Named for Governor C.H. Hardin, incorporated in 1870 with James Darby the first mayor. Located on the Santa Fe and Wabash railroads in rich Missouri River bottom land.
The John Vanderpool family came from Tennessee in 1815 and settled at Buffalo . . . — — Map (db m198478) HM
Presented by the
St. Ruth Society
of
The Church of the Holy Trinity
St. Joseph, Missouri
Easter, 1888
Ring out the darkness of the land
Ring in the Christ that is to be
[Back]
McShane Bell Foundry
Henry McShane & Co. . . . — — Map (db m157009) HM
This planter is constructed of cornices from the 1856 courthouse which was moved from this location in 1915, the sandstone base once served as a step for the building. — — Map (db m157020) HM
Erected by the State of Missouri
in honor of
Colonel Alexander W. Doniphan
Commander of First Regiment Missouri
Mounted Volunteers in the War with Mexico
Born Mason County, Kentucky, July 9, 1808
Died Richmond, Missouri, August 8, . . . — — Map (db m157143) HM
Designates 1838 Potawatomi "Trail of Death" route starting in Indiana, crossing Illinois and Missouri, and ending at present day Osawatomie, Kansas.
In September 1838, over 850 Potawatomi Indian people were rounded up and marched at gunpoint . . . — — Map (db m198476) HM
Original columns supporting the Court Room of Ray County's Courthouse (1856-1913).
Stone for plaque base-first Recorder's Office, preserved and donated to the Citizens of Ray County by Randall G., Marvel C. Barber and Harold . . . — — Map (db m157022) HM
[Side A]
Richmond was founded, 1827, as the seat of Ray County on land donated by John Wollard, W.B. Martin, and Isaac and William Thornton. The county, organized 1820, had its first seat at Bluffton, where Camden, an early Missouri . . . — — Map (db m157138) HM
A lack of Confederate military presence in Missouri led Southern sympathizers to form guerrilla groups to harass Union soldiers and pro-Union citizens. Depending on which side you asked, these bushwhackers were either heroes or criminals. They . . . — — Map (db m157096) HM
To everyone who tries to understand:
We leave you our deaths
Give them their meaning
We were young
We have died
Remember us.
TSgt Thomas Newton Sloan
U.S. Air Force
13 Aug 1937 • 17 Dec 1965
Rayville, MO
PFC David Wayne . . . — — Map (db m157095) WM
This memorial is dedicated in honor
and memory to all Ray County
World War II and Korean War
Veterans who served and fought.
These honored men gave the
supreme sacrifice in the defense of
our great nation in order to
preserve our . . . — — Map (db m157103) WM
In memory
of our
World War
Veterans
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Unveiled under
auspices of the
American Legion
Posts of Ray Co.
May 30, 1930 . . . — — Map (db m157014) WM
