| Missouri (Jackson County), Independence — James Bridger Gravesite |
| | picture of Jim Bridger
James Bridger
1804 · 1881
Celebrated as a hunter, trapper, fur trader, and guide. Discovered Great Salt Lake 1824, the South Pass 1827. Visited Yellowstone Lake and Geysers 1830. Founded Ft. Bridger 1843. Opened Overland Route by Bridger's Pass to Great Salt Lake. Was guide for U.S. Exploring Expeditions, Albert Sidney Johnson's Army in 1857, and G. M. Dodge in U. P. Surveys and Indian Campaigns 1856 - 65. This monument is erected as a tribute to his . . . — Map (db m27223) |
| Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City — 1 — Action Before Westport |
| | (Front of Marker):
Price's Raid
Confederate General Sterling Price brought three mounted divisions from Arkansas into Missouri, September 19, 1864. Fighting several small battles he marched slowly north toward St. Louis, then struck westward to Jefferson City. Failing to capture either armed city he fought on west toward his secondary objectives: Kansas City and Fort Leavenworth. He reached the Little Blue on October 21 with 15,000 armed men, 5,000 recruits and a huge wagon train. . . . — Map (db m20868) |
| Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City — 3 — Battle of Westport — Union Flanking Movement |
| | Here just before noon on Sunday, October 23, 1864, Major General Samuel Ryan Curtis, commanding the Federal Army of the Border, began his flanking movement of Brigadier General Joseph Orville Shelby's Division of the Confederate Army of Missouri. While the Union army was engaged in heavy fighting just east of here, General Curtis led the 9th Wisconsin Battery and Company G of the 11th Kansas Cavalry up a twisting, wooded defile to a position on the left and rear of General Shelby's lines, the . . . — Map (db m21702) |
| Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City — 4 — Bent & Ward Houses |
| | The brick house in the rear was owned by Wm. Bent, fur trader. On Sun., Oct. 23, 1864 heavy fighting occurred here. After Union Gen. Curtis flanked the Confederate line by coming up a ravine (Rockwell Lane) his troops were a few rods north of the house. The Confederate line was defended by portions of Jackman's and Thompson's Brigades of Shelby's Div. At about noon the Confederates were pushed back to 55th Street. They withdrew south at 1:00 p.m.
Go east on 55th; left on Summit; right on 51st to the Sunset Hill School. — Map (db m21722) |
| Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City — Chez Les Canses or "Chouteau's" |
| | Beginning around 1799, French-speaking traders and farmers moved up-river from the French settlements in the Illinois country, around Ft. Chartres, St. Louis, Kaskaskia and St. Genevieve and from Three Rivers in Canada, and settled at Randolph Bluffs near the Chouteau Bridge to the east, and the "French Bottoms" to the West which now comprise the Central Industrial District. The little enclave at Kawsmouth was entirely French-speaking until 1840 and was strung out in little "arpent" (Paris . . . — Map (db m22363) |
| Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City — 5 — Confederate Position |
| | At 8:30 A.M. Sun., Oct. 23, 1864, Gen. Shelby's Division moved north and struck Union troops near the Wornall House. Gen. Blunt's Union cavalrymen were driven across Brush Creek. Shelby stopped to bring up ammunition. About 3,000 Confederate men were behind a stone fence along 51st St. facing a heavily wooded area to the north. Here their line extended from Oak St. to State Line. From 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. they came under heavy artillery fire and were forced eventually to pull back to 55th St.
East to Wornall; rt into Loose Park — Map (db m21705) |
| Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City — Etienne Veniard - Sieur de Bourgemont — Etienne Veniard - Sieur de Bourgemont |
| | (front of marker in English)
Starting about 1680, the pressure of French traders moving up the Missouri from the Illinois country coincided with the commercial void created by the Pueblo Indian revolt in New Mexico. Soon, Frenchmen were coming in considerable numbers via the Missouri, to Kawsmouth and beyond, whence they journeyed overland to Taos and Santa Fe. They were the precursors of the Santa Fe Trail traders. The route up the Missouri was officially explored and mapped for . . . — Map (db m27256) |
| Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City — Forest Hill Confederate Memorial |
| | (Front):
In memory of our Confederate Dead
(Reverse):
To the brave soldiers who fell in the Battle of Westport October 23, 1864. — Map (db m26593) |
| Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City — In Memory of Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the "Kansas City Massacre" — June 17, 1933 |
| | RAYMOND J. CAFFREY
Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
OTTO REED
Chief of Police, McAlester, Oklahoma
WILLIAM J. GROOMS
Detective, Kansas City Missouri Police Department
FRANK HERMANSON
Detective, Kansas City Missouri Police Department
Near this location the above named officers were slain and FBI Agents Francis J. Lackey and Reed E. Vetterli were wounded while transferring Federal prisoner Frank Nash, who had been apprehended the previous day, to the Federal . . . — Map (db m19942) |
| Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City — Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige |
| | front left panel
Leroy Robert
(picture of Satchel)
July 7, 1906
June 8, 1982
front right panel
Lahoma Jean
(picture of Lahoma)
April 7, 1922
Sept. 22, 1986
center front panel
Paige
He began work carrying suitcases at Mobile Union Station and devised a sling harness for hustling several bags at once. The other red caps said he looked like a "Walking Satchel Tree" thus Leroy . . . — Map (db m26607) |
| Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City — Lewis and Clark Expedition Across Missouri |
| | “we Set out early… Passed the mouth of … Blue water river…[and later]… a bad Sand bar, where our two rope twice…. Came to and Camped in the Point above the Kansas River. I observed a great number of Parrot queets this evening…”
William Clark, June 26, 1804
On June 26, 1804, the Lewis and Clark Expedition arrived at the mouth of the Kansas River. Throughout the day on June 26, the men of the Corps of Discovery often had to tow the keelboat and the two pirogues that . . . — Map (db m26783) |
| Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City — McCoy's Trading Post |
| | Near this point John McCoy built a log trading post in 1833 which launched the settlement of Westport, with the town becoming the westernmost point of American civilization. From Westport, the Santa Fe, California, and Oregon Trails reached out as tentacles of the nation's growth, extending to the Pacific Coast and into Mexico. Westport's street's, shops and hotels bustled with traders, trappers, missionaries, Indians and gold prospectors forging west. Kit Carson, Jim Bridger and John Sutter . . . — Map (db m21064) |
| Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City — 14 — Mockbee Farm |
| | The Thos. Mockbee Farmhouse stood here. On Oct. 22, 1864 when, after the Confederates had forced a crossing of the Big Blue to the east 300 men of the 2nd Kas. Militia were north of the farmhouse where they formed a line facing north. Jackman's Brigade with Gordon's Regiment of Shelby's Div. made several mounted charges and finally overran the Union position. Union losses were 30 killed; 50 wounded; 102 captured including a 24-pound howitzer. Jackman also lost heavily in this fight.
Go . . . — Map (db m26577) |
| Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City — Mutual Musicians Association Building |
| |
Has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance
In commemorating the history of the
United States of America
This hall used by Musicians Union Local #627 served as a center for the development of the “Kansas City Style” of jazz in the 1930s and 1940s
1981
National Park Service
United States Department of the Interior — Map (db m6706) |
| Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City — 22 — New Santa Fe |
| | In 1864 this village straddled the state line. The military road running north and south was ¼-mile west of the line. On October 23, 1864, General Sterling Price's wagon train moving southwest on this road turned south on the military road at 2 P.M. followed by most of his army. Shelby's Division withdrew south at 3 P.M. with Union troops in pursuit. Jennison's and Ford's Brigades continued for four mi. and stopped. Price continued south for 20 miles that night. Union troops camped near here . . . — Map (db m20580) |
| Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City — New Santa Fe / Trail Remnants |
| | (black marker)
New Santa Fe, also known as Little Santa Fe, was not much more than an Indian settlement when the first wagon trains passed through on the Santa Fe Trail in the early 1820's. A popular stopping place because of its grass, water and room for camping, it became a wagon train outfitting station on the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California Trails. Originally called Blue Camp 20 because it was near the Little Blue River and approximately 20 miles from Independence, Missouri, the . . . — Map (db m20724) |
| Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City — 21 — New Santa Fe Road |
| | In 1864, the New Santa Fe Rd. joined the Harrisonville Rd. (now Grandview Rd.) here and went south across I-435 then to the southwest. McNeil's Union Brigade had been ordered by Gen. Pleasonton to be here by daylight on October 23, 1864 and block General Price's retreat. He was several miles to the east by 10 A.M. Cabell's Brigade and 5,000 unarmed recruits were guarding Price's wagon train. About noon McNeil attacked Cabell but was driven back across present Hy. 71 to the northeast. Price's . . . — Map (db m20576) |
| Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City — Original Site of Harris House — 1844 - 1912 |
| | Famous for its hospitality
and as the western outpost
of civilization
on the Santa Fe Trail
Rededicated 1961 & 1974 — Map (db m20819) |
| Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City — 20 — Russell's Ford |
| | In 1864 the ford across the Blue River was near where the bridge to the north now stands. Blue River road did not exist the. On October 22, 1864. Kansas Militia, defending this ford to prevent crossing by Confederate General Price, withdrew to the north and west when Price crossed downstream. On the 23rd Price's wagon train and most of his army crossed here retreating south on what was then called the Harrisonville Road. Late that morning a unit of McNeil's Union Brigade was on the bluff to the southeast but did not fire on the enemy. — Map (db m19731) |
| Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City — Santa Fe Trail — Camino de Santa Fe — 1821 - 1880 |
| | (limestone marker)
"A Highway Between Nations"
Sen. Thomas Hart Benton, 1825
(red granite marker)
Santa Fe Trail
1821 - 1872
Marked by the
Daugters of the
American Revolution
and the
State of Missouri
1909
New Santa Fe — Map (db m20610) |
| Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City — 13 — Shelby's Last Stand |
| | On Oct. 23, 1864, Confederate Gen. Shelby being forced back from Westport by Gen. Curtis and flanked on the east by Gen. Pleasonton formed a defensive line here behind stone fences running east and west to the state line. Jackman's Brigade of Shelby's Division arrived after 1 P.M. To defend the Confederate right flank. Shelby's "Iron Brigade" under Gen. Thompson was farther west. Generals Curtis and Pleasonton finally drove the Confederates south.
Go S.E. to the Confederate monument. Shelby and many of his men are buried here. — Map (db m26692) |
| Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City — The Albert G. Boone Store |
| |
(Main Marker)
Originally used as an outfitting store for wagon trains, this building was completed in 1850 by Indian traders George and William Ewing and was sold in 1854 to Albert Gallatin Boone for $7,000. Boone operated the store from 1854 to 1859.
Born in Kentucky in 1806, Boone was a mountain man, trader, and grandson of the famous Daniel Boone. In 1838, he received a license to trade with the Delaware, Kansa, Shawnee and Kickapoo tribes. His ability to speak fluent . . . — Map (db m20921) |
| Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City — The Cemetery |
| | (Left Side)The Cemetery The Union Cemetery was incorporated by the State of Missouri November 9, 1857 and the first interment was made in 1858. Many of the graves have been removed from earlier burying grounds whose capacities had been reduced by fatalities of the cholera epidemics of 1848-1851. The cemetery was the united project of of the citizens of Kansas City and Westport and so was called Union. The main entrance originally was midway on the toll road joining the towns, now Main . . . — Map (db m19941) |
| Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City — The French and the Lewis & Clark Expedition — Les Français et l’Expedition de Lewis et Clark |
| | Marker Front:
The French-speaking community made a significant contribution to the ultimate success of the epochal Lewis & Clark expedition. The St. Louis Chouteau brothers, fur traders Auguste and Pierre, lodged the two captains in their substantial homes many times during the winter of 1803-04, and assisted in procuring supplies, boats, and personnel. Pierre acted as a downstream agent and post office for the expedition.
French voyaguers had ventured up the Missouri for over a . . . — Map (db m26719) |
| Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City — The French and the Santa Fe Trail |
| | The Santa Fe Trail extended nearly 1,000 miles overall from the Missouri River ports Southwest to Taos and Santa Fe. The first exploration and trading on the direct overland trail was conducted by the colonial French. The 1680 pueblo revolt in New Mexico cut off Spanish trade with the Southwestern Indians, and French traders were quick to fill the void. The Illinois French were then pushing up the Missouri River and far to the West, looking for gold and silver - and beaver for hats for Louis . . . — Map (db m21069) |
| Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City — The Savoy Hotel and Grill |
| | The Savoy Hotel was constructed between 1890 and 1906 during a building boom which created some of the most architecturally significant buildings in the central business district. The first major hotel enroute from the old Union depot, it served as lodging for important political and stage personalities. It is of late nineteenth and early twentieth century design,with neoclassic and art nouveau features. The hotel lobby is preserved intact with the leaded stained glass dome 12 feet in diameter. . . . — Map (db m19831) |
| Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City — 23 — Thomas Farmhouse |
| | About 4 p.m. Oct. 23, 1864 after their victory at Westport the Union leaders met here for consultation. Included were Generals Curtis, Blunt, Pleasonton and Dietzler; Gov. Carney and Sen. Jim Lane of Kansas. The Confederates had lost over 1,000 men and General Price was forced to retreat south but with his army intact. The Union also suffered heavy losses. Union leaders discussed their next step. Pursuit would be started with Blunt's and Pleasonton's Cavalry. Two days later two of Price's . . . — Map (db m20598) |
| Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City — 6 — Union Artillery |
| | When Gen. Curtis moved up the hill to the west Gen. Blunt moved south from Brush Creek through the woods to Loose Park. He drove the Confederates from a stone fence along 51st St. and formed a line there at 11:00 a.m., Oct. 23, 1864. running east and west from Oak St. to the Bent House and south 500 yds. McLain's Colo. Battery of parrott guns was in Wornall Lane. The 9th Wisc. Battery was 100 ft to the west. Thirty Union guns were in line. Attacks were made until noon when the Confederates were . . . — Map (db m21708) |
| Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City — 2 — Union Position |
| | At 9:30 a.m., Oct. 23, 1864, Gen. Curtis's troops from Blunt's Division formed a line along Brush Creek facing south. Jennison's Brigade was west of Wornall; Ford's Brigade east of Jennison's to Oak St.; and Moonlight's Brigade along State Line facing east. Col. Blair's Kansas Militia Brigade was west of Jennison. Union artillery was to the north firing on the Confederates to the south. About 4,500 men were in line. At sunup Blunt moved south with part of his division but was driven back by . . . — Map (db m21725) |
| Missouri (Jackson County), Kansas City — William Bent - Seth Ward Home |
| | Situated on property once owned by Mormonn Bishop Edward Partridge and by Alexander Doniphan, this homestead was acquired in 1858 by Colonel William W. Bent, founder of Bent's Fort, Colorado. In 1864, during Bent's residency, the farm pastures (now Loose Park) were the site of the Battle of Westport. Seth E. Ward, wagon master and Indian trader, purchased the property in 1871 and completed Bent's antebellum house. Restoration was begun in 1949 by Dr. and Mrs. Frederick B. Campbell. — Map (db m23177) |
| Missouri (Jackson County), Sugar Creek — Sugar Creek Veteran's Memorial |
| | Center Tablet:
(picture of a stylized Eagle)
Erected to those of
Sugar Creek, Missouri who have
made the Supreme Sacrifice in
World War I and World War II
Korea and Vietnam
Left Tablet:
Pvt. George Beal • Army • France • July 19, 1918 * * Pvt. R. K. Mayfield • Army • France • Sept. 28, 1918 * * Pvt. Garnett Lee Pittillo • Army • France • Oct. 4, 1918 * * S/Sgt. Lewis W. Zwarka • USMC • Korea • Sept. 6, 1950 * * Cpl. Kenneth W. Onka • Army • Korea • Apr. 20, . . . — Map (db m27212) |
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