Warrenton in Warren County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Central Wesleyan College World War I Dedication Marker

Erected by the Alumni Association of Central Wesleyan College Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mary Catherine Prante PhD, April 25, 2026

1. Erected by the Alumni Association of Central Wesleyan College Marker

Inscription.
Erected by the Alumni Association of Central Wesleyan College in honor of the nearly 300 students and former students who responded to the call of their country in the world war 1917 and 1918 and in memory of these nine who made the supreme sacrifice. Hugo Dorsch • Fred Gruber • Wesley Harbaum • Carl Hudson • Greeley Means • Lester Otto H. Paustian • Lester Middelkamp • Oscar Vollrath • Charles Wortmann

Dedicated Armistice Day, November 11, 1920.

Erected 1920 by Alumni Association of Central Wesleyan College, Warrenton, Missouri.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Education • Religion & Religious Structures • War, World I.

Location. 38° 48.933′ N, 91° 9.648′ W. Memorial is in Warrenton, Missouri, in Warren County. It can be reached from Booneslick Road (State Highway MM) west of Hidden Lakes Lane, on the right when traveling west. The memorial stands in Warrenton City Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 200 Booneslick Rd, Warrenton MO 63383, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Missouri River Corridor

and in Greater St. Louis.

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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sanders Tavern - 1826 (approx. 0.7 miles away); Warren County All Veterans Memorial

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(approx. 0.7 miles away); Daniel Boone (approx. 0.7 miles away); Some Gave All (approx. 0.7 miles away); Camp Branch - 1822 (approx. 4.3 miles away); Rodger Taylor's Tavern - 1816 (approx. 5.7 miles away); Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10687 Veterans Memorial (approx. 7.6 miles away); Cross Keys Tavern - 1829 (approx. 8.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Warrenton.

Additional keywords. Warrenton City Cemetery

Credits. This page was last revised on April 27, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 25, 2026, by Mary Catherine Prante PhD of Warrenton, Missouri. This page has been viewed 9 times since then. Photo 1. submitted on April 25, 2026, by Mary Catherine Prante PhD of Warrenton, Missouri. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.