On Maple Street (U.S. 59/166) at 9th Street, on the right when traveling west on Maple Street.
The missionary priest from the Jesuit Osage Mission came to to [sic] the area surrounding Chetopa in 1847. The opening of a church was delayed due to the outbreak of the Civil War. Sadness came to the small town in 1857 when the town was burned . . . — — Map (db m209782) HM
On Delaware Street (State Highway 101) south of Main Street, on the left when traveling north.
Roll of Honored Dead
R J Dilorenzo • Lester W Hittle • Billy B Maxwell • Alfred Polson • Ray Preistly • George W Roles • Delbert W Seger • George Taylor • Jearl Thompson • Roscoe Wilson
Samuel Triplett
Congressional Medal of Honor . . . — — Map (db m60791) WM
On the park's north perimeter road west of Oregon Street, on the right when traveling west.
Early Days
This bluff on which the Riverside Park sits is steeped in history. Towering over the plains, this site was frequented by both American Indians and early Euro-American settlers. It served as a place to observe game and also for . . . — — Map (db m96902) HM
On Union Street at 4th Street, on the right when traveling north on Union Street.
This old well is whiteman's improvement to an everlasting spring used by the Indian tribes for ages
and marks the first known white settlement in southern Kansas.
John Mathews settled here to serve as blacksmith for the Osages about 1841 and . . . — — Map (db m96966) HM
On 6th Street (U.S. 59/160) at Commercial Street, on the right when traveling west on 6th Street.
Given to the City of Oswego, Kansas
by the Union Pacific Railroad
in memory of
Former President and
Board Vice-Chairman
Carl Raymond Gray
and
Harriette Flora Gray,
a native of the Oswego area,
who were married here in . . . — — Map (db m60771) HM
On 4th Street near Commercial Street, on the right when traveling east.
Depicting when the Osage dwelled east of the bluff near Horseshoe Lake and Chief White Hair was their Chief. John Mathews, a fur trader and blacksmith, lived on the summit, intermingling with the tribe, both cultures benefiting from the . . . — — Map (db m42284) HM
On the park's north perimeter road west of Oregon Street, on the left when traveling west.
This point overlooks the historic Neosho Crossing for "The Old Indian Trail" between Missouri and the Osage buffalo hunting grounds in central Oklahoma. The ford was located about eighty yards above the present dam. Two hundred Union soldiers of . . . — — Map (db m96922) HM
On Union Street at 4th Street, on the right when traveling north on Union Street.
The earliest permanent white settler in present Labette County is believed to have been John Mathews, trader and blacksmith, who arrived here about 1840. He established a post to trade with the Osage Indians of one of White Hair's villages, . . . — — Map (db m96965) HM
On 17th Street at Broadway, on the right when traveling south on 17th Street.
This building has been placed on the
National Register of
Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
The Carnegie Building
100 Years of Service
1909 - 2009 — — Map (db m42193) HM
On Main Street at 28th Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
With the faith and courage of
their forefathers who made
possible the freedom of these
United States
The Boy Scouts of America
dedicate this replica of the
Statue of Liberty as a pledge
of everlasting fidelity and
loyalty . . . — — Map (db m93368) HM
