In December 1835, Church member Jacob Haun acquired this tract of land and hired the construction of a gristmill. By 1838 an 18-foot square blacksmith shop had also been built and 10 to 15 families lived in the community. Cultural differences . . . — — Map (db m153436) HM
Mill Stone believed to be from Haun's Mill (1836- ca. 1845)
This relic represents a tragic episode in American Religious history. A testament to an enduring need for greater understanding and tolerance between peoples of differing ideologies, . . . — — Map (db m22564) HM
These lots were once occupied by brick buildings built in 1884,
by Charles B. Franke. Going from South to North there was a
hotel and double-fronted retail store. The hotel was first the
Franke Hotel, then Rhodes House, Hotel de Porter and . . . — — Map (db m287171) HM
Founded in 1855 and named for Alexander Hamilton and Joseph Hamilton. First incorporated in 1868. Ten miles southwest the Mormons in 1836 established the town of Far West, the county seat from 1836 to 1843. — — Map (db m66996) HM
Hamilton was built around the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, which was completed on Valentine's Day, 1859. In the fall of the same year, the Hamilton Depot was built. In 1885 a spur line to the Hamilton Coal Mine was added and later extended to . . . — — Map (db m156949) HM
Born September 16, 1875 in Hamilton, Missouri.
Lived in Hamilton 1875 - 1897.
Founded the J.C. Penney Company on April 14, 1902
in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
Retail Visionary, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist,
Philosopher, and . . . — — Map (db m287161) HM
J.C. Penney 1875-1971 500th J.C. Penney Store opened in 1924 Frank Clark's Mill 1867 Sam McBrayer's Livery Stable 1898 Caldwell County Courthouse in Kingston Built 1898 J.C. Penney Farms Far West Memorial Hamilton Holiday Street . . . — — Map (db m66988) HM
J. C. Penney's Boyhood Home
Zach Wheat · Baseball Hall of Fame
Home of Northwest Mo. Steam & Gas Engine Show
Missouri Star [symbol of the quilt company]
Penney [High School] Hornets — — Map (db m156954) HM
Caldwell County
Courthouse
Erected 1898
Caldwell County became a county
December 26, 1836
This building is on the National
Register of Historic Places . . . — — Map (db m157003) HM WM
The fertile Shoal Creek Valley, Kingston was laid out in 1843 to replace Far West as seat of Caldwell County. Organized in 1836, the county was to be for Latter Day Saints (Mormons), ejected from Jackson County in 1833 and asked to leave Clay . . . — — Map (db m144715) HM
[Front]
This memorial is erected on the farm of
Zachariah Wheat. His home on this farm was
completed in 1924. Zach left this farm in the
mid 1930's.
He was unanimously elected into the
Baseball Hall of Fame in 1959,
"The only player . . . — — Map (db m157006) HM
