Dedicated by a grateful community to honor those valiant men and women who gave themselves in service and sacrifice for God and Country — — Map (db m137165) WM
On Merritt Blacktop Road (Old Route 36), on the left when traveling west.
In 1832 Elisha Kellogg purchased 160 acres of land just west of the present Morgan-Scott County line. He and his son-in-law, John Williams, laid out a town of 94 lots and named it Geneva. Geneva was located on the well-traveled State Road, from . . . — — Map (db m214517) HM
On Bob Michael Street at Carroll Street, on the left when traveling east on Bob Michael Street.
Ulysses S. Grant, as colonel of the 21st Infantry Regiment, Illinois Volunteers, left Camp Yates (at Springfield) on July 3, 1861, with his unseasoned troops and marched them to Naples which they reached on July 6. Frederick Grant, the colonel’s . . . — — Map (db m144862) HM
On this spot in the upper room of the old court house in August 1854, Abraham Lincoln made his first speech on the Kansas Nebraska Question — — Map (db m182046) HM
On East Cross Street at South Main Street, on the right when traveling east on East Cross Street.
Taught his first school and began his legal career here in 1833-34 His last words were tell my children to obey the laws and support the Constitution — — Map (db m182045) HM
On East Market Street at South Main Street, on the left when traveling west on East Market Street.
Abraham Lincoln first publicly challenged U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas's "Nebraska Bill" during a Whig county convention August 26, 1854, in the Scott County courtroom located at this site. Because the bill allowed for the expansion of slavery, . . . — — Map (db m182043) HM
