daughters of the American Revolution
A. D. 1917 — Map (db m52042) HM |
| Missouri (Cape Girardeau County), Cape Girardeau — George Drouillard |
| | George Drouillard was cheif hunter and interpreter on the Lewis and Clark Expedition Corps of Discovery. He was the son of a Frenchman and Shawnee woman as well as nephew of Louis Lorimier, Commandant of the Cape Girardeau District. Drouillard lived and bred horses in the Cape Girardeau area. Meriwether Lewis described him as: "A man of much merit; he has been peculiarly usefull from his knowledge of the common language of gesticulation, and his uncommon skill as a hunter and woodsman: Those . . . — Map (db m51818) HM |
| Missouri (Cape Girardeau County), Cape Girardeau — Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company |
| | Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company
One of the most unusual WWI Mississippi River transportation stories concerns the Manitowoc [Wisconsin] Shipbuilding Co., the nation's only inland builder of submarines.
In December 1940, the U.S. Navy contracted with the company to construct 10 Gato class submarines.
Subsequently, the Navy increased the order to 41 boats of which 28 were ultimately produced prior to the end of the war.
The typical Gato submarine was 312 feet long, with 27-foot beams and a . . . — Map (db m58664) HM |
| Missouri (Cape Girardeau County), Cape Girardeau — Old Lorimier Cemetery |
| | Cape Girardeau's
Oldest Shrine
Earliest Inscription 1808
In this old cemetery
gift of
Don Louis Lorimier
lie pioneers, founders, builders and defenders of our country. — Map (db m58684) HM |
| Missouri (Cape Girardeau County), Cape Girardeau — Old St. Vincent's Church 1838 ------ 1982 |
| | On this site in 1833, Father John Timon, a Vincention Priest, celebrated mass in a warehouse of Don Louis Lorimier.
The first St. Vincent's Church, constructed in 1838, was destroyed by a tornado in 1850. Re-built a year later, the foundation of the present English Gothic church is stone from the original building.
Declared a Chapel of Ease in 1977, Old St. Vincent's Church was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 and has remained a place of worship since Father Timon came to this spot in 1833. — Map (db m52039) HM |
| Missouri (Cape Girardeau County), Cape Girardeau — Pook's Turtles Did you Know? |
| | An ironclad was a wooden warship of the 19-century having iron or steel armor plating. The Confederate's ironclad ,"Monitor" (formerly Merrimack"), and the Union's ironclad, "Virginia" fought off the coast of Virginia in March of 1862. However, these were not the first ironclads that fought in the Civil War.
Between August 1861 and January 1862, a series of seven gunboats were designed by Samuel Pook and built by James Eads at a cost of more than $100,000 each.
Four gunboats were built . . . — Map (db m58930) HM |
| Missouri (Cape Girardeau County), Cape Girardeau — River Commerce |
| |
Known to Native Americans as "Messipi" ("Big River") or "Mee-zee-see-bee" ("Father of Waters"), the Mississippi River originates in Minnesota and terminates 2,348 miles later at the Gulf of Mexico.
The river played an integral part in the establishment and growth of Cape Girardeau, whose port has welcomed skiffs, canoes, Keelboats, steamboats, and modern day passenger paddle wheelers. Barge traffic continues to utilize the river.
Risk has always been a part of life on the river. In the . . . — Map (db m58669) HM |
| Missouri (Cape Girardeau County), Cape Girardeau — St Vincent's Seminary and Southeast Missouri State University |
| | Terrace Park is located on the site where Father Odin of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentian Fathers) established St. Vincent's Male Academy in 1838, which was followed shortly thereafter by St. Vincent's Seminary.
Often affectionately called "The Cape", St. Vincent's remained open as a minor seminary for high school aged boys until 1979.
Joseph Lansmann designed and constructed the original main building (1843) in the Colonial Revival style. A red brick structure with rectangular . . . — Map (db m58663) HM |
| Missouri (Cape Girardeau County), Cape Girardeau — Telephone Service 1877 - 1896 |
| | 1877 1896
Telephone Service
In 1877
The first long distance telephone line in Missouri was completed December 18, 1877 between Cape Girardeau and Jackson.
In 1896
Here in a 10' by 12' second floor room the city's first telephone exchange was established by A.R. Ponder, L.J. Albert, J.F. Brooks, and M.A. Dennison doing business as the Cape Girardeau Telephone Company. — Map (db m38443) HM |
| Missouri (Cape Girardeau County), Cape Girardeau — The Lewis and Clark Expedition Across Missouri |
| | On Nov. 23, 1803, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark arrived at Cape Girardeau, a trading post established in 1795 by Louis Lorimier, the Spanish-appointed Commandant of the Cape Girardeau District. Here, Lewis, co-commander of the expedition, left the keelboat to pay and official visit to Commandant Lorimier. The remaining party, under the command of Clark, who was feeling ill, continued upstream about two miles and camped on a point of land that was the site of Lorimier's original post, which . . . — Map (db m58675) HM |
| Missouri (Cape Girardeau County), Cape Girardeau — The Mississippi River |
| | "The Father of Water" has provided means of travel and commerce since early days. Indians, explorers, priests, traders, and settlers plied its current in canoes, dugouts, flatboats, keelboats, packets, and towboats.
Until the Civil War, Cape Girardeau thrived as a river port for the district. It shipped out furs, pork and beef products, cotton, grain and lumber, and tools, and entertainment by the showboat and races on the river. — Map (db m52040) HM |
| Missouri (Cape Girardeau County), Cape Girardeau — The Red House |
| | Pierre-Louis de Lorimier, French-Canadian fur trader, Indian agent, and founder of Cape Girardeau, built the Red House in the late 1790s west of this location on what is now the parking lot of St. Vincent's Church.
The Red House served as the family home for Louis, his wife Charlotte Pemanpieh Bougainville, and their children- Guillaume ( as son from a previous marriage), Louis, Jr., Marie Louise, Augustus Bougainville, Agatha, Vernieul Raphael, and Victor. It also served as a fur-trading . . . — Map (db m58678) HM |
| Missouri (Cape Girardeau County), Cape Girardeau — The Red House Interpretive Center |
| | The Red House Interpretive Center, under construction from 2002-2004, is a cooperative effort of the Cape Girardeau Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commission and the City of Cape Girardeau. The project was funded in part through grants from the Missouri Department of Transportation and the Missouri Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commission. Over 200 individuals, businesses, and civic clubs donated money, labor, and materials to complete the project.
Integrating the architectural style of the . . . — Map (db m58674) HM |
| Missouri (Cape Girardeau County), Hartle Ford — "Historical Marker" |
| | The Niswonger family came to this area from Lincoln Co. N.C. in a caravan of 20 families, they crossed the river on ice near Ste. Genevieve Jan. 1, 1800, then came south to the Whitewater creeks along which they settled. The family consisted of 3 generations: George Christopher, the imigrant from Switzerland, died in 1802 age 110 yrs. His son Joseph married Catharina Seabaugh. They had 3 children; Jos. Jr. who was 12 yrs. old, Catherine, who married Jos. Baker, Elizabeth, who married Martin . . . — Map (db m33791) HM |
| Missouri (Cape Girardeau County), Oriole — Father Jacques Marquette 1673-1973 |
| | In 1672 Louis Joliet and Father Jacques Marquette were commissioned by King Louis XIV to discover the course of the Mississippi River. On June 17, 1673, the expedition entered the Mississippi from the Wisconsin River and began its descent by canoe.
On July 4, 1673, the seven-man expedition passed the mouth of the turbulent Missouri River and later observed the confluence of the Ohio and the Mississippi. Upon reaching an Arkansas Indian village near present Helena, July 17, they were . . . — Map (db m61828) HM |
| Missouri (Carter County), Van Buren — Big Spring Ozark National Scenic Riverways National Park Service-U.S.Department of the Interior |
| | Big Spring rises through a jumble of giant boulders causing a dramatic “boil” at the spring surface. On an average day 288 million gallons of water flow from the spring, enough to fill Busch Stadium in St. Louis in only 33 hours.
Springs are unique and specialized habitats, primarily due to cool temperatures and flowing water. Many species found in Big Spring prefer springs over other aquatic habitats.
Aquatic Snail Mayfly Watercress Water Buttercups — Map (db m61738) HM |
| Missouri (Carter County), Van Buren — Big Spring-A Karst Topography Ozark National Scenic Riverways National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior |
| | Karst is a special type of landscape that is formed by the dissolution of soluble rocks, including limestone and dolomite.
A karst topography is characterized by rolling hills, deep hollows springs, caves, sinkholes and tunnels.
Rain water, seeping through soil, becomes slightly acidic. Water penetrates cracks and joints, slowly dissolving porous limestone bedrock. Through time, cracks and joints enlarge, creating a vast underground drainage system.
Big Spring carries 173 tons of . . . — Map (db m61739) HM |
| Missouri (Carter County), Van Buren — Building Human Happiness |
| | "We are definitely in an era of building; the best kind of building - the building of great public projects for the benefit of the public and with the definite objective of building human happiness." Franklin Delano Roosevelt Growing out of the hillside overlooking the river and spring branch, the dining lodge still offers visitors a beautiful view and a peaceful meal. It took nearly 11 months for the CCC boys to hew the beams and to quarry, cut and haul the stone needed to raise the . . . — Map (db m36208) HM |
| Missouri (Carter County), Van Buren — Camp Hains - 1710 |
| | "Company 1710 was organized at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, June 3, 1933...The company was made up of approximately 200 Missouri boys, 96 from three north Missouri counties (Putnam, Caldwell, Lynn) and the remainder from Jasper County.... On June seventeenth, an advanced detail of fifty men... was sent to Big Spring State Park. This detail hurriedly made the necessary preparations for the arrival of the remainder of the Company three days later." Memories of Camp Hains March 30, 1934 For . . . — Map (db m36195) HM |
| Missouri (Carter County), Van Buren — Carter County Veterans Memorial |
| | (Front):Erected by the citizens of Carter County in memory of our soldier boys who lost their lives in World War of 1917William Thomas Main Charles O. Marchbank Oscar Marchbank George L. Shiffler Ed. Morler J.L. Kinnard Charles E. McSpadden Leslie Morlan Walter Stucker Charles A. Bounds (Left Side):Veterans of World War IIAsie Boyer David L. Strucker Robert L. Randolph Donald Davis Chester F. Rodgers John Lane Leon A. Bollinger Gilbert L. Farris Gordon Rose (Right . . . — Map (db m36150) WM |
| Missouri (Carter County), Van Buren — CCC - A Peace-Time Army |
| | During the 1930s, a depression slowly strangled the nation. By 1933, nearly 13 million people suffered unemployment. In March, newly elected president Franklin D. Roosevelt responded with a bill creating the Civilian Conservation Corps. Its purpose - to provide work for needy young men while promoting conservation of America's resources. Within a few months, over 250,000 men enrolled. Recruiting CCC enrollees became the responsibility of the Department of Labor. Between 1933 and termination of . . . — Map (db m36191) HM |
| Missouri (Carter County), Van Buren — There Was Work To Be Done |
| | The CCC worked within state and national parks and forest areas across the nation combating soil erosion, fighting forest fires and building park facilities. At Big Spring, boys from 3 separate camps (Co. 1710, 734 and 1740) kept busy with a variety of projects through cooperation with the Missouri state parks system in work phases from June 1933 through April 1937. Working largely by hand, the CCC used raw materials from the area to protect natural resources and enhance recreational . . . — Map (db m36196) HM |
| Missouri (Carter County), Van Buren — Van Buren |
| | (Front): Van Buren, settled as the seat of Ripley County, organized, 1833, became the seat of Carter County when it was organized from parts of Ripley and Shannon counties, 1859. Nearby Big Spring State Park, 4582 acres of Ozark grandeur, founded 1924, features the natural beauty of the largest single-orifice, fresh water spring in the U.S. Big Spring has a maximum flow of 840 million gallons every 24 hours and a daily average of 250 million gallons. The spring discharges about 175 . . . — Map (db m36143) HM |
| Missouri (Cass County), Belton — Smoot Peace Park and Veterans Memorial |
| |
Peace Park
Love + Labor + Leisure + Light + Law=
"Peace"
A memorial to
Mr. & Mrs. G. W. Smoot
given to City of Belton by daughter
Cynthia Smoot Jones
1956
Dedicated to those who served
Dedicated Veteran's Day
Nov. 11, 2004
We salute the courage, honor,
patriotism, and sacrifice of
all men and women who serve in the
Armed Forces of the United States
We mourn the loss of those who have
given their lives to preserve and
defend our precious liberty . . . — Map (db m50860) HM |
| Missouri (Cass County), Harrisonville — Burnt District Monument The Heart of the Burnt District Missouri's Civil War |
| | Missouri's Civil War
The Civil War on the Missouri-Kansas border was an extension of the raiding and looting that took place during the Bleeding Kansas era of 1854 to 1860. Early in the war, Kansas Jayhawkers and Redlegs dressed in blue Union uniforms looted and burned towns such as Osceola, Dayton, Pleasant Hill, Columbus and Butler as well as farms dotting the countryside. In response, guerrillas known as bushwackers rose up to harass the Federals and protect local interests and . . . — Map (db m20318) HM |
| Missouri (Cass County), Harrisonville — Cass County |
| | (Front): Midway on Missouri's western border, Cass County was organized in 1835 and named Van Buren. The Free-Soil Party affiliation of Martin Van Buren led to name change, in 1849 for Democrat Lewis Cass. In territory ceded by Osage tribes 1825, the county was first settled 1828, by David Creek. Early pioneers were mainly from Ky., Tenn., Va. Harrisonville, the county seat, was laid out 1837, and named for Albert G. Harrison, Mo. Congressman. The 1897 courthouse is the county's . . . — Map (db m20267) HM |
| Missouri (Cass County), Harrisonville — General Order No. 11 Aug. 25, 1863 Brig. Gen. Thomas Ewing |
| |
(No inscription except for the title and portraits of significant personalities. This historical marker tells its story pictorially.)
[Portraits of]
Lewis Cass L.O. Kunze
Henry & Bursheba Younger
[William] Quantrill Cole Younger
Major Deant Jennison's [Jayhawks]
[Mural by Daniel Brewer] — Map (db m50871) HM |
| Missouri (Cass County), Harrisonville — Harrisonville WWI Memorial |
| |
In Memory
of our World War
Veterans — Map (db m20702) HM |
| Missouri (Cass County), Harrisonville — Jennisons Jayhawks raid Harrisonville Square July 1861 |
| | (No inscription except for the title. This historical marker tells its story pictorially.) — Map (db m50870) HM |
| Missouri (Cass County), Harrisonville — Lest We Forget |
| | left tablet
Stylized Eagle facing right perched on 3 arrows
Lest we forget
Korea
map of Korea
right tablet
Stylized Eagle facing left perched on 3 arrows
Lest we forget
Vietnam
map of Vietnam
base of marker
Dedicated to the brave men and women of Cass County who served that Freedom and Justice should not perish from the Earth.
Blue Star Marker
Blue Star By Way marker program established by the Federation of Garden . . . — Map (db m21314) WM |
| Missouri (Cass County), Harrisonville — The Burnt District Monument |
| | (Left Side Plaque)
The Burnt District / Jennison's Tombstones
When the Civil War began, Cass County was home to over 1,700 families. The population of 8,900 free whites and 1,000 slaves reflected widely diverse origins. Many had migrated from Kentucky, Tennessee,and Virginia, bringing a distinctly southern culture. The county was growing and prosperous.
The Civil War forced residents to choose sides. Too often, neighbors and family members found themselves on opposing sides . . . — Map (db m22089) HM |
| Missouri (Cass County), Harrisonville — United We Stand Divided We Fall |
| | The Cass Co. Judges who suffered imprisionment by the U.S. Federal Courts rather than make a tax levy to pay fradulent Co. and Township Railroad Bonds.
FE Johnston
WP Barnes
Sept 1 1883 to Jan 1 1884
WA Wray
FM George
ET Lane
Mar 21 1892 to Jan 1 1893.
This inscription made by order of Cass Co. Court Sept.9, 1897 in compliance with a petition presented by
J.N. Haddock — Map (db m20268) HM |
| Missouri (Cedar County), El Dorado Springs — City Park Dedication |
| |
This land was dedicated to the
City of Eldorado Springs
for a park by
N. H. and W. P. Cruce
July 20, 1881 — Map (db m57378) HM |
| Missouri (Cedar County), El Dorado Springs — El Dorado Spring |
| | El Dorado Springs was founded around this spring in 1881 due to the waters medicinal value. The stone above marked its first site 75 ft. to the SE until 1890 when routed to this basin. During repairs in Sept. 1992, this sandstone slab was found covering an unknown manhole and tunnel built in 1906, date of last major repairs. To maintain the springs historic integrity, this slab replaced the 1906 stone, now on display at the museum. — Map (db m57372) HM |
| Missouri (Cedar County), El Dorado Springs — Former School Districts in El Dorado Springs R-2 |
| | This bell has been donated by the Rock School District of Cedar County Missouri in commemoration of the former Common School Districts which presently comprise the El Dorado Springs R-2 School District.
Cedar County
Barnes Cedar Springs Cherry Valley Cline Hill Clintonville Coal Hill Concord El Dorado Springs Flat Rock Forest Grove Green Ridge Gordon Hazel Dell Jackson Johnson Liberty Hall Love Pleasant Ridge Rock Sandridge Union Hall . . . — Map (db m57417) HM |
| Missouri (Cedar County), El Dorado Springs — Grindstone Wash Basin |
| | Before El Dorado Springs was founded, this stone wash basin sat before the Spring on rock supports. It was used by travelers along the trail. Some pioneer artisan cut it from a stone taken from Grindstone Quarry, located East of the Park Hotel. Early pioneers in this area secured stone from the quarry to make their grindstones. The texture of the rock was excellent, - not soft or hard spots. - The branch at the base of the quarry was called Grindstone Branch. It is the branch that runs . . . — Map (db m57377) HM |
| Missouri (Cedar County), El Dorado Springs — Missouri Bicentennial Wagon 1776 - 1976 |
| | This wagon represented the State of Missouri in the 1976 Bicentennial Wagon Train Pilgrimage to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
Wagon Master, Raymond Williams
Asst. Wagon Master, Jack Nolan
Outriders, Georgia Williams
Dixie Nolan-Peak and Kennard Ward — Map (db m57421) HM |
| Missouri (Cedar County), El Dorado Springs — Nathaniel H. and Waldo P. Cruce 1857 - 1925 and 1861 - 1904 |
| | Realizing it was believed by the general public that the spring water had some medicinal value and that people were coming great distances to drink the water for whatever ailments they had, Nathaniel H. and Waldo P. Cruce, brothers, had the foresight that a town was forming. They subdivided and platted the City of El Dorado Springs on July 20, 1881, conveying this 10 acres and spring to the public as a park.
Nathaniel and Waldo continued to plat and subdivide their land, comprising of 8 . . . — Map (db m57380) HM |
| Missouri (Cedar County), El Dorado Springs — Prairie A year-round palette of colors |
| | A sea of grasses and wildflowers - the tallgrass prairie - once covered America's heartland. It is now one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world, and many of its inhabitants are struggling to survive.
Thousands of acres of rolling prairie once surrounded El Dorado Springs during the pioneer settlement. These grasslands were used for hunting, livestock forage and even a golf course when El Dorado Springs was a resort town in the early 1900s. Today, The Nature Conservancy, the . . . — Map (db m57202) HM |
| Missouri (Cedar County), El Dorado Springs — Roy Bandy and Eddy Wilson |
| | This monument is dedicated to Roy Bandy and Eddy Wilson for their efforts in providing career and work opportunities for young people in the field of cadastral (land) surveying with the General Land Office and its successor, the Bureau of Land Management.
The young people from Eldorado Springs and surrounding area represented on this monument have worked for the General Land Office or Bureau of Land Management in the field of cadastral (land) surveying. Many worked only a few months while . . . — Map (db m57381) HM |
| Missouri (Cedar County), El Dorado Springs — Veterans Memorial |
| |
Dedicated to
All Veterans
of the
United States
Armed Forces
Erected Oct. 1972 — Map (db m57337) HM |
| Missouri (Christian County), Ozark — Baldknobbers Hanging |
| | (Front)
On this approximate spot on May 10, 1889 three members of the Baldknobbers were hanged for murder.
The name came from the Bald Knob hilltops on which the Taney County group met.
After the Civil War justice on the area was minimal. In the beginning the Baldknobbers were a group of men dedicated to bring law and order back to the area. While starting out to punish criminals, they evenutally harmed innocent people, culminating on the deaths of two members of the Edens and . . . — Map (db m59918) HM |
| Missouri (Christian County), Ozark — Commercial Block 1897 |
| | This property has been
placed on the
Ozark Register
of Historic Places
by the Ozark Historic
Preservation Commission — Map (db m59916) HM |
| Missouri (Christian County), Ozark — Commercial Building 1914 |
| | This property has been
placed on the
Ozark Register
of Historic Places
by the Ozark Historic
Preservation Commission — Map (db m59917) HM |
| Missouri (Christian County), Ozark — Veterans Memorial |
| |
Dedicated to all veterans
of Christian County
November 11 1992
In Memory of
All American Veterans
This memorial honors all American veterans who, although separated by generations, shared a common, undeniable goal - to valiantly protect our country's freedoms. The memories of these American veterans will continue to live on whenever and wherever democracy exists. The American veteran - forever a symbol of heroism, sacrifice, loyalty and freedom.
November 11, 2001
"We . . . — Map (db m59920) HM |
| Missouri (Clay County), Kansas City — Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport |
| | This historic aviation facility is named in honor of longtime medical pathologist, Jackson County coroner, judge, and Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, Charles B. Wheeler. In appreciation of his dedication to air service expansion for the people of the greater Kansas City area, and in recognition of his special contribution to the development of airport facilities.
Re-dedicated August 16, 2002 — Map (db m58406) HM |
| Missouri (Clay County), Kansas City — Lou E. Holland The Father of Kansas City Aviation 1878 - 1960 |
| | In 1927 led the city's airport development program and personally laid the framework for the network of air transport routes which today make Kansas City the Air Hub of the Nation. — Map (db m58407) HM |
| Missouri (Clay County), Kansas City — Woodneath Clay County Historical Society Historic Landmark |
| | Homeplace settled by Elbridge Arnold in 1838, home built in 1856. Family home of William A. Crouch 1922 until it became the home of Edwin Yancey Crouch in 1940. — Map (db m49819) HM |
| Missouri (Clay County), Kearney — James Farm |
| | Home of Rev. Robert James, Baptist minister who came here in 1840. Son Jesse was born here and with his brother Frank, were involved with the Bushwhackers in criminal escapades until Jesse was killed in 1882. Frank surrendered and lived with his family. House probably oldest in the county. — Map (db m59638) HM |
| Missouri (Clay County), Kearney — Watkins Mill Clay County Historical Society Historic Landmark |
| | This farm established by Walthus L. Watkins, centered around his woolen factory built 1860-1861. It operated for 40 years with mass production machines. This farm (Bethany) also boasted a grist mill, flour mill and saw mill, church and octagonal school house. — Map (db m46134) HM |
| Missouri (Clay County), Liberty — Civil War Memorial |
| | Jewell Hall was used as a hospital and barracks and this hill was fortified by Federal troops under Col. John Scott after their defeat at the Battle of Blue Mills Ferry, Sept. 17, 1861. A line of rifle pits was thrown up from the present location of Marston Hall, along the western contour of the hill, to the point now occupied by the President's home. — Map (db m45555) HM |
| Missouri (Clay County), Liberty — Doniphan – Hubbell House |
| | From circa 1830 until 1925 a house stood on this site once occupied by Alexander W. Doniphan. A native Kentuckian, Doniphan practiced law in Clay County for 30 years, defended the Mormans, and founded William Jewell College. During the Mexican War in 1846-47, he commanded the First Regiment Missouri Mounted Volunteers in the longest march ever made by an American military organization. During this expedition, he became known as “The Hero of Sacramento.” The house was occupied at . . . — Map (db m46531) HM |
| Missouri (Clay County), Liberty — Lightburne Hall Clay County Historical Society Historic Landmark |
| | Built in 1852 by Major Alvan Lightburne as his private residence. This 24 room Greek Revival plantation home is one of Northwest Missouris largest surviving antebellum mansions. Union soldiers camped on the grounds during the Civil War. Restored in the grandeur of the “Old South” by Charles Alfred Cox and Lyle Edward Pinick as their private residence. Patroness, Ferol Josephine Wood Cox. — Map (db m46678) HM |
| Missouri (Clay County), Liberty — Mass Grave Site |
| | The undulations in the ground behind this plaque mark the site of the mass burial of 17 men killed at the Battle of Liberty on September 17, 1861. These Federal soldiers came to Liberty to prevent Confederates from joining General Price at the seige of Lexington but were ambushed by the waiting rebels. Their remains were exhumed in 1912 and placed in graves at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery. Names of these deceased soldiers are preserved in the Grand River Chapel.
"Christ both died . . . — Map (db m45569) HM |
| Missouri (Clay County), Liberty — Methodist Episcopal Church Founded 1822 Clay County Historical Society Historic Landmark |
| | This small frame church was built circa 1842 and is one of the oldest remaining buildings in Liberty. It is build of brick and stucco and has served several uses. In 1855 it became part of the Clay Seminary, an all girls school. One of its most famous students was Carrie Nation the leader of the temperance movement. Later uses include a Christian Science church and a private residence. In 1987 the building was remodeled for the current use as the office of the Liberty Area Chamber of Commerce. — Map (db m45678) HM |
| Missouri (Clay County), Liberty — Riverview Clay County Historical Society Historic Landmark |
| | Believed built by Graham Hughes 1849. Brick kitchen added 1860, interior woodwork 1880. Owned by Wynoop Kiersted, Civil Engineer 1903-1934 and by descendants until 1959. Present owners are Mr. and Mrs. Howard Pavelchek. — Map (db m46577) HM |
| Missouri (Clay County), Liberty — The Lewis and Clark Expedition Across Missouri |
| | “The Deer in the Morning & evening are feeding in great numbers on the banks of the River, they feed on young willow, and amuse themselves running on the open beeches or points.” William Clark, June 25, 1804.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition passed this location on June 25, 1804. That morning a heavy fog delayed the departure of the expedition from the campsite of the previous day, which was near present-day Atherton. The river was running high but was just beginning to . . . — Map (db m46694) HM |
| Missouri (Clay County), Liberty — The Liberty Landing |
| | The Liberty Landing, also known as Baxters Landing, located at the base of the bluffs one half mile west of Missouri 291 Highway, played a significant role in the history and development of Liberty, Missouri as well as Clay County. In use from 1829 until the 1890s, the landing was much more than a tie up location for keelboats and riverboats. A settlement flourished that included a hemp factory with rope walk, tobacco warehouse, livery stables, vineyard with winery, hotel, post office and at . . . — Map (db m46604) HM |
| Missouri (Clay County), Liberty — The Liberty Spring |
| | Around this inexhaustible spring was founded the City of Liberty - July 1, 1822
Dedicated to the Pioneer Settlers by Alexander Doniphan Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution — Map (db m46205) HM |
| Missouri (Clay County), Liberty — The Trenches On The Hill |
| | Rumors of a Confederate Invasion which would include the burning of Liberty and a raid on Fort Leavenworth resulted in the fortifying of this hill in April, 1862. Doors from nearby homes were used to line the trench across the hill. This marker is placed where one of three cannons was positioned. The invasion never materialized and the trenches were abandoned in the fall of 1862.
At this marker let us pray for the day that men and women will “hammer their swords into plowshares and . . . — Map (db m46619) HM |
| Missouri (Cole County), Jefferson City — Cole County World War Memorial |
| |
In Memory
of the men from
Cole County
who died in the service
of their
state and country
in the World's War
1917 to 1918
[Roll of Honored Dead] — Map (db m62237) WM |
| Missouri (Cole County), Jefferson City — Corps of Discovery (1804 - 1806) |
| |
Meriwether Lewis William Clark
York Seaman George Drouillard
———————
Sculptor: Sabra Tull Meyer
Columbia, Missouri
Project Designer: Austin Tao
St. Louis, Missouri
———————
A gift to Missouri from the Friends and Students commemorating the Bicentennial of the 1804-1806 Lewis & Clark Expedition
The Missouri Lewis & Clark Bicenntenial Commission endorsed the monument as a Bicentennial . . . — Map (db m62317) HM |
| Missouri (Cole County), Jefferson City — Exchange Bank |
| |
Missouri State Capitol
Historic District
Entered on the
National Register
of Historic Places
Bicentennial
1776 - 1976 — Map (db m62238) HM |
| Missouri (Cole County), Jefferson City — Jefferson City |
| |
Front
The capital of Missouri, officially named the City of Jefferson in honor of the third U.S. President, is built on a site chosen by the First General Assembly, 1821, for a seat of government. St. Charles, until 1826, was the temporary capital while the new town was established here. The first statehouse here burned, 1837, the second, 1911. Today's magnificent capitol completed 1917, is built of native Carthage marble.
The capitol is famous for its paintings, sculpture, and . . . — Map (db m62394) HM |
| Missouri (Cole County), Jefferson City — Jefferson City Greenway: Lewis and Clark Trailhead Plaza |
| |
The Jefferson City Greenway is a linear park that serves as a conduit for non-motorized travelers to gain access to recreation areas, natural and cultural features, schools and businesses. The greenway is a multi-use trail designed to provide a safe alternate away from busy city streets to bike, walk and wheel. Approximately 12.8 miles of trail has been developed between 1991 and December of 2009 including a 7.1 mile continuous stretch from the Dunklin Street Trailhead through Cole County . . . — Map (db m62318) HM |
| Missouri (Cole County), Jefferson City — Lewis and Clark Expedition |
| |
Commemorating the
Lewis and Clark Expedition
which explored these hills
June 3 and 4, 1804
Cedar Island and Cedar Creek on the north shore of the Missouri River are especially mentioned in the Original Journals Of The Expedition. The beauty of the bluffs beyond is also described in these chronicles.
To the west of this point a small creek flowed into the river from the south. The explorers named this stream Nightingale Creek because a bird they thought to be a . . . — Map (db m62388) HM |
| Missouri (Cole County), Jefferson City — Missouri Motor Carriers Association Building |
| | George W. Burruss, President
Robert W. Wilson, Vice-President
Dedication September 26, 2003
The Missouri Motor Carriers Association proudly dedicates this building in honor of these great men who have served the trucking industry with tireless dedication for nearly four decades.
We are grateful to have been associated with leaders whose commitment and passion have moved our industry to the pinnacle of respect.
Their efforts to improve Missouri's transportation system and promote . . . — Map (db m62223) HM |
| Missouri (Cole County), Jefferson City — Missouri Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association |
| |
On February 20, 1823, the U.S. government granted the land on which this building stands to the State of Missouri "for the purpose of fixing their seat of government thereon." The land was subsequently divided into 40 town lots, the first sale of which took place in May 1823. This site, originally described as fronting "Madison and Main Streets" (Main Street was later renamed Capitol Avenue), was sold to David Sleator on July 25, 1825, for $133.00. In 1846, this building, one of Jefferson . . . — Map (db m62386) HM |
| Missouri (Cole County), Jefferson City — Monroe House |
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Missouri State Capitol
Historic District
Entered on the
National Register
of Historic Places
Bicentennial
1776 - 1976 — Map (db m62236) HM |
| Missouri (Cole County), Jefferson City — Replica of the Statue of Liberty |
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With the faith and courage of
their forefathers who made
possible the freedom of these
United States
The Boy Scouts of America
dedicate this replica of the
Statue of Liberty as a pledge
of everlasting fidelity and
loyalty
40th Anniversary Crusade to
strengthen the arm of liberty — Map (db m62315) HM |
| Missouri (Cole County), Jefferson City — Site of Price Mansion |
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For 63 years scene of Missouri's
political and social activity
Erected in 1842 by
General Thomas Lawson Price
1809 - 1870
First Mayor of Jefferson City
1839
Lieut. Governor of Missouri
1849
Appointed Brigadier General
by President Lincoln
1861
Member of Congress
1862
Property acquired by State of Missouri
1905 for site of Supreme Court Building — Map (db m62221) HM |
| Missouri (Cole County), Jefferson City — Soldiers' Memorial Plaza Courage Sacrifice Education Equality Humanity |
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Dedicated to the
Officers and Soldiers
of the
62nd and 65th
United States
Colored Infantries
Lincoln University was founded by the black enlisted men of the 62nd and 65th United States Colored Infantries and their white officers who fought for the cause of the Union during the Civil War. The black soldiers of these two regiments were the victims of an 1847 Missouri law that prohibited blacks from learning to read and write. Amidst the horror of war, they were given the . . . — Map (db m62284) HM WM |
| Missouri (Cole County), Jefferson City — Spanish-American War Memorial |
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Dedicated to the honor and memory
of more than
10,000 Missouri Volunteers
who served in the
War with Spain
1898 - 1902
Cuba Manila Puerto Rico
Boxer Rebellion Phillipines [sic]
1898 - 1902 — Map (db m62390) HM |
| Missouri (Cole County), Jefferson City — Temple Beth El |
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The Missouri American
Jewish Tercentenary Service
commemorating the three
hundredth anniversary of
the first Jewish settlement
in the United States was
held here on September 19, 1954.
Missouri State Capitol
Historic District
Entered on the
National Register
of Historic Places
Bicentennial
1776 - 1976 — Map (db m62260) HM |
| Missouri (Cole County), Jefferson City — The Corps of Discovery in the Jefferson City Area |
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On June 4, 1804, a keelboat and two pirogues containing the members of the Corps of Discovery passed this spot as they headed upstream to the headwaters of the Missouri River and across the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. The Lewis and Clark Expedition was in the twenty-second day of their two-year, four month long odyssey. Already fighting the strong currents of the Missouri River, the party had managed to cover over 145 miles since leaving their Winter encampment at the River . . . — Map (db m62379) HM |
| Missouri (Cole County), Jefferson City — The Exchange National Bank Building |
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Missouri State Capitol
Historic District
Entered on the
National Register
of Historic Places
Bicentennial
1776 - 1976 — Map (db m62227) HM |
| Missouri (Cole County), Jefferson City — The Missouri River Valley as a Transportation Corridor |
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Lewis and Clark, 1804
"The object of your mission is to explore the Missouri river, & such principal stream of it, as, by its course & communication with the water of the Pacific ocean may offer the most direct & practicable water communication across this continent, for the purposes of commerce."
President Thomas Jefferson's Instructions to Meriwether Lewis, June 20, 1803
Shown here are the two pirogues and keelboat used in the Lewis and Clark Expedition for their voyage up the . . . — Map (db m62349) HM |
| Missouri (Cole County), Jefferson City — The State Capital During The Civil War A State Divided: The Civil War in Missouri |
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Jefferson City witnessed many dramatic events during the Civil War. In the early months of the war, Secessionists and Unionists engaged in a tense contest for dominance. It ended in the hasty flight of the elected pro-Southern government and its replacement by a military backed provisional Unionist government. Once the federals gained control, defense of the city became a priority as the provisional government struggled to maintain control in a deeply divided and war-torn state.
The . . . — Map (db m62402) HM |
| Missouri (Cole County), Jefferson City — The Tennessee House |
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Missouri State Capitol
Historic District
Entered on the
National Register
of Historic Places
Bicentennial
1776 - 1976
— Map (db m62225) HM |
| Missouri (Cole County), Jefferson City — Thomas Jefferson 1743 - 1826 |
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Third President
of the
United States
Author of the
Declaration of Independence
and Father of the
Louisiana Purchase
Patria — Map (db m62220) HM |
| Missouri (Cole County), Jefferson City — Willis Porter Corwin 9ABD |
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On this site, during the night hours of January 27, 1917, eighteen year old Willis Porter Corwin received and re-transmitted three Morse Code messages, which became the first successful one-way transcontinental relay of formal message traffic in the history of American radio. Conducted as an experiment by pioneer amateur radio operators, these messages, which were originated by citizens in Los Angeles, were sent to a station in Denver which relayed them to young Corwin in Jefferson City. He . . . — Map (db m62312) HM |
| Missouri (Cooper County), Blackwater — Blackwater Veterans Memorial |
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Dedicated to All Veterans
Past Present & Future
WWI WWII Vietnam
Harold Dean Waller Vietnam
James Paul Barton Vietnam
John Wesley Dial World War II
Aubrey Embrey World War II
Glenn Alley World War II
Charles H. Schuster World War II
Warner Schuster World War II
Joe Smallwood World War I
Albert Junkerman World War I
Ralph E. Strickfaden World War II
—————
Sergeant First Class
James Russell Harris (Ret) . . . — Map (db m44105) HM |
| Missouri (Cooper County), Blackwater — Osage Chieftain |
| | The Osage Indians thought so much of the French Explorer, Pierre Chouteau, as a fur trader, that on March 19, 1792 they gave him land along the Lamine River including what is now Blackwater township, Pilot Grove township and of course, the once famous summer resort, Chouteau Springs.
This Indian represents the Osage chieftain with a staff in his left hand and in his right, a scroll, or "deed" which he presented to Chouteau with the promise that if the Osage Indian "offspring" gave him any . . . — Map (db m44103) HM |
| Missouri (Cooper County), Boonville — Battle of Boonville A State Divided: The Civil War in Missouri |
| | On June 17, 1861, the Battle of Boonville took place at this and other locations along this road. By most standards of warfare, the Battle of Boonville was more truly a skirmish or demonstration than a full blown battle. But small conflicts can sometimes have large consequences, and such was the case with the outcome of the Battle of Boonville. The battle was not only one of the first flash points of conflict in the rapidly escalating Civil War, but it also helped to decide in favor of the . . . — Map (db m46060) HM |
| Missouri (Cooper County), Boonville — Boonville |
| | Side A:
Historic Boonville's first settlers were pioneer Mother Hannah Allison Cole and her 9 children who located on the Missouri River bluffs where St. Joseph Hospital now stands, 1810. Hannah, whose husband William T. Cole was killed by Indians, ran first river ferry here. In the War of 1812, her place served a wide area as a neigborhood fort.
Boonville, on trails west and southwest, was laid out in 1817 by Charles Lucas and Asa Morgan and named for Daniel Boone. It became the seat . . . — Map (db m46067) HM |
| Missouri (Cooper County), Boonville — Boonville Veterans Memorial |
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In memory of all those
who served in the
Armed Forces of the
United States of America
Dedicated this 5th Day of October, 2004
Designed by Sabra Tull Meyer
"Freedom Flight"
Sculptor Sabra Tull Meyer
Dedicated November 11, 2009 — Map (db m45856) HM |
| Missouri (Cooper County), Boonville — Capture of Boonville |
| |
To commemorate the battles
June 17th. and Sept. 13th. 1861
and capture of Boonville
Oct. 16, 1864
See marker four blocks south
Monument Committee G.A.R.
C. C. Bell, Commander
F. J. Boller, Quartermaster.
1931 — Map (db m45861) HM |
| Missouri (Cooper County), Boonville — Capture of Union Troops |
| |
This marks defence works
where three companies of
Union soldiers were taken
prisoner when Confederates
captured Boonville
Oct. 16, 1864 — Map (db m46048) HM |
| Missouri (Cooper County), Boonville — Cooper County Korea - Vietnam War Memorial |
| | In memory of those from
Cooper County who served and died
in Korea and Vietnam
Korea
George W. Shelby
Kelly C. Odneal
Vietnam
Robert E. Jenry
Millard F. Meadows
Robert W. Moore — Map (db m45864) WM |
| Missouri (Cooper County), Boonville — Cooper County World War Memorial |
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They died that Freedom might
not perish from the Earth
1917-1919
Stanley Ira Bell Oscar H. Bishop
Merritt H. Boswell Mack L. Blackstone
William O. Diel John Edwards
Sidney E. Emery Harry English
Lon S. Fairfax Richard Wm. Haller
Emmett W. Hamilton George C. Harlan
Ephraim Harmon William K. Johns
Charles E. Jones Albert F. Junkerman
J. Leonard Larry Walter T. Langkop
Henry R. Meyer Leroy F. Miller
Otto Roertner Roy W. Redd
Jesse Reed C. C. . . . — Map (db m45863) HM |
| Missouri (Cooper County), Boonville — David Barton 1783 - 1837 |
| | David Barton was born December 14, 1783, near Greeneville, North Carolina (now Tennessee). He came to the then-Louisiana Territory in 1809. Though Barton had some legal training, his first job was teaching in St. Charles. When the Missouri Territory was formed in 1812, Barton studied the French influence on civil laws and served as a mounted ranger under Nathan Boone, son of Daniel and Rebecca Boone. After two years he volunteered and gained popularity as a Boonslick Country Ranger Company . . . — Map (db m46019) HM |
| Missouri (Cooper County), Boonville — Frederick T. Kemper 1816 - 1881 |
| | Frederick Thomas Kemper, pioneering Missouri educator and founder of Kemper Military School in Boonville, was born at Madison Courthouse, Virginia. After graduating from Marion College in Palmyra, Missouri, he came to Boonville in 1844 and opened his first boarding school for young boys, the new Boonville Male Academy. For the next ten years the school grew in enrollment and went through several name changes until he settled on the name Kemper Family School in 1854. In that year he married . . . — Map (db m45974) HM |
| Missouri (Cooper County), Boonville — George Caleb Bingham (1811 - 1879) |
| | One of America's greatest painters, George Caleb Bingham, was known during his lifetime as "the Missouri Artist" for his depictions of frontier life and portraits.
Bingham was born in Augusta County, Virginia, March 20, 1811, and in 1819 the family moved to Franklin, across the Missouri River from Boonville. From 1828 to 1832 he was apprenticed to Justinian Williams, a Boonville Methodist minister, cabinetmaker, and carpenter. While an apprentice he did a portrait of local lawyer Washington . . . — Map (db m45975) HM |
| Missouri (Cooper County), Boonville — Hannah Allison Cole (1762 - 1843) |
| | Hannah Cole was one of the earliest settlers of the present site of Boonville. She was born in Virginia about 1762. In 1789 she married William Temple Cole. They moved to Kentucky about 1805 and then to what would soon become Missouri Territory in 1807 where they joined the Cooper family and others at Loutre Island (across from present-day Hermann, Missouri).
In July 1810 Hannah's husband was killed by Indians, and in either the fall of 1810 or sometime in early 1811 Hannah and her nine . . . — Map (db m45905) HM |
| Missouri (Cooper County), Boonville — Hannah Cole's Fort |
| | In 1810 Hannah Cole and her nine children crossed the Missouri River and built a cabin on the site of Boonville, thus becomig the first white settlers south of the river.
After repeated Indian trouble in 1814 it was deemed necessary to build a fort at Hannah Cole's place. The position of the fort on the bluff directly north from this marker, assured protection, water supply, and means of escape in the event of Indian attacks. Upon its completion all white settlers south of the river moved . . . — Map (db m46052) HM |
| Missouri (Cooper County), Boonville — High Street Office Building |
| | The two story part of the building to the west of the 3-1/2 story part of the building was built in 1822 as the Ballantine House which served as a hotel. This German Style brick structure is one of the oldest still standing in Boonville and in fact West of the Mississippi. The 3-1/2 story part was added in the 1830's. The wings on each end were added a story at a time in the 1870's and 1880's. At its peak, the hotel had 55 rooms and had a bath house, kitchen, and dining room as well as four . . . — Map (db m45867) HM |
| Missouri (Cooper County), Boonville — James Milton Turner (1839 - 1915) |
| |
Born in slavery in St. Louis County, Mo.
Freed 1843
Founder, Elias Buckner African-American School in Boonville 1869 Established 32 Missouri schools for African-Americans in 1870
Secured state funding for Lincoln Institute (later Lincoln University)
Secretary, Missouri Equal Rights League
U.S. Minister and Counsel General
to Liberia, 1871-78
Founder, Colored Emigration Aid Association
Hannibal Black Masonic Home Advocate
Attorney for the Cherokee Freedmen
Buried, Father . . . — Map (db m46016) HM |
| Missouri (Cooper County), Boonville — Replica of the Statue of Liberty |
| |
With the faith and courage of
their forefathers who made
possible the freedom of these
United States
The Boy Scouts of America
dedicate this copy of the
Statue of Liberty as a pledge
of everlasting fidelity and
and loyalty
40th Anniversary Crusade to
stengthen the arm of liberty — Map (db m45866) HM |
| Missouri (Cooper County), Boonville — The Battle of Boonville |
| | On the morning of June 17, 1861, one of the first engagements of the War Between the States occurred between State and Federal troops here in the hills below Boonville. The engagement began at 8 A.M. and ended near this spot with the surrender of the town by acting City Mayor James H. O'Brian to Union General Nathaniel Lyon.
Raw, pro-Southern State Guardsmen had been hastily organized and called out to defend the state on June 12 by Governor Claiborne F. Jackson. It was here that General . . . — Map (db m46055) HM |
| Missouri (Cooper County), Boonville — Thespian Hall |
| | Thespian Hall, believed to be one of the oldest surviving theaters west of the Allegheny Mountains, brought culture to the frontier town of Boonville. In 1838 sixty leading citizens founded an all-male dramatic group called the Thespian Society. The Society used an old log building, a store and a courthouse for its activities.
In 1854 the Thespians purchased this lot at Main and Vine Streets for $500. In 1855, they incorporated as the Boonville Library, Reading Room, and Thespian . . . — Map (db m46049) HM |
| Missouri (Cooper County), Boonville — Walter Williams |
| | Born July 2, 1864, Boonville, Missouri
Died July 29, 1935, Columbia, Missouri
Editor - The Advertiser - Boonville, Missouri - 1884-1889
Editor - The Herald - Columbia Missouri - 1889-1908
Founder and Dean of First
School of Journalism in the World
at the University of Missouri 1908-1930
Curator University of Missouri 1899-1905
President of University of Missouri
1930-1935
The Journalist's Creed
I believe in the profession of journalism.
I believe that the . . . — Map (db m45999) HM |
| Missouri (Crawford County), Cuba — 5 — Amelia |
| | This mural chronicle a Sept 4, 1928 account in the Muskogee Times-Democrat. Amelia Earhart left Scott Field in Belleville, Illinois in her Avro plane, with a destination of Muskogee, in route to Los Angeles. She later forced down outside of Cuba. No damage was reported, and she continued her journey. Thus, the destiny of the first woman to fly across the Atlantic and the small town of Cuba, Missouri crossed.
August 2002
Bronze Sponsors
In memory of: Marlyn Jean Goodrich
R. Brooks . . . — Map (db m58892) HM |
| Missouri (Crawford County), Cuba — 2 — Apples and Barrels |
| | Via Cuba's second mural depicts one of the town's most fascinating eras, 1895-1920. During that brief period, the apple was king. By 1900, Cuba was the largest producer, processor, and distributor of applies in the state of Missouri. Closely related to this was the barrel industry, quality apples were shipped by train in barrels. The early apple orchards that surrounded Cuba are long gone, but barrel-making remains one our most stable enterprises. The people portrayed in the mural represent . . . — Map (db m58894) HM |
| Missouri (Crawford County), Cuba — 10 — Civil War |
| | Viva Cuba's series of Civil War murals depict conflicts between troops of Confederate General Sterling Price and Union General Thomas Ewing in September 1864. The battles started at Fort Davidson near Pilot Knob, Missouri and ended with the rescue of the Union troops in Leasburg, Missouri.
The Civil War murals represent a cooperative effort between Viva Cuba and Carl William "Chip" Lange IV of Boy Scout Troop 463, as a part of his Eagle Scout Project.
Gold Sponsor:
Viva Cuba, Inc. . . . — Map (db m58898) HM |
| Missouri (Crawford County), Cuba — 4 — County Fair |
| | When Sen. Harry S. Truman campaigned for re-election in a close 1940 primary, two democratic committeemen were his only listeners on the steps of the adjacent Wallace house, as people kept hurrying past. He learned they were going to the homecoming Fair, picking up the Coca-Cola Box on which he stood. Truman followed them to the fair. Less than five years later this native Missourian began the 33rd U.S. President.
Crawford Co. fair, under various names and 4-H are both century old traditions . . . — Map (db m58924) HM |
| Missouri (Crawford County), Cuba — 3 — Cuba's Gold Star Boys aboard the Blue Bonnet Frisco Train |
| | During World War II the Blue Bonnet, a Frisco train named after the Texas state flower, was a familiar sight with its distinctive blue and white cars. The train was a major form of transportation from 1927 to 1967, and during World War II this #7 train whisked away many of Cuba's service men as they left their homes to protect our way of life.
"Gold Star Boys" designated those that were killed in combat while on active duty in the armed forces.
Small pins worn by family members had a . . . — Map (db m58921) HM |
| Missouri (Crawford County), Cuba — 1 — Peoples Bank Celebrating 100 years 1901-2001 |
| | A.J. Barnett, the first cashier and President of Peoples Bank from 1920-1959, was mayor of Cuba, for ten years. The first city lighting system was installed during his first term in 1922. The mural shows him cranking the first Model T Ford in Cuba. In the car, left to right are Katie Hunter, Billy Jackson and A.J.'s children, James and Mildred Barnett. The building at the SW corner of Smith and Washington was the site of the bank in the early 1900s.
April 2001
Peoples Bank
Viva Cuba Committee — Map (db m58899) HM |
| Missouri (Crawford County), Cuba — St Louis, Salem & Little Rock Railroad |
| | In 1873 the St Louis, Salem & Little Rock Railroad was completed from Cuba, forty-one miles south, to Salem at a cost of about $1,250,000. It was built to transport iron ore and lead from area mines to market, and later passenger service was added. In 1887, it was acquired by the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Co. and operated as the Salem branch of the "Frisco" line. Although the branch never reached Little Rock, it operated for over 100 years aiding the economy and allowing people to . . . — Map (db m58926) HM |
| Missouri (Crawford County), Cuba — 8 — The Millworks |
| | This mural recreates the look of the 1948 Robert-Judson Lumber Company Millworks Building. The saying "measure twice, cut once, -was very much the rule when employee of 54 years Francis Nixon worked here. The building was the site of custom woodworking and sheet metal production that created quality products for the community. Roberts-Judson remains one of the oldest continuing businesses in Cuba.
September 2004
Bronze Sponsors
Roberts-Judson
Net Engineers
Wal-Mart
Viva Cuba thanks all other contributors — Map (db m58922) HM |
| Missouri (Crawford County), Cuba — 9 — The River |
| | Viva Cuba's vintage river mural, The River depicts the use of the river as a source of recreation, beauty and transportation. Since Missouri is a from of the Indian word Missou-ly meaning canoe. It is an appropriate subject for the ninth mural. During the 20s-40s many river resorts flourished along the rivers. The rivers were also used to transport logs to market. The mural sponsored by the Bass family of Steelville, reflects their heritage as members of Meramec, Courtois and Huzzah River . . . — Map (db m58889) HM |
| Missouri (Crawford County), Leasburg — Crawford County |
| | Side A:
Early noted for its rich banks of iron ore, Crawford County was organized 1829, and named for Georgia Sen. W.H. Crawford. In territory ceded by Osage tribes 1808, the county was roamed by the Delaware and Shawnee into the period of settlement by Southern pioneers in the early 1820's.
Steelville, the county seat, was laid out 1836, and named for James Steel who sold the 40-acre townsite for $50. First settler at the site was William Britton, 1833. Court first met at James . . . — Map (db m55636) HM |
| Missouri (Dallas County), Buffalo — Beckner Building Oldest Brick Building |
| |
Built in 1848 A.D. by Levi Beckner this is the only brick building to survive the Civil War. It housed mercantile, newspaper, the first bank 1884-1910, abstract, cafe, and insurance businesses. — Map (db m62540) HM |
| Missouri (Dallas County), Buffalo — Dallas County |
| |
[Front]
Dallas County, organized 1841, was first called Niangua for the river flowing within its borders, but the name proved difficult and it was changed to Dallas in 1844 for U.S. Vice Pres. George M. Dallas. Settled in the early 1830's by pioneers from Tenn., Ind., and Ohio, the county lies in territory ceded by the Osage Indians in 1808.
Buffalo, the county seat, laid out 1841, is on an extensive plain named Buffalo Head Prairie for a buffalo skull landmark erected by first . . . — Map (db m62544) HM |
| Missouri (Dallas County), Buffalo — Veterans Memorial Lest We Forget |
| |
This memorial is dedicated to all who fought
for the freedom and the principles of our country
They sought no glory
but their country's good — Map (db m62542) WM |
| Missouri (Dunklin County), Campbell — The Battle at Chalk Bluff A State Divided The Civil War in Missouri |
| | The Battle at Chalk BluffDown the hill from this marker is the place where four brigades of Confederates, led by Brig. Gen. John Sappington Marmaduke, crossed the St. Francis into the safety of Arkansas on May 1-2, 1863. The clash with Union troops at Chalk Bluff was the last fight of Marmaduke's second expedition into Missouri, usually known as the Cape Girardeau Raid, in April 17-May 2, 1863. The fleeing Confederates were hotly pursued by Union troops, led by Gen. John McNeil, and their . . . — Map (db m18141) HM |
| Missouri (Dunklin County), Kennett — Kennett |
| | (Front): Here in the Southeast Lowland Region of Missouri on a Delaware and Shawnee Indian village site, Kennett was laid out as the seat of Dunklin County, 1846. The town was first called Chilletecaux for a Delaware Indian living here at the time. Later known as Butler, it was named for Mayor of St. Louis L.M. Kennett, 1851. The county name honors Gov. Daniel Dunklin. Kennett grew as a trade and legal center as Dunklin developed into a noted cotton, soybean, and livestock farming area. . . . — Map (db m17477) HM |
| Missouri (Dunklin County), Kennett — The Village of Kennett |
| | In 1843, the village of Kennett was founded near the campsite of Chickasaw Indian Chief Chilletecaux — Map (db m17483) HM |
| Missouri (Franklin County), Washington — Robert Frazer |
| |
This marker commemorates Robert Frazer, a member of the Corps of Discovery, on the occasion of the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Listed as a witness in the trial of United States vs. Robert Westcott, Frazer wrote to President Jefferson, "whatever may be the fate I shall meet with, I have the consolation to know that I have been true to my country. I shall perish rather than prove otherwise."
Robert Frazer died nearby in 1837.
Marker dedicated on May 24, 2004 — Map (db m61608) HM |
| Missouri (Franklin County), Washington — The Lewis and Clark Expedition Across Missouri |
| |
"Set out early...passed wood river [today's Dubois Creek near Washington, Missouri] on the Lbd [larboard or south] Side... Camped at the mouth of a Creek called River a Chauritte [La Charrette] above a Small french village of 7 houses and as many families..."
William Clark, May 25, 1804
On May 24 and 25, 1804, the Lewis and Clark Expedition was in the vicinity of present-day Washington. At South Point (the southernmost point on the Missouri River), three miles east of Washington, . . . — Map (db m61610) HM |
| Missouri (Franklin County), Washington — Washington |
| |
Side A
Characterized by old world charm of its German heritage, Washington was founded by William G. Owens who bought acreage here 1828, at the Missouri River ferry then called Washington Landing, Lucinda Young Owens, his widow, filed the town plat, 1839. A rival town, Bassora, was laid out in 1836 but was later absorbed by Washington. The Missouri River bridge here dates from 1936.
Here, in 1833, settled 12 German Catholic families attracted to the area by Gottfried Duden's . . . — Map (db m61607) HM |
| Missouri (Franklin County), Washington — Waterworks Building 1888-89 |
| |
This building was erected by the Interstate Gas and Waterworks Company. The building served not only as a pumping station for Washington's water supply but also as the home of the proprietor. — Map (db m61587) HM |
| Missouri (Franklin County), Washington — Wir Sind Freunde - We Are Friends Sister Cities Marbach am Neckar Washington |
| |
The citizens of Washington hereby commemorate the Sister City partnership between the City of Marbach am Neckar, Germany and the City of Washington, Missouri. Recognizing the value of mutual understanding to world peace, we unite in contributing our efforts to this goal.
Marbach am Neckar
November 11, 1990
Washington
May 25, 1991 — Map (db m61644) HM |
| Missouri (Gasconade County), Hermann — "Big Hatchie" Steamboat Disaster |
| |
In memory of the early pioneers who perished in the explosion of the steamboat "Big Hatchie" at the wharf at Hermann in 1842, the thirty-five dead that lie buried here in unmarked graves and the many whose bodies were never recovered from the waters of the Missouri River. — Map (db m63484) HM |
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