While Scott County residents were divided on the issue of secession, once Arkansas left the Union, many supported the Confederacy. The first fighting there was a Sept. 11, 1863, skirmish near Waldron where the 14th Kansas lost 1 dead and 2 wounded . . . — — Map (db m200627) HM
Dedicated by a grateful community to honor those valiant men and women who gave themselves in service and sacrifice for God and Country — — Map (db m137165) WM
In 1832 Elisha Kellogg purchased 160 acres of land just west of the present Morgan-Scott County line. He and his son-in-law, John Williams, laid out a town of 94 lots and named it Geneva. Geneva was located on the well-traveled State Road, from . . . — — Map (db m214517) HM
Ulysses S. Grant, as colonel of the 21st Infantry Regiment, Illinois Volunteers, left Camp Yates (at Springfield) on July 3, 1861, with his unseasoned troops and marched them to Naples which they reached on July 6. Frederick Grant, the colonel’s . . . — — Map (db m144862) HM
On this spot in the upper room of the old court house in August 1854, Abraham Lincoln made his first speech on the Kansas Nebraska Question — — Map (db m182046) HM
Taught his first school and began his legal career here in 1833-34 His last words were tell my children to obey the laws and support the Constitution — — Map (db m182045) HM
Abraham Lincoln first publicly challenged U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas's "Nebraska Bill" during a Whig county convention August 26, 1854, in the Scott County courtroom located at this site. Because the bill allowed for the expansion of slavery, . . . — — Map (db m182043) HM
Jeffersonville Railroad construction began 1848, completed through 1852. First station built on this site circa 1853 with two wood yards nearby for fuel. Official plat of Austin recorded 1853. Tradition is that town named by Mexican-American War . . . — — Map (db m238561) HM
About dusk on July 10, 1863, Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and his men rode into Lexington, then the county seat of Scott County. The raiders had ridden approximately 45 miles since camping the previous night in the Palmyra area. Lexington was . . . — — Map (db m99756) HM
Side 1
Scott County formed by Indiana General Assembly 1820; Lexington selected county seat. Attempts made 1823, 1839, 1840 to relocate county seat to more central location. Petition to County Commissioners 1870 was successful; town of . . . — — Map (db m99751) HM
Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan and his staff spent the night of July 10, 1863, in Lexington. He left for Vernon on the morning of July 11, 1863. — — Map (db m99754) HM
Western Eagle was second newspaper in Indiana Territory. Founded in Madison 1813, moved to Lexington July 8, 1815 and to this site October 1815. Jacob Rhoads, publisher after 1814, terminated publication January 6, 1816 for financial reasons. Rhoads . . . — — Map (db m99750) HM
English (1822-1896), politician, banker, and historian, served as secretary of 1850 Indiana Constitutional Convention, as Speaker of Indiana House, and in U.S. House. Candidate for U.S. Vice President, 1880; President, Indiana Historical Society. . . . — — Map (db m99759) HM
On the night of July 10, 1863, most of John Hunt Morgan's cavalry camped along town Creek in these fields. the next morning, while some of the raiders stole what they wanted from Lexington businesses and homes, others scoured the area for horses to . . . — — Map (db m99760) HM
(Side 1)
Kimberlin, a Revolutionary War veteran, was first person to purchase land in what is now Scott County In 1804, he bought Tract 264 of land grant to soldiers of George Rogers Clark. His family settled 1805 in well-built cabin . . . — — Map (db m99663) HM
Indianapolis and Louisville Traction Company organized to build track between Seymour and Sellersburg as part of the interurban line which extended from Indianapolis to Louisville; track completed in 1907. First railway in the country to operate . . . — — Map (db m99655) HM
One of the earliest U.S. train robberies occurred May 22, 1868 at nearby Marshfield, a refueling and watering stop. Engine and express car were detached from Jeffersonville, Madison, and Indianapolis Railroad train and abandoned near Seymour. . . . — — Map (db m238562) HM
(Side 1)
Northern Boundary of Clark's Grant near here. Land grant provided by Virginia 1781 to General George Rogers Clark and his men for American Revolutionary War service against British in Illinois country. Grant was 150,000 acres . . . — — Map (db m99660) HM
Pigeon Roost, settled 1809 in Clark County, was attacked on September 3, 1812. Over twenty settlers and an unknown number of Indians were killed. Clark County militia unsuccessfully pursued the remaining Indians. That same month Fort Harrison . . . — — Map (db m99656) HM
A community established here in 1809 was attacked by Indians on September 3, 1812; 15 children and 9 adults were massacred; only one family escaped to spread the alarm. — — Map (db m99659) HM
Side A:
County formed by Indiana General Assembly 1820. First county seat located at Lexington; first courthouse built 1821. Several attempts made 1822-1870 to move county seat to more central location, creating animosity among . . . — — Map (db m22063) HM
(Side 1)
Indiana law in 1831 authorized counties to establish institutions to support and accommodate the poor, carrying out 1816 Constitution provision. First Scott County home built 1861 north of Lexington; closed 1879. County home moved . . . — — Map (db m99654) HM
(Front Center Panel:)
Dedicated to Scott County Veterans
Who Honorably Served Their Country
In Time Of War And Conflict
God - Duty - Honor - Country
(Back Center Panel:)
POW * * * MIA
“You Are . . . — — Map (db m22525) WM
Scott County Board of Commissioners appointed a library board 1917 in response to citizen petitions for a public library. Library board sought Carnegie grant for funding assistance. locally $7,500 was raised; Carnegie grant of $12,500 was added. . . . — — Map (db m99459) HM
Marker Front:
Built 1872. One of the classic "combination" depots for passengers and freight, with board and batten siding, wide overhanging roof, and agent's bay window. Interior included separate waiting rooms for men and women. Served as . . . — — Map (db m22061) HM
Front
Wm. H. English
1822 - - 1896
Back
William Hayden English
Born at Lexington, Scott Co. Ind. Aug. 27, 1822
Died at Indianapolis Feb. 7, 1896
REPRESENTATIVE from Scott Co. in the Ind. Legislature. . . . — — Map (db m22082) HM
In memory of the pioneer heroes, Twenty-Two in number, massacred at Pigeon Roost defeat by the Shawnee Indians, Sept. 3, 1812
The Sixty-Third General Assembly of Indiana appropriated Two-Thousand dollars for the erection of this monument. . . . — — Map (db m245539) HM WM
This burial site is for the victims of the Pigeon Roost Massacre in 1812 and was originally marked by only a few stones and a large Sassafras tree. This stump monument denotes the area of the original tree — — Map (db m245523) HM
In the late afternoon of July 10, 1863, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's men reached Vienna and seized the Jeffersonville Railroad Station from the agent and telegraph operator. Morgan's telegraph specialist, Lieutenant George "Lightning" . . . — — Map (db m99515) HM
July 8, 1863. Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and 2,000 cavalrymen crossed the Ohio River into Indiana. They were transported from Brandenburg, Kentucky, on two captured steamboats. For six days, the Raiders rode through Southern Indiana. . . . — — Map (db m99516) HM
Side A During the Civil War, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan (1825~1864) led a raid through southern Indiana July 8-13, 1863. Crossed Ohio River at Brandenburg, Kentucky on two commandeered steamboats with over 2,000 cavalrymen and . . . — — Map (db m99514) HM
Marker Front: In 1829, William C. Redfield declared that Davenport lay opposite the future terminus of a “geographical trunk-line route” between the Atlantic and the Mississippi. Nine years later, in 1838, the Iowa Sun and Davenport and . . . — — Map (db m224582) HM
Marker Front: In 1829, William C. Redfield declared that Davenport lay opposite the future terminus of a “geographical trunk-line route” between the Atlantic and the Mississippi. Nine years later, in 1838, the Iowa Sun and Davenport and . . . — — Map (db m224581) HM
Claussen & Burrows
architects
Built 1900
This property is listed in the
National Register of Historic Places
The Scott County
Historic Preservation Society, Inc. — — Map (db m202163) HM
This property is listed in
the National Register of Historic Places
Iowa State Historical Department
Division of Historic Preservation — — Map (db m202179) HM
This property is listed in
the National Register of Historic Places
Iowa State Historical Department
Division of Historic Preservation — — Map (db m202212) HM
This property is listed in
the National Register of Historic Places
Iowa State Historical Department
Division of Historic Preservation — — Map (db m202214) HM
On September 21, 1832 General Winfield Scott & Governor Reynolds of Illinois negotiated the “Black Hawk Purchase” with the Sacs, Foxes, and the Winnebagos. The treaty deeded 6 million acres to the Americans. The price per acre was 9 cents. — — Map (db m230212) HM
This property is listed in
the National Register of Historic Places
Iowa State Historical Department
Division of Historic Preservation — — Map (db m202238) HM
In this house
Leon “Bix” Beiderbecke
(1903—1931)
was born and raised.
His short life's story left
us with the memory of his
legend as a jazz genius — — Map (db m202217) HM
Marion Crandell was the first American woman to die in the war zone during World War I. She was born in Cedar Rapids, but spent several years in France, where she attended the Sorbonne University. In 1916 she came to Davenport as a teacher at St. . . . — — Map (db m33120) HM
In 1882 Bishop John McMullen, born in Ballynahinch, County Down, wanted a place to begin a college. The pastor of St. Marguerites Parish, Fr. Henry Cosgrove, offered two rooms in his parish grade school. There, on September 4, 1882, St. Ambrose . . . — — Map (db m202265) HM
College Square Historic District
This property is listed in
the National Register of Historic Places
Iowa State Historical Department
Division of Historic Preservation — — Map (db m202211) HM
Built 1906 • Architects
Temple Burrows McLane
This property is listed in the
National Register of Historic Places
The Scott County
Historic Preservation Society, Inc. — — Map (db m202233) HM
In 1856 Antoine LeClaire offered a parcel of land for the construction of a new Catholic Church in Davenport, which he eventually funded in total. This new church was to be built at the top of “Cork Hill,” an area between 6th and 13th Streets named . . . — — Map (db m202256) HM
later Camp Kinsman
Became the Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home
in 1865
Renamed Iowa Annie Wittenmyer Home
in 1951
Dedicated by
Hannah Caldwell Chapter DAR 1996 — — Map (db m202223) HM
The Gannon home was the residence of prominent lawyer, politician, and publisher, M.V. Gannon. Mr. Gannon came to America in October 1866 after leading a group of young Irish patriots in liberating Fenian prisoners from Kilmain Hall, Castle Kilrain. . . . — — Map (db m202244) HM
Within these walls is carried the story of a family from simple beginnings. Through hard work and determination, they achieved success and prosperity, they developed the chiropractic profession and were broadcasting pioneers. This house was the . . . — — Map (db m202166) HM
B.J., Mabel and David moved into the Palmer Family Residence in 1912.
Bartlett Joshua (B.J.) Palmer, DC, E.P.A.C.
1882-1961
B.J. Palmer was the son of chiropractic's founder, D.D. Palmer. B.J. is known as The Developer of . . . — — Map (db m202177) HM
Fred B. Sharon and brother Thomas arrived in Davenport, Iowa in 1882. Together they published the Iowa Catholic Messenger which Thomas had established a few months prior to the move. Upon the death of Thomas, in 1888, Fred took over the management; . . . — — Map (db m202241) HM
[South face] Erected by grateful citizens of Scott County in memory of their fellow citizens who died in defense of the Union 1861 — 1865
[West face] “Proved themselves the bravest of the brave.” — Gen. H.W. Halleck
[North . . . — — Map (db m202186) WM
This property is listed in
the National Register of Historic Places
Iowa State Historical Department
Division of Historic Preservation — — Map (db m202213) HM
Arts & Crafts bungalow
1910
This property is listed in
the National Register of Historic Places
Iowa State Historical Department
Division of Historic Preservation — — Map (db m202230) HM
To commemorate the Blackhawk Purchase Treaty signed by Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott and Hon. John Reynolds for the United States of America and by Chiefs Keokuk and Waupella for the Sac and Fox Indians at Davenport Iowa Sept. 21, 1832. — — Map (db m93118) HM WM
Born in Dundee, Scotland, James MacKintosh traveled to Canada in 1817 and became a bookbinder. In 1835 he journeyed to Iowa, explored the state's unpeopled prairies, and became one of the founding fathers of Davenport. In October, 1836, in a log . . . — — Map (db m202088) HM
Here at Brady and Second streets, in the former Ryan Building, is the site of the first chiropractic adjustment. On September 18, 1895, Daniel David Palmer, who was practicing as a magnetic healer at the time, repositioned a vertebra in the spine of . . . — — Map (db m202151) HM
[Left] This boulder marks the site of the western abutment of the first bridge across the Mississippi River, built in 1858 - 1886
[Center] This replica of a pier from first railroad bridge across Mississippi River is located near . . . — — Map (db m230213) HM
The Ancient Order of Hibernians is an Irish Catholic fraternal society that originated in Ireland sometime between the 16th and the 18th century. In 1836, a group of Irish immigrants in New York City formed the first chapter of the AOH in America. . . . — — Map (db m202157) HM
This property is listed in
The National Register of Historic Places
Iowa State Historical Department
Division of Historic Preservation — — Map (db m202154) HM
[Main plaque] The Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Society presents the annual Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival to honor the musical genius and preserve the world-wide regard for Davenport-born Bix. His life and accomplishments are still . . . — — Map (db m202143) HM
Since 1925, music has drifted along the Davenport levee from the Petersen Memorial Music Pavilion. One of several bandshells in Davenport at the time, the Music Pavilion was the final touch in Davenport's riverfront beautification project known as . . . — — Map (db m202109) HM
Davenport's civil rights movement is unique because of the significant support it received from the local Catholic community, including the Catholic Diocese of Davenport and St. Anthony's Parish, in front of you. A significant number of parish . . . — — Map (db m202160) HM
est. 1837
by Rev. Samuel Mazzuchelli, O.P.
Listed 05 Apr 89
This property is listed in the
National Register of Historic Places
State Historical Society of Iowa — — Map (db m202158) HM
