On Mackville Hill Road (Kentucky Route 152) at Mackville Elementary School Drive, on the right when traveling east on Mackville Hill Road. Reported unreadable.
John Hunt Morgan and his men arrived in Mackville on Saturday evening, July 12, 1862, following raids on Lebanon and Springfield. Shortly after their arrival a skirmish ensued between Morgan’s men and the Home Guard. The Home Guard took two . . . — — Map (db m152653) HM
On Congress Avenue just south of East 18th Street.
The initiator of Anglo-American settlement in Texas. Moses Austin was a native of Durham, Connecticut. After his marriage to Mary Brown in 1785, Austin became a leading figure in the development of the American lead industry. His business took him . . . — — Map (db m158896) HM
Pathway to a Political Future
Born near Greenville, South Carolina, January 26, 1790, Daniel Dunklin moved first to Kentucky and then to Missouri, settling with his widowed mother at Mine-a-Breton, near Potosi, in 1810. Dunklin studied law . . . — — Map (db m248681) HM
Near Lt Billy Webb Avenue 0.1 miles north of Cook Street.
The Lewis & Clark Expedition, known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the first American expedition to cross the northwestern portion of the United States. On May 14, 1804, the Corps – consisting of 33 men – departed from St. Louis for the . . . — — Map (db m210068) HM
On South Missouri Street just south of West High Street (State Route 8), on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
The silent stones of the front foundation wall are all that remain of Durham Hall, a magnificent frontier mansion built here by Moses Austin in 1798-1799.
Named for Durham, Connecticut, where Austin was born in 1761, the home was the . . . — — Map (db m307734) HM
With his Empresario contract in hand, Stephen F. Austin searched out a suitable location for the "capital" of his colony. Together with surveyors and guides, Austin selected a site where a ferry crossed the Brazos River. By late October . . . — — Map (db m206331) HM
Near North Street (Business U.S. 59) north of Griffith Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.
Republics often point to one person whose vision and leadership led to their creation. For the Republic of Texas (1836-1845) that person is Stephen Fuller Austin.
Austin, the son of Moses and Maria Brown Austin, was born on the Virginia . . . — — Map (db m313281) HM
On West High Street (Missouri Route 8) at South Missouri Street, on the right when traveling east on West High Street.
Early mining center, named for the famous South American silver mine, Potosi was established by Moses Austin as the seat of Washington County, organized, 1813.
Austin came here, 1797, after receiving a 3 square mile Spanish land grant, including . . . — — Map (db m119802) HM
On Jackson Place north of McClure Avenue (County Road 923), on the left when traveling north.
The Old Wire Road at Mudtown was used by the
Butterfield Overland Mail Co. and both Union and
Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. In
February 1862, Union troops ate food left behind
at a Confederate camp and were sickened. Some
died, . . . — — Map (db m224817) HM
On North Winslow Boulevard at Main Street, on the left when traveling north on North Winslow Boulevard.
This 1882 Date Stone was removed from the South Portal of the original Winslow Tunnel. The tunnel was completed on August 30, 1882, as part of the Frisco rail line. Due to reconstruction to
accommodate larger trains in the late 1960's, the stone . . . — — Map (db m309530) HM
On DeSoto Lake Road near Lakeview Drive, on the left when traveling east.
Three plaques are on this marker. Top, left plaque
First Naturalists of the American West
The Lewis and Clark Expedition was more than a geographic expedition. Lewis; and Clark became the first scientists to document the natural . . . — — Map (db m76887) HM
On Farm to Market Road 539 0.2 miles south of Polly Lane, on the left when traveling north.
Joseph Henry Polley (1795-1869) was born in Whitehall, New York to Jonathan and Rachel Hubbard Polley. He later moved to Missouri, where he was a friend of Moses Austin, with whom he traveled to Texas in 1820. The next year, he returned to Texas . . . — — Map (db m167557) HM
On Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30) at County Road 15, on the left when traveling west on Lincoln Highway.
Brothers George and Chester Marshall founded Marshall Brothers in 1887. Incorporated as Marshall Nurseries in 1916, the tree nursery survived for more than a century, bringing prosperity to Arlington and influencing horticulture throughout the . . . — — Map (db m287995) HM
On Georgia Avenue Northwest (U.S. 29) at Missouri Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling south on Georgia Avenue Northwest.
The Grand, Neo-classical Revival style building that you see across Georgia Avenue north of Missouri opened in 1925 as the Bank of Brightwood, thanks to efforts of the Brightwood Citizens Association. Designed by Treasury Department architect . . . — — Map (db m72818) HM
On College Road near McClellan Road, on the left when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
As James Blunt's First Division of the Army of the Frontier massed in front of the Confederate artillery at the Cane Hill Cemetery, General John Marmaduke ordered J.O. Shelby's Rebels to (unreadable) through the hamlet of Boonsboro. As the . . . — — Map (db m261490) HM
Hollenberg Station and Transportation
By the time Hollenberg Station was begun in 1857 or 1858, Gerat Hollenberg
already had years of experience in operating at road ranch on the Oregon-California Trail. A native of Germany, he had been drawn . . . — — Map (db m253085) HM
Near Walnut Street West, west of 3rd Street South, on the right when traveling west.
Minnesota Territory 1849 – 1858
On March 3, 1849, during his last hours in office, President James K. Polk signed a bill adding a new name to the American political landscape – Minnesota Territory. A vast land, it stretched from . . . — — Map (db m43908) HM
On South 16th Street just south of Colfax Street, on the left when traveling south.
The first county courthouse was located in Fort Calhoun when it was the county seat in the 1850s. When Blair experienced growth from the railroad in the 1870s, residents successfully lobbied to have Blair declared the new county seat. A small . . . — — Map (db m288900) HM
A native of Scotland, Alexander Beaton came to the United States in 1843. He migrated to Texas in 1848 after serving in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War. In 1850 he settled in Corsicana and began the practice of law. He was chairman of the . . . — — Map (db m60493) HM
The Black Ridge .
The toughest, heartbreaking barrier to the colonization of “Utah’s Dixie” was the Black Ridge between New Harmony and Pintura, north of Toquerville, Utah.
A deep, rough, lava flow clogged the valley from the . . . — — Map (db m1427) HM
On Pine Street West at Third Street South (County Highway 23), on the left when traveling west on Pine Street West.
Dedicated to the
Soldiers and Sailors of the
United States
Enlisting or Residing in
Washington County
———
Erected by the Citizens of
Washington County
1916
center panel
Minnesota
Alcorn James 2nd Cav. •
Barrisford . . . — — Map (db m72153) WM
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.
