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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Jackson County, Missouri
Adjacent to Jackson County, Missouri
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On Manchester Trafficway 0.2 miles north of East 63rd Street, on the right when traveling east.
At 8 A. M. on October 23, 1864, Federal cavalry under General Alfred E. Pleasonton forced a crossing of the Blue River at Byrams Ford and attacked the stone ridge, which was defended by Confederate troops under John S. Marmaduke. After 3 hours . . . — — Map (db m28705) HM
On E 60th Street 0.2 miles east of Colorado Street, on the left when traveling east.
Byram's Ford Historic District
has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Site of the
Battle of the Big Blue
October 22 and 23, 1864
and the . . . — — Map (db m144706) HM
On Tenth Street 0.1 miles west of Central Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
In June – July, 1861, barracks and service buildings within a 200-foot-square earthwork were built on this site by the battalion of United States Reserve Corps, Companies A, B, and C, organized by Major R. T. Van Horn, then Mayor of the City. . . . — — Map (db m51192) HM
Founder of the
Presidents and Past Presidents
General Assembly
of
Greater Kansas City, Incorporated
to further the war efforts
and served as it's president
1917-1918 1925-1942 . . . — — Map (db m88269) HM
2012 marks the Centennial Anniversary
of the gift of 3,000 Flowering Cherry Trees
from Japan to the United States.
To celebrate this Anniversary, the
Japanese Government repeated the gift to cities
throughout the United States
as a . . . — — Map (db m88267) HM
To the author of The Annals of The City of Kansas and the Great Western Plains.
1858
Charles Carroll Spalding, who in the day of small things had the bold vision to foresee the future city. — — Map (db m86317) HM
On Jefferson Street 0 miles north of 10th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Beginning around 1799, French-speaking traders and farmers moved up-river from the French settlements in the Illinois country, around Ft. Chartres, St. Louis, Kaskaskia and St. Genevieve and from Three Rivers in Canada, and settled at Randolph . . . — — Map (db m86212) HM
On Washington Street at West 12th Street, on the right when traveling north on Washington Street.
front of marker in English
The presence of the Catholic Church was established at an early date in the Kansas City area. Sacerdotal artifacts were among the earliest booty captured by the Comanches in the 1690's, apparently from French . . . — — Map (db m86217) HM
On Broadway Boulevard north of 34th Street, on the left when traveling north.
Dedicated October 5, 2001
In 1999 - The 100th Anniversary of the founding of the Veterans of Foreign Wars - this bronze statue was commissioned to commemorate the organization's first century of service to veterans, those in uniform and the . . . — — Map (db m86345) HM WM
On 3rd Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling east on 3rd Street.
From 1857 to the present, town activities have revolved around the "City Market", an integral site for commerce, political rallies, medicine shows, circuses, balloon ascensions, and other public "entertainments" without limits. Its origin began . . . — — Map (db m58410) HM
At 8:30 A.M. Sun., Oct. 23, 1864, Gen. Shelby's Division moved north and struck Union troops near the Wornall House. Gen. Blunt's Union cavalrymen were driven across Brush Creek. Shelby stopped to bring up ammunition. About 3,000 Confederate men . . . — — Map (db m21705) HM
On 13th Street 0.1 miles east of Central Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Kansas Citys expression of service and hospitality has a rich historical heritage starting in 1899, when the original convention hall opened with a concert by John Philip Sousa and his band. The success of the hall was proven when the Democratic . . . — — Map (db m86215) HM
On Meyer Boulevard at Askew Avenue, in the median on Meyer Boulevard.
Lawyer, Park Commissioner from 1908 to 1912, and early pioneer for the Kansas City Park Department.
Delbert J. Haff was retained in 1893 by the city's first Park Board. He was largely responsible for solving the financial and legal problems . . . — — Map (db m88276) HM
On 9th Street at Broadway Boulevard, on the right when traveling west on 9th Street.
This sculpture serves as a memorial to the great herds of Plains Buffalo - a reminder of what was compromised in the development of our great nation and is now lost from the landscape
- Marc Swanson, artist, 2010
The primary cause of the . . . — — Map (db m88200) HM
On 39th Street at Gillham Road and Harrison Parkway, on the left when traveling east on 39th Street.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company presents this statuary to the Kansas City Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, in recognition of Scouting's contribution to this nation and as a lasting tribute to those who have earned its highest award
The . . . — — Map (db m44395) HM
Revolutionary War Patriot
Taken captive - Martin's Station,
on land now part of Kentucky,
June 1780
Held by British until
November 1782 — — Map (db m63147) HM
On 8th Street at Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling west on 8th Street.
(front of marker in English)
Starting about 1680, the pressure of French traders moving up the Missouri from the Illinois country coincided with the commercial void created by the Pueblo Indian revolt in New Mexico. Soon, Frenchmen were . . . — — Map (db m86210) HM
In 1896, two years after introducing golf to Kansas City at the Kenwood Golf Links east of Gilham and south of 36th Street, devotees of the game sought larger space here, at Seth Ward's east pasture. A $1-a-year lease was signed, and a nine-hole . . . — — Map (db m88252) HM
On Westridge Road 0.2 miles north of East Bannister Road, on the left when traveling north.
Earliest grave
Isaac Flanery, 1841
Last Recorded Grave
Andrew Jackson Frost, 1928
This one acre wooded glade is the resting place of approximately 25 early pioneers of the Raytown, Jackson County, Missouri area and several Union soldiers . . . — — Map (db m91100) HM
Near Troost Avenue 0.3 miles north of 71st Street.
(Front):
In memory of our Confederate Dead
(Reverse):
To the brave soldiers who fell in
the Battle of Westport October 23, 1864.
——————————
Erected by
Kansas City . . . — — Map (db m26593) HM
On Gladstone Boulevard at Anderson Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Gladstone Boulevard.
Dr. Alice Berry Graham
Born: Warren, Pennsylvania 1850
Died: Kansas City, Missouri 1913
Dr. Katharine Berry Richardson
Born: Flat Rock, Kentucky 1860
Died: Kansas City, Missouri 1933
This bridge honors the lives and . . . — — Map (db m63919) HM
On Holmes Road 0.2 miles south of 85th Street, on the right when traveling south.
For God - For Country - For DeMolay
[Back]
Dedicated on the 50th anniversary
of the Order of the DeMolay,
March 18, 1969, to the memory of
Frank S. Land
as a lasting tribute to his
inspiration and devotion to the . . . — — Map (db m91841) HM
The town was only a spark in 1834 when entrepreneur and tradesman John Calvin McCoy cut a primitive path from this store to a prominent rock ledge on the river – a perfect landing for riverboats. The steamboat John Hancock, laden with . . . — — Map (db m87450) HM
On Delaware Street near 4th Street, on the right when traveling south.
General Orders No. 11:
The Revenge of Depopulation
The building in front of you (401 Delaware Street) opened for business in the spring of 1860 as the Pacific House Hotel, one of Kansas City's most up-to-date hotels. During the war years, . . . — — Map (db m54013) HM
Famous Painter & Portrait Artist
Internationally Known
State Treasurer
State Adjutant General
President, Kansas City, Mo. Police Board
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Eminently gifted, almost . . . — — Map (db m62974) HM
On Volker Boulevard (U.S. 56) 0.2 miles east of Rockhill Road, on the right when traveling east.
Making the choice of organ and tissue donation will save lives, provide hope, and spare families the needless loss of loved ones. Kansas City is the first city in the country to have a special fountain honoring organ and tissue donors. "Joie de . . . — — Map (db m88275) HM
The stone wall that still exists today against the bluff between Delaware and Wyandotte Streets is the remains of the once-famous Gilliss House Hotel. Built around 1850, the lively riverfront hotel went by various names including the Union, . . . — — Map (db m87458) HM
On 47th Street (U.S. 56) at Baltimore Avenue, on the right when traveling east on 47th Street.
The inspiration for the design of this tower came from the original Giralda Tower which is a part of the great cathedral of Seville, Spain — — Map (db m80596) HM
On Gladstone Boulevard at Anderson Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Gladstone Boulevard.
Designed by David A. Miles, the Gladstone Boulevard Bridge was erected by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company in 1897 under the direction of Joseph W. Hoover for $16,000.
A major rehabilitation and restoration project was completed in 2003, which . . . — — Map (db m63920) HM
It was July 3rd, 1869. A crowd of 40,000 elbowed their way onto the banks of the Missouri to celebrate the dedication of a politically empowering marvel – the Hannibal Bridge, the first railroad bridge across the Missouri River. Perhaps more . . . — — Map (db m87460) HM
On Meyer Blvd at Wabash Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Meyer Blvd.
This was the main road to Harrisonville. Fagans Confederate Division was posted here at noon on Oct.23, 1864. At daylight that day Gen. Prices huge wagon train moved south on this road. After his defeat at Byrams Ford Gen. Marmaduke retreated . . . — — Map (db m28709) HM
On 63rd Street at Walnut Street, on the right when traveling east on 63rd Street.
At about 1:00 P.M., October 23, 1864 Confederate Gen. Shelby was withdrawing slowly from his position near the Wornall House. He had been ordered to pull back by Gen. Price because of the collapse of Marmaduke's Confederate line at Byram's Ford. . . . — — Map (db m30294) HM
On Pennsylvania Ave. at 33rd Steet, on the left when traveling west on Pennsylvania Ave..
Built in 1901 by Irish immigrants, Edward and Mary Flavin to continue their established Flavin Grocery. The upper loft was their residence. In 1917, the grocery passed to their daughter and son-in-law Margaret & James M. (Jim) Browne, Sr. The name . . . — — Map (db m86245) HM
On Baltimore Avenue at West 40th Street, on the right when traveling south on Baltimore Avenue.
Built in 1855 by John and Henrietta Harris this Greek revival style all brick house was located on a slightly five acre tract on the ridge just east of Westport, MO. This site was on the southwest corner of Westport Rd. (Santa Fe Trail) and Main . . . — — Map (db m44411) HM
RAYMOND J. CAFFREY
Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
OTTO REED
Chief of Police, McAlester, Oklahoma
WILLIAM J. GROOMS
Detective, Kansas City Missouri Police Department
FRANK HERMANSON
Detective, Kansas City Missouri Police . . . — — Map (db m19942) HM
On Independence Avenue (U.S. 24) at Chestnut Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Independence Avenue.
Independence Avenue was given its name because it extended from the central business district of Kansas City to Independence. In 1893, the Board of Park Commissioners selected a portion of Independence Avenue to become the first boulevard in the . . . — — Map (db m63699) HM
On Independence Avenue (U.S. 24) at Prospect Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Independence Avenue.
Independence Avenue was given its name because it extended from the central business district of Kansas City to Independence. In 1893, the Board of Park Commissioners selected a portion of Independence Avenue to become the first boulevard in the . . . — — Map (db m63906) HM
On Broadway Boulevard at Westport Road, in the median on Broadway Boulevard.
Jim Bridger was one of the most famous of the mountain men. He was an Indian fighter fur trapper and trader, guide to the Far West, U.S. Army Scout and explorer. He discovered the South Pass through the Rockies in 1827, the Great Salt Lake in 1834, . . . — — Map (db m87334) HM
On Brookside Boulevard at 55th Street, on the right when traveling north on Brookside Boulevard.
This plaque is placed here in honor of James Gailey Ashley, Jr. and his wife, Pamela C. Ashley, who for 25 years struggled and sacrificed to preserve this railroad right-of-way, which provided freight and passenger service beginning in the . . . — — Map (db m69375) HM
On Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling north.
West Plaque
James Pendergast
Born January 17, 1856
Alderman of First Ward,
1892 — 1911
Died November 10, 1911
This monument is erected by general contributions as a tribute to the rugged character and splended . . . — — Map (db m86131) HM
Died on the Santa Fe Trail between
Council Grove, Ks. and Kansas City, Mo.
Member, Georgia State Legislature
Mexican War Veteran
First Territorial Governor of New Mexico — — Map (db m63021) HM
On 36th Street at Janssen Place, on the right when traveling east on 36th Street.
Originally intended as a planned, residential area, Janssen Place was conceived and developed by Arthur E. Stilwell, a railroad magnate and urban planner. Designed in 1897 and patterned after Portland and Westmoreland Places in St. Louis, . . . — — Map (db m44401) HM
On The Paseo at 19th Street, on the left when traveling north on The Paseo.
This Building was originally constructed as the Paseo YMCA which opened in 1914 to provide Kansas citians of color a place that would specifically allow them a public or private multi-purpose facility serving as a meeting place for community . . . — — Map (db m98433) HM
John C. McCoy founded West Port, Mo. in 1834. He was also one of the original proprietors of the Town of Kansas, later Kansas City, Mo., in 1846 — — Map (db m62986) HM
On Broadway Boulevard at Westport Road, in the median on Broadway Boulevard.
Historians have called McCoy “the father of Kansas City”. In 1833 he platted a town around the trading post he built on lot No. 1 (northeast corner of Westport Road and Pennsylvania). Calling it “West Port,” Missouri, he . . . — — Map (db m87333) HM
On Linwood Blvd. at Campbell Street, on the left when traveling east on Linwood Blvd..
This building was erected in 1914 and has continuously been the home of the Kansas City Athenaeum, one of the oldest and largest federated women's clubs in Missouri. Familiar names among the 71 chapter members were: Mary Harmon Weeks, founder of . . . — — Map (db m87317) HM
On W 14th Street, on the right when traveling north.
Organized in 1949 to investigate corruption, the Commission has become a model for ways to organize the struggle for greater public safety. At its inception, Kansas City Businessman and civic leader E.M. Dodds pushed for the Commission to cut down . . . — — Map (db m134079) HM
On 13th Street at Wyandotte Street, on the left when traveling west on 13th Street.
[Cornerstone] Laid November 29, 1934, by the Will of the People, which is the cornerstone of all good government.
——————————
Federal Emergency Administration
of Public Works - . . . — — Map (db m88208) HM
On Broadway Boulevard south of Vietnam Veterans Memorial Drive, on the left when traveling south.
Water, like time, has the power to cleanse and heal. This memorial fountain stands as a symbol of that healing, from the devastating division caused by the Vietnam War. The fountain's pools represent the country's growing involvement in the war, . . . — — Map (db m88226) WM
On Swope Parkway 0.2 miles east of Meyer Boulevard.
Immediately east of the Shelter House, nine holes laid out by James Dalgleish, professional at the nearby Evanston Golf Club, were opened September 5, 1906. An exhibition match featuring Dalgleish and the other two local professionals drew a small, . . . — — Map (db m30301) HM
On Grand Boulevard south of 4th Street, on the right when traveling south.
(Side A)
Like New Orleans' "Vieux Carre," Kansas City's old market square and its surrounding Old Town streets in River Quay are oriented on the bias to the river in the Old World fashion, rather than on the strict east-west Yankee survey. . . . — — Map (db m61220) HM
Near Troost Avenue 0.2 miles north of 71st Street.
front left panel
Leroy Robert
(picture of Satchel)
July 7, 1906
June 8, 1982
front right panel
Lahoma Jean
(picture of Lahoma)
April 7, 1922
Sept. . . . — — Map (db m26607) HM
On September 15, 1806, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark returning from the Pacific, stood on this point and recorded in their journal that this was a commanding situation for a fort and that from the top of the hill you have a perfect command of . . . — — Map (db m86117) HM
On 8th Street at Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling west on 8th Street.
“we Set out early Passed the mouth of Blue water river [and later] a bad Sand bar, where our two rope twice . Came to and Camped in the Point above the Kansas River. I observed a great number of Parrot queets this evening ” . . . — — Map (db m86206) HM
On Pershing Drive near Main Street, on the left when traveling west.
On this spot on the first day of November
One Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty One
during the Third Convention of the American Legion
in the presence of the
associated war leaders
Ferdinand Foch Marshal of France
Armando Diaz General of . . . — — Map (db m44366) HM
Buried in Westport Cemetery
1843
Stone found and placed on
a bldg. at original site
1915
Placed in Union Cemetery by
Elizabeth Benton Chapter D.A.R.
1965 — — Map (db m63145) HM
On 59th Street 0.1 miles east of Lister Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
This log house hiding Confederate snipers was in front of the defensive line 250 yards to the south. Heavy fighting took place there on Oct. 23, 1864 between Marmaduke's Confederates and Pleasonton's Cavalrymen. Clarke's Confederate Brigade was in . . . — — Map (db m30304) HM
On Main Street at 40th Street, on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
Killed at Exermont France
September twenty ninth MCMXVIII
A kindly just and beloved officer
wise in counsel
resolute in action
courageous unto death
Amiens Vosges St. Mihiel
Meuse Argonne
Killed at Exermont France . . . — — Map (db m64124) HM WM
Mayor of Kansas City - 1855 to 1859 and 1862. One of our outstanding pioneers of this great city. He was responsible for the first grading of streets beyond the levee and for obtaining the first gas and water plants. He also served in the . . . — — Map (db m63148) HM
On Pennsylvania Avenue at Westport Road, on the right when traveling north on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Near this point John McCoy built a log trading post in 1833 which launched the settlement of Westport, with the town becoming the westernmost point of American civilization. From Westport, the Santa Fe, California, and Oregon Trails reached out as . . . — — Map (db m21064) HM
On Wornall Road at 53rd Terrace, on the left when traveling north on Wornall Road.
On Oct. 23, 1864 near noon Col. McGhee's mounted Arkansans charged north on Wornall Lane to capture McLain's Colorado Battery. Capt. Johnson of the 15th Kas. Cavalry attacked saving the guns. McGhee was killed in a hand-to-hand fight with the . . . — — Map (db m29658) HM
On Holmes Road 0.1 miles north of 79th Street, on the right when traveling south.
The Thos. Mockbee Farmhouse stood here. On Oct. 22, 1864 when, after the Confederates had forced a crossing of the Big Blue to the east 300 men of the 2nd Kas. Militia were north of the farmhouse where they formed a line facing north. Jackman's . . . — — Map (db m26577) HM
On Highland Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Highland Avenue.
Has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance
In commemorating the history of the
United States of America
This hall used by Musicians Union Local #627 served as a center for the . . . — — Map (db m6706) HM
On Vine Street north of 18th Street, on the right when traveling north.
The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM), located in Kansas City's historic 18th & Vine Jazz District, is dedicated to preserve the rich history of professional African-American baseball of the early 1900s to the 1950s and its profound impact on . . . — — Map (db m98412) HM
On 47th Street (U.S. 56) at Wornall Road, on the right when traveling west on 47th Street.
This statue of Neptune with his trident and three horses, famous in Greek mythology, was cast of lead in 1911 by the Bromsgrove Guild, Ltd., of Worchestershire, England for the Pennsylvania estate of the late Alba B. Johnson, then the president of . . . — — Map (db m88240) HM
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