On West Main Street (Alabama Route 205) west of Lombardy Street, on the left when traveling west.
Albertville, located in Marshall County in northeast Alabama, was named for Thomas A. Albert, one of the first area residents. It lies on Sand Mountain, a plateau approximately 25 miles wide and 75 miles long. Albertville was hunting ground for . . . — — Map (db m225622) HM
Near West Main Street (Alabama Route 205) at Lombardy Street, on the right when traveling west.
The City of Albertville is named for Thomas Albert, buried here with his wife Sarah Sappington Albert and daughter Sarah. They had three other daughters -- Martha, who married James C. Miller,the city's first postmaster, Elizabeth, and Mary. Albert . . . — — Map (db m143214) HM
On East Main Street (County Route 26) east of Andrew Street, on the left when traveling east.
The City of Albertville traces its origin here to 406 East Main Street, where on Jan. 13, 1860, James C. Miller (1833-1862) established a post office in his log cabin home, which also doubled as the community’s first store. Miller, who was later . . . — — Map (db m78710) HM
This American Liberty Elm was named after “The Liberty Tree: Our Country’s first Symbol of Freedom.” On the morning of August 14, 1765, the people of Boston awakened to discover two effigies suspended from an elm tree in protest of . . . — — Map (db m85848) HM WM
On West Main Street (Alabama Route 205), on the right when traveling west.
The West Main Street Cemetery was established in the late 1850’s by the Jones Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church, South, which was located nearby. Among notable persons buried here are: Thomas A. Albert (1796-1876), for whom Albertville is named; W. . . . — — Map (db m225620) HM
On Jackson Street at East McCord Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Jackson Street.
The Alabama Legislature passed an act in February of 1893 calling for the construction of agricultural schools to be built in each of Alabama’s congressional districts. The city of Albertville was chosen as the site for the seventh congressional . . . — — Map (db m78709) HM
On Shoal Creek Trail NE, 0.1 miles east of North Main Street (Alabama Highway 69), on the left when traveling east.
A congregation of the Methodist Episcopal Church North erected a log church, possibly named Pleasant Hill Methodist Church, adjacent to this cemetery in 1883. The church served as Arab's first school. The earliest marked grave is 1883, though older . . . — — Map (db m42594) HM
On North Brindlee Mountain Parkway (State Highway 53) at North Main Street, on the right when traveling north on North Brindlee Mountain Parkway.
Starting as an ancient Indian trail, the north–south road through Arab in 1816 was known as Bear Meat Cabin Road. By 1818, it had become an important Federal trade route through the Alabama Territory known as the St. Stephens – . . . — — Map (db m40134) HM
Near Brashiers Chapel Road, 0.1 miles east of Cobb Road, on the left when traveling east.
Brashier's Chapel community was named for Hiram Brashier who emigrated from South Carolina in 1885 and settled near the present day Brashier's Chapel Cemetery. The oldest grave dates to 1866 and is for Mary Tuttle, the maternal grandmother of . . . — — Map (db m83810) HM
On Cullman Road (Alabama Route 69) at Main Street (Alabama Route 69), on the right when traveling west on Cullman Road.
The Farmer’s Exchange was a focal point of commerce during the early years of the young town of Arab. Farmers exchanged their corn, eggs, butter, hides and other agricultural products for a barrel of flour, a stand of lard or other . . . — — Map (db m40627) HM
On 4th Avenue NW at 1st Street NW, on the left when traveling west on 4th Avenue NW.
First Arab High School
In the early 1900s, students from Arab enrolled at Albertville High School because Arab didn’t have a high school. One group, called the “Brindlee Mountain Boys”, would travel to Guntersville by buggy and then by train . . . — — Map (db m85850) HM
On North Main Street at Guntersville Road (Alabama Route 69), on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
Founded on September 5, 1912, by 40 charter members, First Baptist Church is the second oldest church located within Arab’s original town limits of one square mile. The church was first located just off South Main Street on Fry Gap Road. The Rev. . . . — — Map (db m40136) HM
On North Main Street, 0.1 miles north of Northgate Drive NW, on the right when traveling north.
Founded in 1892 under the leadership of the Rev. B.O.H. Cochran, this is the oldest church congregation inside Arab’s original town limits of one square mile. Twenty-eight names were listed on the church’s original membership roll. Affiliated with . . . — — Map (db m42593) HM
On Fry Gap Road (County Route 48) 0.1 miles west of Rock Hill Road, on the right when traveling east.
Located on the hilltop 500 feet southwest of here. Fry Cemetery typifies rural valley-and-ridge community cemeteries of the 1800s. The Fry family emigrated from Virginia to this area when it was still part of the Mississippi Territory. Revolutionary . . . — — Map (db m85851) HM
On North Brindlee Mountain Parkway (State Highway 53) at Old Huntsville Highway NW, on the right when traveling south on North Brindlee Mountain Parkway.
Gilliam Springs Baptist Church was founded by nine charter members on November 25, 1882, under the leadership of the Rev. P.J. Corley in the Gilliam Springs School. The log school was located on the east side of North Main Street in the vicinity of . . . — — Map (db m40133) HM
On Shoal Creek Road at Brentwood Lane, on the right when traveling east on Shoal Creek Road.
The church was founded on March 14, 1886 by charter members R.J. Riddle, Julie Riddle, W.J. Wright, A. M. Preston, W.B. Scott and F.E. Scott. It is named after Shoal Creek, which rises up less than a mile from the church grounds and empties into the . . . — — Map (db m68785) HM
On South Main Street at Cullman Road (Alabama Route 69), on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.
Indirectly responsible for the naming of the town, Stephen Tuttle Thompson was born Feb. 22, 1832, in Rhea County, Tennessee. He moved to west Marshall County with his parents about 1840 and relocated in 1858 to what became Thompson’s Village and . . . — — Map (db m85852) HM
On Old Bethel Road, 0.2 miles north of County Route 111, on the left when traveling north.
Organized by 1847 as one of the first churches on Sand Mountain. First meeting house erected 1855; buildings at present site constructed about 1885 and 1927. Preachers included Samuel Tyler, Levi Isbell, Jacob K. Dowdy, James R. Isbell, James R. . . . — — Map (db m85853) HM
On S Main Street (Alabama Route 205) at Mill Ave (Alabama Highway 168), on the right when traveling north on S Main Street.
Side A Informally called Sparkstown for a period of time, the city of Boaz was officially named after the husband of Ruth, a Biblical character in the Old Testament. Incorporated in March 1897, Boaz quickly began to "set a pace for her . . . — — Map (db m39156) HM
Near Cathedral Caverns Highway north of 1st Street West, on the left when traveling north.
Constructed in 1937, the Florence H. Becker Recreation Hall was named in honor of Florence Hague Becker, President General of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution from 1935 to 1938. The vertically placed pine logs used in the . . . — — Map (db m241934) HM
On Main Street / Catherdral Caverns Highway (County Route 5) near 10th Street W.
Grant, Alabama is located atop Gunter Mountain at 1310 feet of elevation. It is surrounded by the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and overlooks Historic Kennamer Cove. The post office was established here on May 18, 1887 and the town was . . . — — Map (db m85854) HM
On Cathedral Caverns Highway north of 1st Street West, on the left when traveling north.
In 1924, the Alabama Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) established Kate Duncan Smith School to provide a patriotic education dedicated to academic achievement and service to "God, Home, and Country" for the people of . . . — — Map (db m33308) HM
Built as a water tower in 1937 by her husband in honor of Mrs. Harper Donelson Sheppard, Pennsylvania State Regent 1935-1938, and created a Bell Tower in 1973 upon the installation of a Carillion by the Pennsylvania Daughters in honor of Mrs. Harold . . . — — Map (db m76232) HM
On Browns Valley Road at Robert Circle, on the right when traveling north on Browns Valley Road.
Bodine Cemetery is located 100 yards south of here in an area of Brown’s Valley set aside in the Indian Treaty of 1816. James and Catherine Butler Bodine moved to these rich farm lands from Sevier County, Tennessee where their French ancestors . . . — — Map (db m210724) HM
On Gunter Avenue (U.S. 431) 0.1 miles south of Taylor Street, on the right when traveling south.
John H. Carter Sr., along with his
brothers Sam and W.H., operated a
hardware store here for thirty years. They
had the present brick building constructed
and opened for business in November of
1910. It continued in operation until 1940. John . . . — — Map (db m235555) HM
On Claysville School Road, 0.1 miles east of Florida Short Route (U.S. 431), on the right when traveling east.
Claysville School was born of community pride and the tireless labor of the people. Built on five acres bought for two dollars per acre from C. W. Baird, Sarah Baird, and H. D. Walls, Claysville School was completed on February 19, 1929. Led by . . . — — Map (db m110731) HM
On Blount Avenue, 0.1 miles north of Taylor Street, on the right when traveling north.
Montgomery Gilbreath had this board-and-batten house constructed prior to the beginning of the
Civil War. Its design is probably based on one of the published house plans of famed landscape
gardener and architect A.J. Downing (1815-1852) of . . . — — Map (db m235551) HM
On Gunter Avenue (U.S. 431) at Court Street, on the left when traveling south on Gunter Avenue.
In 1883 the Marshall County Commissioners hired Nathan Horton, one of the town's black citizens, to dig a public well in the courthouse yard. The resulting eighty-foot-deep five-foot diameter well is directly under this replica of a 19th century . . . — — Map (db m235563) HM
On Gunter Avenue (U.S. 431) at Taylor Street, on the right when traveling south on Gunter Avenue.
This park is the result of the support of Errol C. Allan (1930-2013), longtime resident and enthusiastic supporter of Guntersville. The park is located at the site of two historic buildings (one destroyed by fire, the other by water damage). The . . . — — Map (db m235552) HM
On Paddle Wheel Drive (U.S. 431) at Taylor Street, on the right when traveling south on Paddle Wheel Drive.
28-29, July, 1862 Guntersville shelled-burned by Union Artillery, Cavalry and Infantry.
Skirmish at Fearn's, Law's, Matthew's Landings and Ft. Deposit.
1, May 1862 - Sand Mountain Cavalry Battle - CSA Gen. Forrest - Union Col. Streight. . . . — — Map (db m235559) HM
On Gunter Avenue (U.S. 431) at Court Street, on the left when traveling south on Gunter Avenue.
Dedicated to those who lost their lives and to the commitment by the communities in Marshall County to survive and recover from the April 27, 2011 tornado outbreak that produced 15 tornados, caused 5 deaths, 47 injuries, and did 30 million dollars . . . — — Map (db m235562) HM
On Warrenton Road (County Route 14) north of Strickland Lane, on the left when traveling south.
On January 15, 1865 an early morning clash occurred here on the Thomas Noble farm between Federal forces led by col. William J. Palmer’s 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry of 180 men and Confederate Gen. Hylon B. Lyon’s 250 men from two Kentucky cavalry . . . — — Map (db m210725) HM
On Lurleen B Wallace Drive (Alabama Route 79), on the right when traveling south.
January 15, 1865 was perhaps the darkest day in the history of Guntersville. At noon, forty Federal marines from the gunboat U.S.S. General Grant were sent to burn the town. After the mission was completed, only seven buildings remained standing – . . . — — Map (db m227313) HM
On Florida Short Route/Gunter Avenue (U.S. 431) at Lurleen B Wallace Drive, on the right when traveling south on Florida Short Route/Gunter Avenue.
(Side A) This area's proximity to the Tennessee River and Indian trails made it a crossroads for early habitation, settlement, and trade. Archaeological studies reveal it was first inhabited about 12,000 years ago by Paleo-Indians. They . . . — — Map (db m33305) HM
The hill to the immediate left was the site of the 1862 shelling of Guntersville during the War Between the States.
On July 28, 1862, a Federal force under the command of Major J.W. Paramore placed two Parrott guns on the hill and shelled . . . — — Map (db m203196) HM
On Gunter Avenue (U.S. 431), on the right when traveling south.
The first major attack on Guntersville during the Civil War occurred on the morning of Monday, July 28, 1862. The Federals had marched by night and had reached a hill on the north side of the Tennessee River and from this vantage point aimed their . . . — — Map (db m22253) HM
On Gunter Avenue, 0.1 miles south of Taylor Street, on the right when traveling south.
Guntersville's second theatre, the Bonita, opened here in the fall of 1914 with live vaudeville acts and silent movies. The theatre's name was changed to the Cosmo in 1923, and in 1928 it moved across the street and became the Palace Theatre. . . . — — Map (db m235556) HM
On Paddle Wheel Drive (U.S. 431) at Taylor Street, on the right when traveling north on Paddle Wheel Drive.
Honoring those who served in combat - Especially those who made the supreme sacrificeWorld War I
Richardson,Robert C.
Mashburn, Millard J.
Totherow, Charlie
Shuttleworth, Walter F.
Searcy, Charles H.
Parrish, Steve R.
Walker, . . . — — Map (db m235560) WM
On 3rd Street (Illinois Route 18) at Main Street, on the right when traveling east on 3rd Street.
Medal of Honor citation
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as commander of a submarine coordinated attack group with flag in the U.S.S. Sculpin, during the ninth war patrol of . . . — — Map (db m183533) WM
On 3rd Street (Illinois Route 18) at Main Street, on the right when traveling east on 3rd Street.
[Front plaque]
Peace time or war time
we honor all Henry area
residents who have served
in the armed forces of the
United States of America
[Left wall]
1961 1975
Cecil E. Altizer • Joann M. Altizer • Harry . . . — — Map (db m183515) WM
U.S. Navy submarines paid heavily for their success in World War II. A total of 374 Officers and 3,131 men are on board these 52 U.S. Submarines still on “Patrol”.
Albacore, Amerjack, Arconaut, Barbel, Bonefish, Bullhead, Capelin, . . . — — Map (db m92808) WM
On 3rd Street (Illinois Route 18) at Main Street, on the right when traveling east on 3rd Street.
U.S. Navy submarines paid heavily for their success in World War II. A total of 374 officers and 3131 men are on board these 52 U.S. submarines still on "patrol."
Albacore • Amberjack • Argonaut • Barbel • Bonefish • Bullhead • Capelin • Cisco • . . . — — Map (db m183535) WM
On Bennington Street, 0.5 miles west of Broadway Street.
In 1893 the Sante Fe Railroad authorized
Charles Devlin, their manager of mining
properties, to purchase the mineral rights
here to 11,000 acres. The Devlin Coal Company
sank two shafts and began producing coal
using the longwall method, . . . — — Map (db m33669) HM
Near 12B Road, 0.3 miles west of Juniper Road, on the right when traveling west.
Roberts Cemetery
Established 1849
A Historic Cemetery Listed in Indiana's Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Installed 2012 Indiana Historical Bureau and LaPaz Lions Club, . . . — — Map (db m75824) HM
On W. Center Street, 0.2 miles west of Fribley Street, on the right when traveling west.
Early Bourbon Cemetery
Established 1839
A Historic Cemetery Listed in Indiana's Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Installed 2012 Indiana Historical Bureau and LaPaz Lions . . . — — Map (db m75763) HM
On 10th Road, 0.3 miles Gumwood Road when traveling east.
Mount Pleasant North Cemetery
Established 1837
A Historic Cemetery Listed in Indiana's Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Installed 2012 Indiana Historical Bureau and LaPaz . . . — — Map (db m75768) HM
Near 10th Road, 0.3 miles east of Gumwood Road, on the right when traveling east.
Mount Pleasant South Cemetery
Established 1920
A Historic Cemetery Listed in Indiana's Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Installed 2012 Indiana Historical Bureau and LaPaz . . . — — Map (db m75769) HM
On N. Main Street (State Road 331) at W. Center Street, on the right when traveling north on N. Main Street.
In Remembrance of the
Old Town Pump
Once Located on This Corner.
This Memorial
Was Sponsored and Erected
By the
South Bend Bourbon Club.
Dedicated
June 30, 1929. — — Map (db m78173) HM
Near S. Bourbon Street, 0.1 miles south of W. Douglass Street, on the right when traveling south.
Parks IOOF Cemetery
Established 1860
A Historic Cemetery Listed in Indiana's Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Installed 2012 Indiana Historical Bureau and LaPaz Lions Club, . . . — — Map (db m75538) HM
Near State Road 331 at 11A Road, on the right when traveling south.
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Established 1893
A Historic Cemetery Listed in Indiana's Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Installed 2012 Indiana Historical Bureau and LaPaz Lions . . . — — Map (db m75821) HM
On 12B Road at Hawthorn Road, on the left when traveling west on 12B Road.
Salem Cemetery
Established 1838
A Historic Cemetery Listed in Indiana's Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Installed 2012 Indiana Historical Bureau and LaPaz Lions Club, . . . — — Map (db m75822) HM
On 8th Road, 0.2 miles east of Chestnut Road, on the left when traveling east.
Sandridge Cemetery
Established 1889
A Historic Cemetery Listed in Indiana's Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Installed 2012 Indiana Historical Bureau and LaPaz Lions Club, . . . — — Map (db m75765) HM
On South Main Street (Indiana Route 331) just south of West Center Street, on the right when traveling south.
In Memory of The Bourbon Boys who gave their lives for their Country May They Rest in Peace World II Born Jan. 11, 1919 • Lt. Max Price • Died May 25, 1943 Born Feb. 28, 1916 • PFC. Forrest W. Weissert • Died April 24, 1944 Born . . . — — Map (db m184915) WM
On South Main Street (Indiana Route 331) at Lincoln Highway (Center Street), on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.
The idea that America needed better roads did not originate with the invention of the automobile, but with bicyclists known as "wheelmen." Challenged by rutted roads of gravel and dirt and faced with antagonism from horsemen, wagon drivers, and . . . — — Map (db m184845) HM
On South Main Street (Indiana Route 331) at Lincoln Highway (Center Street), on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.
The Lincoln Highway Association A New Generation The original Lincoln Highway Association dissolved, its final activities occurring in the early 1940s. As the interstate highway system and superhighways bypassed the small towns and . . . — — Map (db m244096) HM
Near County Line Rd, 0.4 miles west of N County Road 1125W (Fulton Co.). Reported missing.
This marker is on the corner of Starke, Marshall, Pulaski and Fulton counties and on the Second Principal Meridian. This Meridian is the line from which all east-west land descriptions and measurements are made. — — Map (db m63985) HM
On Indiana Route 10 at Queen Road, on the right when traveling east on State Route 10. Reported permanently removed.
Pioneer Camp. Here, at twilight on July 26, 1836, after a two-week trip from southern Indiana, Marshall County’s first multi-family group of pioneer settlers made their camp, blowing a conch shell to announce their arrival to Vincent . . . — — Map (db m231887) HM
In memory of Chief Menominee and his band of 859 Pottawatomie Indians removed from this Reservation Sept. 4, 1838 by a company of soldiers under command of General John Tipton, authorized by Governor David . . . — — Map (db m36122) HM
On Michigan Road at Meadow Drive, on the right when traveling south on Michigan Road.
1836
Under the pine tree that grew near there this spot was held the first meeting for the organization of Marshall County.
First Commissioners
Charles Osterhaut
Robert Blair
Abraham Johnson — — Map (db m75755) HM
On Lincoln Highway, 0.1 miles east of S. Iris Road, on the right when traveling west.
Hindel Cemetery
Established 1849
A Historic Cemetery Listed in Indiana's Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Installed 2012 Indiana Historical Bureau and LaPaz Lions Club, . . . — — Map (db m75539) HM
On E. Jefferson Street at Cleveland Street, on the right when traveling east on E. Jefferson Street.
(Side One)
Historic Crossroads of America
Marshall County has been called the Crossroads of America. The Lincoln Highway (the Lincoln’s second alignment constructed in the mid-1920s), the Michigan Road (Indiana’s first state . . . — — Map (db m75489) HM
On West Jefferson Street at North Center Street, on the right when traveling west on West Jefferson Street.
( Front )
This Memorial dedicated to those from Marshall County who gave their all in the service of their Country
- - - 1917 - - - World War I - - - 1918 - - -
( Column One )
William E. Albert ● Earnest A. Anderson . . . — — Map (db m36771) WM
On 12th Road west of South Pear Road (a.k.a. - South Peach Road), on the left when traveling west. Reported missing.
Site of
Pottawatomie Indian Church
at
Chi Chi Pi Ou Ti pe Twin Lakes
First Church in Marshall County
erected 1827 by Father Badin.
First Catholic Priest ordained in U. S.
1838 the Indians were moved westward
and the Chapel was . . . — — Map (db m35326) HM
On North Center Street just south of West Washington Street, on the right when traveling north.
This bell was Plymouth’s first fire alarm, purchased in 1879 Re-dedicated July 9, 1995 in honor of all Plymouth firefighters Past • Present • Future — — Map (db m162970) HM
On North Center Street north of West Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling north.
With the faith and courage of
their forefathers who made
possible the freedom of these
United States
The Boy Scouts of America
Dedicate this copy of the
Statue of Liberty as a Pledge
of everlasting Fidelity and . . . — — Map (db m44297) HM
On 12th Road, 0.1 miles west of Michigan Road, on the left when traveling west.
Taber Cemetery
Established 1835
A Historic Cemetery Listed in Indiana's Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Installed 2012 Indiana Historical Bureau and LaPaz Lions Club, . . . — — Map (db m75825) HM
On West 12th (State Road 17) at Hiawatha on West 12th. Reported missing.
Two miles east, on north bank of Twin Lakes, some 800 Potawatomi Indians were collected in August 1838 and forced to begin their long march to new homes in the West. Many perished on the way. — — Map (db m2307) HM
On Sycamore Road west of State Route 17, on the right when traveling north.
While responding to a reported house fire at Lake Latonka, Plymouth fire department's Engine 5 rounded the curve at SR 17 and Sycamore Road. Engine 5 left the roadway, crashing through a guardrail and down an embankment where it sheared a utility . . . — — Map (db m241004) HM
On 17th Road, 0.3 miles east of State Road 331, on the right when traveling east.
(Side One) Osheakkebe, also known as Stephen Benack, was an ogimaa (leader) whose village was near here, 1834-1848. Born circa 1780 of Potawatomi and French-Canadian heritage, Benack resisted United States’ taking of lands long . . . — — Map (db m60677) HM
Where you are now standing is an historic river ford on the Goshen - Logansport trail, a vital link between early population centers in 19th century Indiana. This scene depicts Sanford C. Cox account of he and his companion crossing the river on the . . . — — Map (db m62663) HM
On South Peach Road, 0.2 miles south of Menominee Drive, on the left when traveling south.
Archaeological evidence suggests that Chief Menominee's Village was located approximately 2½ miles southeast of here on the northern bank of the Yellow River near Wolf Creek. — — Map (db m240659) HM
On East Main Street east of South Center Street, on the right when traveling east.
Here stands the mature image of Henry Anson, a third generation American who founded Marshall, Iowa in 1853. With his determined and outspoken leadership, the town became the seat of county government in 1860. Later named Marshalltown, the community . . . — — Map (db m150691) HM
Near West Ingledue Street, 0.2 miles west of South 6th Street, on the left when traveling west.
Freedom is Never Free
Dedicated to
All Who Served
Gold Donors
Ann C. Keyser Trust
Marshalltown Development Committee
The Family of Charles Fairall Emerson
Lennox Industries
Hy Vee
Ron & Debi Estabrook
Silver . . . — — Map (db m168826) WM
On 5th Street at Maple Street, on the right when traveling north on 5th Street.
Axtell Boys
who served in
The World War
1914 - 1918
[Roll of Honored Dead]
Ray J. Creevan • Ray R. Hendricks
Arthur Nelson • Arthur Ross
[Honor Roll of Veterans, not transcribed]
Nurses Ruth S. E. Anderson • . . . — — Map (db m77957) WM
On Main Street at Fitzgerald Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
Born in Bangor Maine on August 15, 1884. He heard Christ's call, "Come follow me." He entered the seminary in 1906. He was ordained to the priesthood on April 3, 1914. Leaving his native Maine, he came as a missionary to serve the Church in . . . — — Map (db m77962) HM
On 21st Road, 0.8 miles north of Granite Road, on the right when traveling north.
We spanned the prairie to Guittard's Station, on the far side of a shady, well-wooded creek, the Vermillion... For dinner...the ham and eggs, and hot rolls and coffee were fresh and good, and although drought had killed the salad, we had . . . — — Map (db m77972) HM
To cross the high western mountains before the fall snow storms arrived, many emigrant wagon trains headed for the Oregon or California territories left Independence, Missouri, in mid April to early May. The downside to leaving too early often . . . — — Map (db m79152) HM
The water is of the most excellent kind. The spring is surrounded with Ash Cotton wood and Cedar trees. It is an excellent place to camp for a day or two to wash, recruit the cattle etc. I this day cut the name of the spring in the rock on . . . — — Map (db m79134) HM
Alcove Spring Park consists of more than 200 acres of native prairie and timber land maintained for the preservation of this historic camping ground on the Oregon-California trail and for the enjoyment of our visitors. The park is owned . . . — — Map (db m79116) HM
On Valley Road (State Highway 9) 0.1 miles east of U.S. 77, on the right when traveling east.
Six miles northwest is Alcove Springs, named in 1846 by appreciative travelers on the Oregon trail who carved the name on the surrounding rocks and trees. One described the Springs as "a beautiful cascade of water... altogether one of the most . . . — — Map (db m79113) HM
On 5th Street (U.S. 77) at Main Street, on the left when traveling east on 5th Street.
Ringing loudly at the City's first station, this fire bell was once used to call our firemen to duty. The bell was donated by Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Gellinger in memory of Jeff Wise, long time firefighter and employee of the City of Blue Rapids — — Map (db m78928) HM
On Main Street at 6th Street, on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
Huge continental glaciers, hundreds of feet thick, came from the north to northeastern Kansas in at least two different episodes carrying rocks, gravel, sand, and a special clay called loess to the Blue Rapids area. Our fertile soils and . . . — — Map (db m78960) HM
On Main Street at Smyth Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
This log cabin was built by Swedish emigrants Frank and Augusta Sjoholm in the mid 1870's on their farm eight miles southeast of Blue Rapids. Hewn logs of oak were used in the 12 X 26 foot cabin. The lengthwise logs were spliced by being shaped . . . — — Map (db m78930) HM
On 5th Street (U.S. 77) at Gypsum Street, on the right when traveling west on 5th Street.
This field was the site of a 1913 game between the Chicago White Sox and the New York Giants, winners of the national league pennant that year. Teams consisted of players from other major league teams, who were on a world tour. Blue Rapids was . . . — — Map (db m79095) HM
On Main Street at 6th Street, on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
The age of ice made great changes in the Earth's climate. From 1.6 million to 10,000 years ago the climate chilled, glaciers formed and advanced and retreated at least twice. Advancing glaciers squeezed zones where plants, people and other . . . — — Map (db m78957) HM
On Main Street at 6th Street, on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
The oldest rocks in Kansas can be found right here in Blue Rapids. They are called Sioux Quartzite, a metamorphosed red sandstone originally deposited as sand in riverbeds, buried, and made extremely hard by heat and pressure. This quartzite was . . . — — Map (db m78958) HM
Dedicated to
Gregory M. Franzwa
1926 - 2009
Friend of Alcove Spring
Historian-Writer-Publisher
Founder of the
Oregon-California Trails Association — — Map (db m79119) HM
Stranded by heavy flood waters on the bank of the Big Blue River, 100 members of the Donner and Reed Wagon Train waited for several days anticipating that the spring runoff would begin to subside. Sarah Keyes, James Reed's mother-in-law, . . . — — Map (db m79137) HM
On Main Street at 6th Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
Blue Rapids Boys in the Service
1914 - 18
Died in Service
George Bedford • Clarence L Cole • William E Netz • William J Rombeck • Emil Vopata • Raphael L Zidek
[Honor Roll of Veterans]
Marshall County WWII Casualties
James . . . — — Map (db m79091) WM
