Historical Markers and War Memorials in Harrisonville, Missouri
Harrisonville is the county seat for Cass County
Harrisonville is in Cass County
Cass County(40) ► ADJACENT TO CASS COUNTY Bates County(23) ► Henry County(7) ► Jackson County(356) ► Johnson County(19) ► Johnson County, Kansas(105) ► Miami County, Kansas(26) ►
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The Civil War on the Missouri-Kansas border was an extension of the raiding and looting that took place during the Bleeding Kansas era of 1854 to 1860. Early in the war, Kansas Jayhawkers and Redlegs dressed in blue Union uniforms looted and . . . — — Map (db m20318) HM
Midway on Missouri's western border, Cass County was organized in 1835 and named Van Buren. The Free-Soil Party affiliation of Martin Van Buren led to name change, in 1849 for Democrat Lewis Cass. In territory ceded by Osage tribes 1825, the county . . . — — Map (db m20267) HM
(No inscription except for the title and portraits of significant personalities. This historical marker tells its story pictorially.)
[Portraits of]
Lewis Cass • L.O. Kunze
Henry & Bursheba Younger
[William] Quantrill • Cole Younger . . . — — Map (db m50871) HM
left tablet
Stylized Eagle facing right perched on 3 arrows
Lest we forget
Korea
map of Korearight tablet
Stylized Eagle facing left perched on 3 arrows
Lest we forget
Vietnam
map of Vietnam . . . — — Map (db m21314) WM
(Left Side Plaque)
The Burnt District / Jennison's Tombstones
When the Civil War began, Cass County was home to over 1,700 families. The population of 8,900 free whites and 1,000 slaves reflected widely diverse origins. Many had . . . — — Map (db m22089) HM
The Cass Co. Judges who suffered imprisonment by the U.S. Federal Courts rather than make a tax levy to pay fraudulent Co. and Township Railroad Bonds.
FE Johnston
WP Barnes
Sept 1 1883 to Jan 1 1884
WA Wray
FM George
ET . . . — — Map (db m20268) HM
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Not open to the public — — Map (db m99463) HM