From its inception and throughout its 25-year history, Katy Trail State Park
has been one of the most successful rails-to-trails conversions projects in the
United States. As the longest developed rail-trail in the United States, it
has been . . . — — Map (db m252641) HM
Katy Trail State Park is one of Missouri's premier attractions, drawing about 400,000 visitors from across the United States and other countries. Stretching 225 miles from St. Charles in the east to Clinton in the west, the trail is the longest . . . — — Map (db m46383) HM
The Katy Trail State Park is in large measure the creation of the foresight, energy and generosity of Edward D. (Ted) Jones. Ted Jones recognized in the proposed abandonment of 200 miles of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas railroad line between Sedalia . . . — — Map (db m272491) HM
1804...
Land Before the Town
Prior to its settlement, American Indians used the area we now call Rocheport. The closeness to the river, fertile soils, both salt and freshwater springs, and the protection given by the huge bluffs, rock . . . — — Map (db m46345) HM
From its inception and throughout its 20-year history, Katy Trail State Park has been one of the most successful rails-to-trail conversions projects in the United States. As the longest developed rail-trail in the United States, it has been . . . — — Map (db m46403) HM
Missouri was a beginning and end for the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Planned by President Thomas Jefferson and carried out by the two captains and a large crew, the expedition is a keystone American event. When the United States took ownership of . . . — — Map (db m252646) HM
Traveling east along Katy Trail State Park, the next
trailhead is McBaine, 8.8 miles away. Beyond Rocheport depot,
the Manitou Bluffs tower above the trail to the left, while the
Missouri River runs to the right. Benches dot this section . . . — — Map (db m252651) HM
The distance to New Franklin is 9.9 miles. This section of
trail is tree- or bluff-lined with views of the agricultural landscape.
Heading west from Rocheport, Katy Trail State Park users cross
Moniteau Creek at milepost 178.8. This bridge . . . — — Map (db m252649) HM
First Steamboats
Early steamboat trips on the Missouri River tested boats, crews and passengers. Between 1820 and 1900, several hundred steamboats on the Missouri were destroyed by fire or boiler explosions, crushed by ice, or sunk by snags. . . . — — Map (db m46353) HM
The Lewis and Clark Expedition camped below these bluffs and just downstream from here on June 6, 1804, across from a large island, known at the time as Big Manitou Island, which no longer exists. To reach camp, crews of the two pirogues . . . — — Map (db m272508) HM
In memory of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice at the Battle of Moore's Mill July 28, 1862 USA
9th MO Cavalry MSM John Richard Baker (K)
Co F 9th MO Cavalry MSM Pvt Lewis Snowden (K)
Co I Merrills Horse Pvt John H . . . — — Map (db m212624) WM
Old Auxvasse Presbyterian is one of the oldest congregations west of the Mississippi. But this hill on which the congregation first met in 1828 in a log church earlier hosted travelers along the Trial, some of whom likely were buried here before . . . — — Map (db m216974) HM
Here on the afternoon of July 28, 1862, some 400 recruits and guerrillas from north Missouri led by Colonel Joseph C. Porter, C.S.A., ambushed 730 Union troops under Colonel Odon Guitar of the Ninth Missouri Cavalry. After several hours of fierce . . . — — Map (db m207952) HM
The July 28, 1862, Battle of Moore's Mill opened about one-eighth mile south along the Moore's Mill-Galbreath Mill road, near today's State Road JJ. This area then was heavily timbered.
Lying in ambush east of the road were about 260 . . . — — Map (db m207957) HM
Combat Operations at Moore's Mill
Pursued by more than 700 mounted troops under Union Col. Odon Guitar about 260 Confederate horsemen under Col. Joseph C. Porter enter the vicinity of Moore's Mill (now Calwood) on Monday morning, July . . . — — Map (db m207958) HM
Due to the heat and decomposition of the bodies the day after the battle, Union Col. Oden Guitar ordered a mass grave dug.
Elijah Hopper of Co. F, 9th Missouri Militia, stated in a 1908 letter, "We collected our dead - both sides - after the . . . — — Map (db m207959) HM
The Alpha Delta Chapter of Beta Theta Pi was chartered
by its General Fraternity on March 5, 1868.
Alpha Delta Chapter of Beta Theta Pi is the oldest chapter of any
collegiate fraternity or sorority in continuous existence
west of the . . . — — Map (db m119020) HM
Originally located on a bluff on Stinson Creek in northwest Fulton, about 200 yards north of the Boone's Lick Trail, this rock bears the name D. Boone with the date 1801 and an arrow pointing due west. — — Map (db m69693) HM
The Civil War divided Missouri, but in Callaway County more soldiers served with the pro-Southern Missouri State Guard (MSG), the Confederate Army or irregular partisans. The MSG was a state-sanctioned force, organized in May 1861 to defend . . . — — Map (db m70386) HM
Sacred to the memory of
Captain James Callaway,
who sacrificed his life in the defense of his
country, and who fell in the same battle in which
McMullin, McDermid and Houchins were killed.
Captain James Callaway,
raised and . . . — — Map (db m70383) HM WM
With a 999-year lease from the Louisiana & Missouri River Railroad, the Chicago & Alton Railroad completed this line in July 1872. At one point, the South Branch ran from Mexico to Cedar City, with passenger service to Fulton beginning in 1872 and . . . — — Map (db m252713) HM
Awarded a National Historic Designation in 2007, The Court
Street Historic Residential District begins on 10th Street and
continues to Fulton's historic downtown. The tree-lined streets
compliment 83 homes of varying architectural styles, many . . . — — Map (db m252718) HM
This is a two sided markerSide A:
Fulton was founded here in the Little Dixie Region of Missouri, 1825, to replace the poorly located Elizabeth as seat of Callaway County. Named for a grandson of Daniel Boone and War of 1812 . . . — — Map (db m78757) HM
In 1916, forty Fulton businessmen decided to create a country club. They purchased forty acres near town from the estate of Mrs. Elkanah Smith. Renovations, which were supervised by General M.F. Bell, transformed the Smith farmhouse, originally . . . — — Map (db m207735) HM
When former Confederate president Jefferson Davis accepted an invitation to speak at the Callaway County agricultural fair ten years after the Civil War, he knew that he would be coming to a community with many Southern sympathizers and former . . . — — Map (db m252724) HM
Dedicated in 1922 to the Soldiers, Sailors & Marines of Callaway Co. who served their country in the World War of 1917-1918 and whose names now appear on bronze tablets in the Callaway Co. Court House.
This ground was acquired in 1921, through . . . — — Map (db m69665) HM WM
Dedicated to the highest principles, President Robert L. D. "Larry" Davidson was a leader of character during times of both prosperity and adversity. As the 15th president of Westminster College, Davidson passionately invested in students, . . . — — Map (db m70395) HM
Rev. William W. Robertson, (1807-1894), Presbyterian minister and educator, established Fulton Female Seminary (1850) on W 7th Street, originally known as Seminary Street. Rev. Robertson founded Westminster College in 1853. — — Map (db m70423) HM
Following the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, the country was divided into four zones of occupation by the World War II Allies. The United States, Great Britain, France and the Soviet Union. Berlin, located deep within the Soviet zone also was . . . — — Map (db m59080) HM
Commemorates Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech delivered at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri on March 5, 1946, in which he warned:
"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an IRON CURTAIN has descended across the Continent. . . . — — Map (db m59085) HM
The Church of St. Mary Aldermanbury first mentioned in 1181, destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666, rebuilt by Christopher Wren, destroyed by bombing in 1940. The remaining fabric removed to Westminster College in 1966 and restored as this . . . — — Map (db m59087) HM
"The Columns" atop this hill are the venerated remains of Westminster College's original academic building, Westminster Hall, destroyed by fire in 1909. Founded in 1851, Westminster was one of the few Missouri colleges to function in some fashion . . . — — Map (db m70437) HM
This gun was placed here by Callaway Post 2657, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, and the City of Fulton, in honor of the Callaway men and women who served their country in all of its wars. — — Map (db m69667) WM
In honored memory of those from Callaway County who gave their lives in the service of our country. They joined an unbroken line of patriots who died, that liberty, freedom and justice might live and grow.
Erected May 29, 1989
[Rolls of . . . — — Map (db m69691) WM
"A reminder of the historic past and a symbol of strength for the future."
The Columns of Old Westminster Hall, built in 1858, preserved after the Fire of 1909, repaired by the Class of 1927 and rebuilt in 1972 by many loyal alumni. . . . — — Map (db m70419) HM
In memory of
William Chrisman Swope
1878 - 1909
Graduated from Westminster 1900
Faithful to every duty, self-sacrificing and helpful. A loyal officer in his church, a sincere and devout Christian
————— . . . — — Map (db m70421) HM
In this building
5 March 1946
the Right Honorable
Winston Churchill
Wartime Prime Minister of
Great Britain
delivered his
"Iron Curtain" Speech
having been introduced by
Harry S. Truman
President of the
United . . . — — Map (db m70417) HM
Cole County, Missouri
Established November 16, 1820
Dedicated in this bicentennial year to those who have given life to Cole County, from the generations of Ancient Ones before the settlers of European and African lineage who formed our . . . — — Map (db m169397) HM
1826
Cedar City's Prosperity
The town Hibernia exists in post office records from 1825. A wilder and wider Missouri River was a half mile closer then, and many people arrived by steamboat. While laying out a new town in 1872, David Kenney . . . — — Map (db m169401) HM
Missouri State Capitol and Museum
The Missouri State Capitol, built in 1918 of Carthage marble and standing 262 feet high, is a majestic site. On the first floor is the Missouri State Museum with one wing dedicated to the history of . . . — — Map (db m169402) HM
Here at the North Jefferson Trail Head, on Sept. 29, 1996, the east and west sections of the Katy Trail were joined, forging the final link uniting St. Charles and Sedalia via Katy Trail State Park. — — Map (db m169404) HM
Missouri was a beginning and end for the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Planned by President Thomas Jefferson and carried out by the two captains and a large crew, the expedition is a keystone American event. When the United States took ownership of . . . — — Map (db m169398) HM
From the time of the Louisiana Purchase and the expedition of Lewis and Clark, the 19th century saw Missouri and the nation journey from a rural frontier to an urban industrialized society. The dawn of the 20th century saw the recognition of a . . . — — Map (db m169403) HM
The distance from North Jefferson to Hartsburg is 10.4 miles. The trail passes through Claysville (milepost 149.8) and crosses Turkey, Cedar and Slate creeks. Bluffs are on the right side and a wide variety of habitats including farms and . . . — — Map (db m169399) HM
The distance from North Jefferson to Tebbetts is 12 miles. The trail passes through Wainwright (milepost 137.6), which was named after a St. Louis financier who helped establish the Missouri, Kansas & Eastern Railroad, later part of the Katy. . . . — — Map (db m169400) HM
The list of recorded floods on the Missouri River is long, but the most devastating in recent history was the Great Flood of 1993. The river at Jefferson City crested more than 15 feet above flood stage. Throughout the Midwest that year, two . . . — — Map (db m169406) HM
Kingdom City's name alludes to the Kingdom of Callaway. How Callaway County came to be called a kingdom is a story dating to the early months of the Civil War.
In Fall 1861, the Union controlled the St. Louis area but the rest of the state . . . — — Map (db m299140) HM
1818.........
Smith's Landing
Thomas Smith, a private with Callaway's Rangers, founded a
small town along the Missouri River in 1818. The town, dubbed
Smith's Landing, was based around steamboat commerce. In
addition to goods being . . . — — Map (db m252810) HM
The Missouri-Kansas-Texas
Early in 1870, Judge Levi Parsons, head of the Union Pacific
Southern Branch, called a meeting. He announced his
plans to be the first railroad to reach the Indian Territory
bordering Kansas. The Missouri River, . . . — — Map (db m252799) HM
The distance from Mokane to Portland is 9.1 miles.
This segment of Katy Trail State Park has several outstanding
sights, including an impressive railroad bridge, close-up views of
the Missouri River and the geologic oddity of Standing Rock.
. . . — — Map (db m252797) HM
The 6.2 miles from Mokane to Tebbetts have
changed little since the early days of the Katy Railroad.
Like Tebbetts and many other towns along the trail,
Mokane was established as a railroad town. Its name
comes from this line's builder, the . . . — — Map (db m252735) HM
Standing Rock looks like an isolated boulder that fell from above, but it is actually a remnant of the bluff that has resisted erosion. The rock is a fine-grained sandstone that may have formed when sand filled in a sinkhole or joint within . . . — — Map (db m272493) HM
The Portland-McKittrick segment is 15.1 miles long.
Bottomland forest, islands and channels of Tate Island
Conservation Area which is accessible only by boat can
be seen to the right of the Katy Trail between mileposts 114.5
and 112. A Lewis . . . — — Map (db m252816) HM
The distance from Portland to Mokane is 9.1 miles.
This segment of Katy Trail State Park has several outstanding
sights, including an impressive railroad bridge, close-up views
of the Missouri River and the geologic oddity of Standing Rock.
. . . — — Map (db m252820) HM
"Several rats of Considerable Size was Cought in the woods to dayCapt Lewis went out to the woods & found many curious Plants & Srubs, one Deer killed this evening"
William Clark, May 31, 1804
Attack on C๔te Sans Dessein
A settlement on the C๔te Sans Dessein hill weathered an attack by members of the Sac and Fox Nation on April 4, 1815. The battle was an extension of the War of 1812 (1812-1815), though a treaty to end the fighting . . . — — Map (db m272492) HM
Big Business on the Missouri River
The fur trade was a booming business in the wilderness west of St. Louis. Trapping primarily took place on the upper Missouri River in the Dakotas and Montana. Furs were then sent down the river to St. Louis . . . — — Map (db m121229) HM
1808
A Hill Without Design
Cote Sans Dessein, French for "hill without design," stands near Tebbetts on the banks of the Missouri River. The hill is notable for (and gets its name from) the fact that it stands alone, separate from . . . — — Map (db m272665) HM
Williamsburg and its rural neighborhood, including the Loutre River valley to the east, were home to several famous, even notorious Southern guerrillas.
One such was Capt. Alvin Cobb of "Cobbstown," in western Montgomery County, Mo. A large, . . . — — Map (db m212623) HM
The World's Largest Pecan was built by George and Elizabeth James, in 1982. It was a tribute to a large, hardy, northern pecan that they found on their farm, James Pecan Farm, Inc. in the early 1950's. This patented nut, the starking hardy giant, . . . — — Map (db m198479) HM
On Oct. 22, 1838, about 800 Potawatomi Indians began ferrying the Grand River as they walked from Indiana to Kansas on the forced removal. By dark all the Indians and many of the wagons were over the river and ferried the rest the next day. — — Map (db m198471) HM
Born in Prince Edward County, Virginia September 11, 1809 Resided in Chariton County Missouri 1831-1865 Speaker Of the House of Representatives Of Missouri General Assembly 1840-1844 Elected to Congress 1844 Participated in War with Mexico 1846-1848 . . . — — Map (db m131899) HM WM
Founded, 1832, by Englishman James Keyte, Keytesville is the judicial seat of Chariton County. First seat of the county, organized in 1820, was "Old" Chariton laid out, 1817, near the mouth of the Chariton River by Duff Green, editor, politician. . . . — — Map (db m131898) HM
With the faith and courage of
their forefathers who made
possible the freedom of these
United States
The Boy Scouts of America
dedicate this copy of the
Statue of Liberty as a pledge
of everlasting fidelity and
and loyalty
40th . . . — — Map (db m89550)
Fayette is the county seat of Howard, "Mother of Counties," and first county in the Boon's Lick Country. Named for Benjamin Howard, first Missouri Territory governor, and organized, 1816, the county contained so vast an area that from it have . . . — — Map (db m267444) HM
Here along the scenic river bluffs where the Missouri forms a natural port, Glasgow was laid out, 1836. Named for pioneer James Glasgow, it was the first successful town in this general area. Chariton, Monticello, and Thorntonsburg, earlier towns . . . — — Map (db m266952) HM
Glasgow, site of first all steel bridge in world, built by Gen. Wm. S. Smith, Engr. 1879 for C. & A.R.R. Replaced 1900 for heavier traffic. Sketch of original bridge above. Glasgow founded 1836. Successor to Old Chariton 1817, Monticello 1829, . . . — — Map (db m217000) HM
The Baptist Church has had three sites. Old Chariton was organized 1820, with twenty members. 1827 was moved to Monticello, then 1861 to Glasgow where a substantial brick house was built and sold in 1866 to the Presbyterians. After some years the . . . — — Map (db m216984) HM
In 1867 a Society of the Evangelical Church formed under Pastor J.C. Pfeifer. Congregation met in homes until 1872. First building erected for $1,900.00. Original building remains as north half of present building. In 1907 new unit was added, new . . . — — Map (db m217094) HM
Methodist Episcopal meetings were first held in farmhouses in 1836. Church was built at 621 4th Street in 1839. First resident pastor 1844, with parsonage at 214 Commerce Street. Sunday school organized 1845. Church became Methodist Episcopal, . . . — — Map (db m217098) HM
Civil War Aaron Steinmetz Samuel Steinmetz WWI Gwynner Emery Willard Crowley Geo. B. Schutte Roscoe Young WWII Albert B. Aholt Jr. Verne Blacketer Leo Monnig Jr. Elmer F. Sickman John H. Sickman . . . — — Map (db m216998) WM
This library was provided for in the will of Benjamin W. Lewis, whose fortune was made in tobacco, to the extent of $10,000.00. The building of Italian Renaissance architecture was erected in 1866 at a cost of $26,000.00 through the benevolence of . . . — — Map (db m216981) HM
The Glasgow Presbyterian Church organized March 9, 1845, with ten members. First church building stood on Second Street between Market and Howard, was burned in October 1864 during the Battle of Glasgow. The congregation held services for some . . . — — Map (db m216985) HM
In Spring 1866 Father Henry Meurs came to Glasgow at the request of area Catholics. Soon work was begun on Church building. Bricks purchased from McClinicks Brickyard, of Glasgow, for $10.00 per hundred. In 1897 church remodeled as Satolli Hall and . . . — — Map (db m216996) HM
"... Set out this morning verry early passed Some bad placies in the river Saw a number of Goslings... pass[ed] near a Bank which was falling in...passed the two River of Charletons [Charitons] ...above Some high land which has a great quantity . . . — — Map (db m216999) HM
The first gasoline powered boat ever built was owned and operated by Louis Friemonth from 1897-1904. Built by Moehle Bro. of Arrow Rock. The Minnie sank near this location Site of The Old Ferry Landing 1837-1926 Dedicated to . . . — — Map (db m216973) HM
In 1877, the Chicago & Alton Railroad decided to build a bridge across the Missouri River at Glasgow. It was to be the first large all-steel bridge in the world. Mr. A.F. Hay, of Burlington, Iowa, had developed a steel that met all specifications & . . . — — Map (db m216963) HM
Lee Edgar Settle was born in New Franklin MO, on July 20, 1882, the son of J. M. and Laura (Van Aradale) Settle at xxxx S. Howard Street. Edgar Settle was a natural piano player and began playing at the age of five or six years [balance illegible]. . . . — — Map (db m46927) HM
Franklin, founded across the river from Boonville, 1816, was once the metropolis of the Boon's Lick Country, a central Missouri region, taking its name from a salt lick in the area worked by the sons of Daniel Boone. Here was the first land office . . . — — Map (db m247706) HM
Born in Madison County, Kentucky, Christopher (Kit) Carson was the ninth of fourteen children. At the age of nine, when Kit's father died, he helped support the family and at 14, he was apprenticed as a saddle and harness maker. Two years later, . . . — — Map (db m252447) HM
New Franklin, known as the city where four trails meet, owes its place in history to the Lewis & Clark Expedition of 1803-1806; the blazing of the Boonslick Trail pioneered by Daniel Boone from Kentucky to the original historic rivertown of . . . — — Map (db m46460) HM
Ezekiel (Zeke) Williams, Grandfather of the Santa Fe Trail, was born in Hampshire County
West Virginia, to David and Sarah Denton Williams. The family soon moved to Kentucky. He was
married in 1795 and had a son. His wife's name is unknown. Zeke . . . — — Map (db m252446) HM
In the year 1810 a number of families emigrated,
mostly from Madison County, Kentucky, and made
the first permanent settlement in the Boonslick
country.
Several of the number were Baptists who came with
the purpose of planting the gospel . . . — — Map (db m252637) HM
This Trail
One of the Great Highways of the World
Stretched nearly one thousand miles from
Franklin, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico
"From Civilization to Sundown"
[Relief Caption]
Captain William Becknell of Franklin
"Father of . . . — — Map (db m44292) HM
Seat of Howard County
The settlement of Franklin, Missouri Territory, was established as the seat of Howard County in 1816. As the largest town west of St. Louis, it was the hub of a large region along the Missouri River called the . . . — — Map (db m247475) HM
Franklin, 1816
The original town of Franklin, founded in 1816, was located on the north bank of the Missouri River and was the seat of Howard County. It was about two miles southwest of present day New Franklin. The town was named for . . . — — Map (db m46464) HM
There is evidence that around the year 1800, Daniel Boone or his sons, Daniel Morgan and Nathan, discovered a salt lick in what is now western Howard County. The lick became known as Boone's Lick, and the trail he blazed, believed to be parts of old . . . — — Map (db m252432) HM
George Caleb Bingham was born March 20, 1811, in Augusta County, Virginia, to Henry and Mary Amend Bingham. Henry moved the family to Franklin in 1819. There they farmed, processed tobacco, and ran a hotel. Bingham's interest in painting started . . . — — Map (db m252614) HM
1816
A River Town Begins
Named for American statesman Benjamin Franklin, the frontier river town of Franklin was established in 1816. The following year, it was designated the county seat of Howard County. In the blink of an eye, Franklin's . . . — — Map (db m46950) HM
Josiah Gregg was born in Overton County, Tennessee the youngest son of Harmon and Susannah (Smelser) Greggs' seven children. In 1812 his family settled at Cooper's Fort in Howard County, and later moved to Jackson County. Sickly, shy and studious, . . . — — Map (db m252443) HM
KATY CABOOSE #127 became a landmark in the City of New Franklin on January 3, 1992. The voluntary assistance of dedicated citizens and generous donations of friends across the country made this possible.
CABOOSE #127 was in the service of the . . . — — Map (db m44291) HM
