Near S. Main Avenue (State Highway 5) 0.1 miles south of Marshfield Street, on the right when traveling south.
(Front Side)
On This Site as a Result of the
Battle of Hartville
11 January 1863
Lie the Remains
Of Our Fallen Comrades
Shelby’s Brigade
Gordon’s Regiment
Captain James Garrett, Co. E • Private James M. Gaulthing, . . . — — Map (db m99378) WM
Near S. Main Avenue (State Highway 5) 0.1 miles south of Marshfield Street, on the right when traveling south.
(LEFT PANEL)
The Battle of Hartville
The Civil War Comes to Hartville
The battle of Hartville, Mo., on Jan. 11, 1863, was a chance meeting of two armies. On Jan. 8, Confederates led by Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke . . . — — Map (db m99345) HM
On S. Main Avenue (State Highway 5) at W. Rolla Street (State Highway 38), on the right when traveling south on S. Main Avenue.
Wright County, in the Ozark Highland of Missouri, lies in a region ceded the U.S. by the Osage Indians in 1808. The first white settlers, mainly from Tennessee, came in the 1830’s. The county, named for Senator Silas Wright of N.Y., was organized in . . . — — Map (db m99290) HM
Near S. Main Avenue (State Highway 5) at W. Rolla Street (State Highway 38).
(Front Side)
Lest We Forget
World War I
Bare, Roy W. • Baker, Ovie • Beckett, Frank • Branstetter, Marvin • Brazeal, Jesse • Chadwell, James • Clark, Alexander • Evans, J. Frank • Findley, George E. • Floyd, Samuel D. • Gresham, . . . — — Map (db m99289) WM
On Commercial Street east of U.S. 60, on the right when traveling east.
Carl grew up in the Prairie Hollow community south of Mansfield.
Mays made his major league debut as a pitcher on April 15, 1915. His famous spitball submarine delivery resulted in a heavy, sinking effect that batters easily misjudged. He set . . . — — Map (db m60074) HM
On Commercial Street at U.S. 60, on the right when traveling east on Commercial Street.
Author of "Little House" Books
Little House in the Big Woods - 1932
Farmer Boy - 1933
Little House on the Prairie
On the Banks of Plum Creek - 1937
By the Shores of Silver Lake - 1939
The Long Winter - 1940
Little Town on the . . . — — Map (db m60072) HM
Front
Laura Ingalls Wilder, one of America's best known authors, was born in 1867 near Pepin, Wisconsin. Her "Little House" books were written here on Rocky Ridge Farm, her home for over sixty years.
On July 17, 1894, Laura, her . . . — — Map (db m58371) HM
The Wilder Home 1928-1936
In 1928, after living abroad for several years, Rose Wilder Lane returned to her childhood home on Rocky Ridge Farm. With proceeds from her writings Rose built her parents a modern house. The keys were presented to . . . — — Map (db m60080) HM
On Commercial Street at U.S. 60, on the right when traveling east on Commercial Street.
In memory of those who gave
their lives for our country
World War I • World War II
Korean War • Vietnam War
Operation Enduring Freedom
[Roll of Honored Dead] — — Map (db m60073) WM
