Jamesport in Daviess County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Harris Log House

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 7, 2013

1. Harris Log House Marker

Inscription. Built by Jesse and Polly Embry Harris four miles East of Jamesport between 1830 and 1836. They arrived with ten children and one slave. Reconstructed by the Harris family in 1985. The last Harris owners were Dr. George Dowe Harris, a Jamesport physician, and his son James Aurand Harris, America's foremost children's playwright.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Science & Medicine • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1830.

Location. 39° 58.278′ N, 93° 48.051′ W. Marker is in Jamesport, Missouri, in Daviess County. It is at the intersection of Broadway (Missouri Route 190) and Bailey Street, on the right when traveling north on Broadway. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Jamesport MO 64648, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Missouri. 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 12 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Birthplace and Boyhood Home of Jerry Litton (approx. 8.7 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 9.4 miles away); Gallatin (approx. 9.4 miles away); Site of the 1883 Trial of Frank James (approx. 9.4 miles away); Site of the 1869 James Gang Bank Robbery (approx. 9.4 miles away); Trenton

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(approx. 12 miles away); Fire Bell (approx. 12 miles away); Five Points Flag Pole (approx. 12.1 miles away).

Also see . . . History of Daviess and Gentry counties, Missouri (1922). (Submitted on August 5, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Harris Log House and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 7, 2013

2. Harris Log House and Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 17, 2020. It was originally submitted on August 5, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,085 times since then and 49 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 5, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.