On U.S. 52 0.1 miles east of 7 Hill Road, on the left when traveling east.
Lewistown Trail ran from Springfield to Galena via Lewistown. From 1827 to 1837 it was one of the main routes to the Galena lead mines. In general the trail ran in a northerly direction, crossing the Rock River at Prophetstown. It then zigzagged . . . — — Map (db m34241) HM
On Unnamed campus entrance road 0 miles east of South Clay Street (Illinois Route 78), on the right when traveling east.
Mount Carroll Seminary was founded as a coeducational institution in 1853 by Frances Ann Wood (later Mrs. Shimer). After the Civil War, enrollment was limited to women. Rechartered in 1896 as the Frances Shimer Academy of the University of Chicago, . . . — — Map (db m34479) HM
On Unnamed Road in Old Mill Park 0.1 miles east of Chicago Avenue (U.S. 52), on the right when traveling east.
Steamboats once navigated to this point, where Plum River Falls powered saw, powder, grist, and flour mills at various times between 1836 and 1885. Near here the Rock Island Military and Prophetstown Trails to Galena were intersected as early as the . . . — — Map (db m34261) HM
On Third Street at Madison Street, on the right when traveling north on Third Street.
Helen Scott Hay, famous Red Cross nurse, was born near Lanark in this county. She was a graduate of Savanna High School, Northwestern University in Evanston, and the Illinois Training School for Nurses in Chicago, where she was later Superintendent. . . . — — Map (db m55838) HM
On Chambers Road (U.S. 52) 0.2 miles south of Willow Road, on the left when traveling north.
The Stone Arch Bridge that stands to the east of the present highway was on the Galena Road, once the most important trail in northern Illinois. Along this route innumerable people streamed northward to the lead mines near Galena every spring and . . . — — Map (db m55806) HM
On Spring Street 0.1 miles north of Main Street (Arkansas Highway 23), on the left when traveling north.
Festus Orestes Butt was born in 1875 in Illinois just before his family moved to Carroll County, Arkansas. He became a licensed attorney before he was of legal age. The Arkansas General Assembly set aside his "disability of minority", and he set . . . — — Map (db m79735) HM
On County Road 41 0.3 miles east of County Road 254, on the right when traveling east. Reported damaged.
World-renowned master of the acoustic guitar John Hurt, an important figure in the 1960s folk blues revival, spent most of his life doing farm work around Avalon in Carroll County and performing for parties and local gatherings. Hurt . . . — — Map (db m160397) HM
On East Main Street just east of North Washington Street (Missouri Highway 13).
The fertile Shoal Creek Valley, Kingston was laid out in 1843 to replace Far West as seat of Caldwell County. Organized in 1836, the county was to be for Latter Day Saints (Mormons), ejected from Jackson County in 1833 and asked to leave Clay . . . — — Map (db m144715) HM
Near Mountain Meadow 0.2 miles west of State Highway 18.
Accounts of the Arkansas wagon train list two leaders: John T.
Baker (1805-1857) and Alexander Fracher (1812-1857).
John T. Baker was a farmer and cattleman, described as a shrewd
trader, a warm friend, and a bitter enemy. He and his family . . . — — Map (db m240467) HM
On North Main Street (Business U.S. 65) at West Rush Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street.
In memory of those who were killed in the Mountain Meadows Massacre, in September of 1857. Dedicated in 2020.
Modern historical research has yielded information which was not readily available to those who designed the 1955 monument. . . . — — Map (db m225251) HM
On West 18th Street at Baynard Boulevard on West 18th Street.
African American Medal of Honor Recipients Memorial
The Medal of Honor takes its place in our country as the highest award for military valor. The honor, awarded by the President in the name of Congress, may only be accorded an . . . — — Map (db m173924) HM WM
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