Cameron in Clinton County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Herbert Clark Hoover
1874 - 1964
31st President of the United States
July 1, 2022
1. Herbert Clark Hoover Marker
Inscription.
Herbert Clark Hoover. In 1928, here at the Rock Island Railroad Depot, the Republican nominee for President was in Cameron. Local bridge builder J.C. Dildine and wife Rose, a member of the Republican State Committee, encouraged Hoover make a rear platform talk. But after a wearisome day of travel and five speeches, the nominee retired before the 11 p.m. train arrived. Scores of people who had waited patiently crowded about the train. They were thanked by Hoover's secretary, and a basket of flowers was distributed to the ladies. Herbert Hoover was on his way to his birthplace at West Branch, Iowa and to the White House. You are standing where a President slept.
In 1928, here at the Rock Island Railroad Depot, the Republican nominee for President was in Cameron. Local bridge builder J.C. Dildine and wife Rose, a member of the Republican State Committee, encouraged Hoover make a rear platform talk. But after a wearisome day of travel and five speeches, the nominee retired before the 11 p.m. train arrived. Scores of people who had waited patiently crowded about the train. They were thanked by Hoover's secretary, and a basket of flowers was distributed to the ladies. Herbert Hoover was on his way to his birthplace at West Branch, Iowa and to the White House. You are standing where a President slept.
Erected 2022 by City of Cameron in conjunction with the Cameron Historical Society, a Paul Fiddick Project.
Location. 39° 44.497′ N, 94° 14.379′ W. Marker is in Cameron, Missouri, in Clinton County. It is on North Cherry Street north of West 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north. The Herbert Hoover marker stands on the west side of McCorkle Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 305 N Cherry St, Cameron MO 64429, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Missouri and in Greater Kansas City. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on April 29, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 27, 2023. This page has been viewed 399 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:1. submitted on April 27, 2023. 2. submitted on April 27, 2023, by C Lintner of Cameron, Missouri. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
