On Walnut Street (Illinois Route 149) west of 10th Street, on the right when traveling east.
On January 10, 1816, Jackson County, created from Randolph and Johnson counties, became Illinois' ninth county. It was named for General (later President) Andrew Jackson, hero of the Battle of New Orleans. The county's first seat, Brownsville, . . . — — Map (db m160952) HM
On South 10th Street at Chestnut Street, on the left when traveling north on South 10th Street.
The first coal mine in Illinois was located one-half mile south of here along the south bank of the Big Muddy River. William Boone and his indentured servant, a man named Peter, loaded a small raft with coal from an outcropping and, after floating . . . — — Map (db m160955) HM
On Walnut Street east of 11th Street, on the right when traveling east.
Dr. Conrad Will, the "Father of Jackson County," was born in Pennsylvania in 1779 and came to Illinois in 1813. He was a physician but also operated a grist mill, tannery, and salt works. He was one of the founders of Jackson County and in 1816 . . . — — Map (db m160951) HM
Near West Main Street (Illinois Route 13) east of Glenview Drive.
"If I have helped someone along life's way then my living has not been in vain"
Born in Brookport, Illinois Rev. Turley was a man interested in all facets of life. He always liked to build, loved the positive approach to problems, glorified in . . . — — Map (db m167726) HM
On South 11th Street at Chestnut Street, on the right when traveling north on South 11th Street. Reported permanently removed.
Lindorf Ozburn, born in Jackson County, Illinois in 1823, married Diza Glenn, John A. Logan's cousin. Ozburn, who served with Logan in the Mexican War, joined the Illinois 31st Infantry at the beginning of the Civil War. On Logan's promotion to . . . — — Map (db m208665) HM
On South Logan Avenue south of East Main Street ( Route 13), on the right when traveling north.
The first memorial service in Illinois, and one of the first in the nation, to honor those who had died in the Civil War, took place at Woodlawn Cemetery on April 29, 1866. On that day, a group of more than 200 veterans gathered at the old "Blue . . . — — Map (db m163493) HM
On South 11th Street at Walnut Street ( Route 149), on the right when traveling south on South 11th Street.
Dr. John Logan, born in Ireland in 1788, came to America with his family in 1793. He moved to Jackson County in 1822 where he married Elizabeth Jenkins. Dr. Logan served four terms in the Illinois Legislature and became a friend of Abraham Lincoln. . . . — — Map (db m161005) HM
On North Central Avenue south of East Wood Street, on the left when traveling south.
In 1834, Joseph Smith, prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS), together with about 200 LDS Volunteers from Kirtland, Ohio, marched to assist threatened church members in Jackson County, Missouri. Called “Zion’s . . . — — Map (db m23351) HM
On Walnut Street (U.S. 149) at South 17th Street, on the right when traveling west on Walnut Street.
"True craftsmen of their historic trade…civic minded contributors to Murphysboro and Southern Illinois"
The Southern Illinoisan: April 17, 1966
Born in Macon, Georgia, Jim and Benjamin Deal moved to Murphysboro in 1922. The . . . — — Map (db m302367) HM
Near Interstate 94 at milepost 124, on the right when traveling east.
Winnebago Indians call themselves “Hochunkgra.” A Siouan people, they once occupied the southern half of Wisconsin and the northern counties of Illinois. The Black Hawk War of 1832 and a series of treaties forced the Winnebago out of their homeland, . . . — — Map (db m3425) 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
In 1863, on this site, Robert Vinton Beall, an Oregon Trail pioneer and relative to four Maryland governors, built one of the first frame buildings in Jackson County, a Gothic Revival house that is listed on the National Historic Register. Beall and . . . — — Map (db m129534) HM
Near Main Street (State Highway 14/125) just west of Grant Street, on the right when traveling west.
Community Legacy Isolated North Park, a high mountain valley encompassing Jackson County, requires resilience from those who choose to live here. It is a place where rugged ways of life have endured the test of time. No matter the . . . — — Map (db m283135) HM
On Main Street north of East 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north.
On June 26, 1804 the Lewis & Clark Expedition known as President Jefferson's Corps of Discovery passed this place on their way west.
In 1825, treaties with the Kaw and Osage Indians opened up for settlement an area between Fort Osage to the . . . — — Map (db m252086) HM
On East 99th Street east of Holmes Road, on the right when traveling west.
Public/private partnerships preserve three National Historic Trails in south Kansas City, highlighting 19th century exploration and migration that shaped the nation. In the heart of the historic 3-Trails Corridor, the Trailside Center at East . . . — — Map (db m199522) HM
Near Interstate 5 at milepost 458, on the right when traveling north.
(Seven panels dealing with topics related to the Applegate Trail are found at this kiosk.)
The Applegate Trail
Southern Route to Oregon
In 1846, Jesse Applegate and fourteen others from near Dallas, Oregon, . . . — — Map (db m112656) HM
On North Grundy Highway north of Dodson Branch Highway, on the left when traveling north.
North of this marker lies the site of Old Columbus,
once an important landing on the Cumberland
River. In the winter of 1863–1864, the war
had disastrous consequences for this river village.
Late in December 1863, Gen. Ulysses . . . — — Map (db m68344) 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.
