Mexico in Audrain County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Rex McDonald 833

The World's Champion Saddle Stallion

— Born May 20, 1890 • Died Nov. 10, 1913 —

Rex McDonald 833 Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 12, 2013

1. Rex McDonald 833 Marker

Inscription.

With his last owner, B. R. Middleton, riding him, defeated every horse ever shown against him. Owned, raised and trained in Audrain County. Sire and Grandsire and Great Grandsire of champions. Most widely known and beloved by saddle horse admirers the world over.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Entertainment.

Location. 39° 10.121′ N, 91° 53.367′ W. Marker is in Mexico, Missouri, in Audrain County. It is on Muldrow Street (Missouri Route 15) south of Quisenberry Street, on the right when traveling south. Marker is adjacent to the Museum of Audrain County, on the grounds of Robert S. Green Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 501 South Muldrow Street, Mexico MO 65265, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Little Dixie

and in Mark Twain Country.

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 walking distance of this marker: Graceland (within shouting distance of this marker); Hardin College Bell (within shouting distance of this marker); Old Courthouse Clock Bell (within shouting distance of this marker); Bean Creek German Evangelical Church and Littleby Methodist Church Bell (within shouting distance of this marker); Old Stones (within shouting distance of this marker); Mexico in the Civil War

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Bonnot Combined Brick Machine (within shouting distance of this marker); Diaspore Boulder (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mexico.

Also see . . .
1. Rex McDonald 833. International Saddlebred Hall of Fame website entry (Submitted on November 29, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

2. Sires of Rex McDonald 833 in The Register of the ASHBA (1918). Google Books entry (Submitted on November 29, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

3. Audrain County Historical Society, MO. Society website homepage (Submitted on November 29, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Rex McDonald image. Click for full size.

via ISHF, unknown

2. Rex McDonald

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 12, 2013

3. Rex McDonald 833 Marker

Rex McDonald 833 Markers image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 12, 2013

4. Rex McDonald 833 Markers

Credits. This page was last revised on February 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 29, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 772 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on November 29, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2. submitted on February 26, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3, 4. submitted on November 29, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.