Near Sibley in Jackson County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Restoration of Fort Osage

Photographed by Michael E Sanchez, Jr., September 29, 2003

1. Restoration of Fort Osage Marker

Inscription. The native sons of Kansas City, Missouri organized and supervised the historical aspects of this project. Restoration was started in 1941 and completed in 1962.

Erected 1962 by Native Sons of Kansas City.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Exploration • Forts and Castles • Wars, US Indian. In addition, it is included in the Kansas City - Native Sons and Daughters of Greater Kansas City, and the National Historic Landmarks series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1962.

Location. 39° 11.258′ N, 94° 11.53′ W. Marker is near Sibley, Missouri, in Jackson County. It can be reached from Osage Street just north of 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 107 Osage St, Sibley MO 64088, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Kansas City.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the

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Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Events at Fort Osage (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Fort Osage (about 700 feet away); a different marker also named Fort Osage (approx. 3 miles away); Santa Fe Trail (approx. 3½ miles away); a different marker also named Santa Fe Trail (approx. 6.4 miles away); Engagement at the Little Blue (approx. 7.4 miles away); Price's Raid – 1864 (approx. 7½ miles away); Potawatomi Trail of Death March (approx. 7.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sibley.

Also see . . . Fort Osage National Historic Landmark. Jackson County Parks and Rec page about the fort (Submitted on January 14, 2020, by Michael E Sanchez, Jr. of Kansas City, Missouri.)

Photographed by Michael E Sanchez, Jr., September 29, 2003

2. Fort Osage

Photographed by Michael E Sanchez, Jr., September 29, 2003

3. Fort Osage

Credits. This page was last revised on September 28, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 14, 2020, by Michael E Sanchez, Jr. of Kansas City, Missouri. This page has been viewed 297 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 14, 2020, by Michael E Sanchez, Jr. of Kansas City, Missouri. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.