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Historical Markers and War Memorials
in Greater Des Moines Region

 
November 6, 2023
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1 ► Iowa, Dallas County, Adel — Ortonville — The Orton Circus —
2 ► Iowa, Dallas County, Adel — Panther — Panther Revisited —
3 ► Iowa, Dallas County, Adel, Adams Township — Panther Creek Cemetery —
4 ► Iowa, Dallas County, Adel, Adel Township — Dallas County —
5 ► Iowa, Dallas County, Granger — Granger Subsistence Homestead Project —
6 ► Iowa, Dallas County, Redfield — Co. H. 39th Iowa Volunteer Infantry — 1861–1865 —
7 ► Iowa, Dallas County, Redfield — Fighting Slavery - Aiding Runaways — John Brown Freedom Trail — December 20, 1858 - March 12, 1859 —
8 ► Iowa, Dallas County, Waukee — 24 — Historic Des Moines / Noted Des Moines Residents — Reported permanently removed
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9 ► Iowa, Dallas County, Waukee — Welcome to Waukee — Raccoon River Valley Trail —
10 ► Iowa, Dallas County, West Des Moines — Abraham Lincoln — 1809 - 1865 —
11 ► Iowa, Dallas County, West Des Moines — George Washington — 1732 - 1799 —
12 ► Iowa, Dallas County, West Des Moines — Ronald Reagan — 1911 - 2004 —
13 ► Iowa, Dallas County, West Des Moines — Thomas Jefferson — 1743 - 1826 —
14 ► Iowa, Jasper County, Kellogg — Kellogg Garden Club — Iowa 150 Celebrate Our State 1846 - 1996 —
15 ► Iowa, Jasper County, Newton — Jasper County Veterans Memorial —
16 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 101 East Jefferson — c.1914 —
17 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 101 North John Wayne Drive — c.1870 —
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18 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 102 North 1st Avenue —
19 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 102 West Court Avenue — c.1860 —
20 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 103 North John Wayne Drive — c.1876 —
21 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 105 North John Wayne Drive — c.1875 —
22 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 106 East Jefferson — c.1880 —
23 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 106 North 1st Avenue —
24 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 107 John Wayne Drive — c.1875 —
25 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 108 North 1st Avenue —
26 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 109 John Wayne Drive — c.1914 —
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27 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 110 North First Avenue — c.1865 —
28 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 112 North 1st Avenue — circa 1874 —
29 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 113 John Wayne Drive — c.1870 —
30 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 114 North First Avenue — c.1865 —
31 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 115 John Wayne Drive — c.1870 —
32 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 116 North 1st Avenue — c.1897 —
33 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 117 North John Wayne Drive — c.1890 —
34 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 118 North 1st Avenue — c.1895 —
35 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 119 North John Wayne Drive — 1883 —
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36 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 120-122 North 1st Avenue — c.1875 —
37 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 121 John Wayne Drive — c.1900 —
38 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 124 North 1st Avenue — c.1880 —
39 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 51 Jefferson Street — circa 1880 —
40 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 52 Court Avenue — 1868 —
41 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 53 Jefferson Street — circa 1880 —
42 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 54 Court Avenue — c.1890 —
43 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 55 Jefferson Street — c. 1870 —
44 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 56 Court Avenue — c.1890 —
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45 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 57 Jefferson Street —
46 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 58 Court Avenue — 1889 —
47 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 59 Jefferson Street — circa 1875 —
48 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 60 Court Avenue — c.1880 —
49 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 61 Jefferson Street — circa 1875 —
50 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 63 Jefferson Street — c.1875 —
51 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 64 Court Avenue — c.1870 —
52 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 65 Jefferson Street — c.1875 —
53 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 66 Court Avenue — c.1870 —
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54 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 67 Jefferson Street — c.1880 —
55 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 68 Court Avenue — c.1870 —
56 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 69 Jefferson —
57 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 70, 72, 74 Court Avenue — c.1870 —
58 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 71 Jefferson —
59 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — 73 Jefferson — c.1870 —
60 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — Birthplace of John Wayne — Marion Robert Morrison — Born May 26, 1907 —
61 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — Carnegie Building —
62 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — Cedar Covered Bridge —
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63 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — Cutler-Donahoe Covered Bridge - 1870 —
64 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — George Leslie Stout —
65 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — Hogback Covered Bridge —
66 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — Madison County Freedom Rock —
67 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — Middle River Water Trail — Holliwell Covered Bridge (eventually to Bevington) —
68 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — Middle River Water Trail — Roseman Covered Bridge to Pammel Park —
69 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — North River Schoolhouse — Built 1874 —
70 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — Roseman Covered Bridge —
71 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — The Delicious Apple —
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72 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — Winterset Civil War Memorial —
73 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — Winterset Veterans Memorial —
74 ► Iowa, Madison County, Winterset — Winterset World War I Memorial —
75 ► Iowa, Polk County, Bondurant — Polk County Freedom Rock — Dedicated to the Veterans and Fallen Heroes of Iowa — Ray “Bubba” Sorensen II —
76 ► Iowa, Polk County, Clive — Prairie Engine — Marc Moulton 2010 — Stainless Steel —
77 ► Iowa, Polk County, Clive — Walnut Creek, Clive — June 25, 2015 —
78 ► Iowa, Polk County, Des Moines, Bloomfield/Allen — Owen's Covered Bridge —
79 ► Iowa, Polk County, Des Moines, Capitol East — Site of Camp Burnside 1862 —
80 ► Iowa, Polk County, Des Moines, Downtown — A Monumental Journey — Kerry James Marshall (American, born 1955) — Manganese Ironspot brick, steel, granite —
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81 ► Iowa, Polk County, Des Moines, Downtown — Birthplace of Des Moines — Polk County, Iowa —
82 ► Iowa, Polk County, Des Moines, Downtown — Civil Rights Victory — Katz Drug Store / July 7, 1948 — Historic Site —
83 ► Iowa, Polk County, Des Moines, Downtown — Des Moines Bruins — 1947-1958 —
84 ► Iowa, Polk County, Des Moines, Downtown — Des Moines Champions — 1906 —
85 ► Iowa, Polk County, Des Moines, Downtown — Des Moines Demons — 1925-1937; 1959-1961 —
86 ► Iowa, Polk County, Des Moines, Downtown — Dragoon Trail Historical Site Marker #13 —
87 ► Iowa, Polk County, Des Moines, Downtown — Hawkeye Insurance Co. — Built 1868 — By Frederick Hubbell & Ebeneezer Ingersoll —
88 ► Iowa, Polk County, Des Moines, Downtown — Homestead Building — Iowa Historic Site — 1893 —
89 ► Iowa, Polk County, Des Moines, Downtown — Iowa Cubs — 1981-Present —
90 ► Iowa, Polk County, Des Moines, Downtown — Iowa Oaks — 1969-1981 —
91 ► Iowa, Polk County, Des Moines, Downtown — Ronald W. Reagan —
92 ► Iowa, Polk County, Des Moines, Downtown — Scottish Rite Consistory Building — 1926 – 1927 — Iowa Historic Site —
93 ► Iowa, Polk County, Des Moines, Downtown — Site of Old Fort Des Moines —
94 ► Iowa, Polk County, Des Moines, Downtown — St Paul's Cathedral and Garden —
95 ► Iowa, Polk County, Des Moines, Downtown — The First Public Schoolhouse —
96 ► Iowa, Polk County, Des Moines, Downtown — 'The Gift' from Rotary To The Children of the World — July 2019 —
97 ► Iowa, Polk County, Des Moines, Downtown — 53 — The Historic Center Street Neighborhood —
98 ► Iowa, Polk County, Des Moines, Downtown — The Iowa Commission for the Blind Building —
99 ► Iowa, Polk County, Des Moines, Downtown — The Savery Hotel —
100 ► Iowa, Polk County, Des Moines, Drake — Paint It Black —

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