On N. Grand Avenue at E. Main Street, on the right when traveling north on N. Grand Avenue.
Texas County, largest county in Missouri, is 998.06 square miles of Ozark Highland. Rugged hills, springs, creeks, rivers and caves abound. The area was part of the 1808 Osage Indian Land cession. Though named for the second largest of the fifty . . . — — Map (db m99417) HM
On North Grand Avenue at West Spruce Street, on the right when traveling south on North Grand Avenue.
[east side] James H. McBride was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, in 1814 of Scotch-Irish descent. He studied Law and was admitted to the Bar in Paris, Missouri. He married Mildred A. Barnes of Cooper County and settled in . . . — — Map (db m296715) HM
On U.S. 169 at East 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north on U.S. 169.
The last of Missouri's 114 counties to be formed, Worth was organized in Feb., 1861, 6 months and 39 years after Missouri was admitted into the Union, Aug., 1821, with 25 counties. Encompassing 267 sq. miles of glacial prairie, it is the State's . . . — — Map (db m179674) HM
Near Bradshaw Street south of West Moore Avenue (U.S. 80), on the right when traveling south.
A native of Tennessee, Robert Adams Terrell lived in Kentucky, Missouri, and Louisiana before coming to the Republic of Texas about 1840. A farmer and surveyor by trade, he was commissioned to locate headright land grants in several North Texas . . . — — Map (db m97639) HM
On State Highway 19 0.7 miles south of County Road 415, on the right when traveling south.
The forced migration of the Cherokee Indians in 1837-1838 was a tragic episode in American history. As early as 1802, Thomas Jefferson proposed relocating southern tribes to land west of the Mississippi River, but it was not until the Indian . . . — — Map (db m99288) HM
On William Street just north of West Broadway (State Route 100), on the right when traveling south.
The Alton Military Prison closed July 7, 1865 when the last prisoners were released or sent to St. Louis The buildings were torn down over the next twenty year until only a small remnant of the cell back remained Stone from the prison buildings . . . — — Map (db m211807) HM
On South Maxwell Avenue at East Broadway Avenue, on the right when traveling north on South Maxwell Avenue.
Founded in 1913 to mark and promote an automobile route across several states, the Ozark Trails Association was the brainchild of William Hope Harvey of Arkansas, who wanted to improve roads to his Ozark mountain retreat. Thousands of members from . . . — — Map (db m91165) HM
On Washington Street at Oak Street, on the right when traveling east on Washington Street.
In 1846, the Texas legislature created Hunt County and specified that Greenville would be the name of the county seat, honoring Texas War for Independence veteran Thomas J. Green. Voters ultimately selected this location, on land donated by . . . — — Map (db m119714) HM
On Northwest Green Oaks Boulevard at Twelve Oaks Court, on the right when traveling south on Northwest Green Oaks Boulevard.
On May 24, 1841, Captain John B. Denton, an aide to General Edward Tarrant, was killed by Indians who were waiting in ambush in the thickets surrounding Village Creek near its junction with the Trinity River just west of this marker. Ignoring the . . . — — Map (db m233283) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
