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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Pulaski County, Missouri
Adjacent to Pulaski County, Missouri
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| On Old U.S. Route 66 (State Highway 17) north of Risky Road, on the left when traveling north. |
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In Honor of All Veterans
Past and Present
[Armed Services Emblems]
In Honor of Francis J. Lynch VFW Post 3168
Dedicated May 31, 2004 — — Map (db m158058) WM |
| On Commercial Street (State Highway 17/133) at 10th Street, on the right when traveling north on Commercial Street. |
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Planted "Earth Day" April 22, 1999
Dedicated during
"National Gardening Week"
June 9, 1999
under the direction of the
Crocker Green Thumb Garden Club.
Kindergarten children from the Crocker school
named the tree during the planting . . . — — Map (db m158115) HM |
| On Commercial Street (State Highway 17/133) at 10th Street, on the right when traveling north on Commercial Street. |
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| On Commercial Street (State Highway 17/133) at 10th Street, on the right when traveling north on Commercial Street. |
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| On Pine Street (State Highway 7/133) at Jefferson Avenue (State Highway 7/133), on the right when traveling north on Pine Street. |
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Honoring
Richland Area
Veterans
Past & Present
[Armed Services Emblems] — — Map (db m158114) WM |
| On St. Robert Boulevard 0.8 miles east of Old Route 66 (Business Interstate 44), on the right when traveling east. |
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Fort Leonard Wood
[Major General Leonard Wood]
[Drill Instructor and Recruit]
[The Spirit of Pulaski County P-51]
[Armed Service Service Caps]
[Fallen Soldier Memorial] — — Map (db m157293) HM WM |
| On St. Robert Boulevard 0.8 miles east of Old Route 66 (Business Interstate 44), on the right when traveling east. |
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"Traveled 12 miles to Waynesville on Roberdeou Creek, a branch of the Gasconade—clear and present day..."
Dr. W. I. Morrow's diary, March 5, 1839
During the Trail of Tears, the only way Cherokee could cross the creek . . . — — Map (db m158042) HM |
| On Superior Road south of Old U.S. Route 66 (Business Interstate 44), on the right when traveling south. |
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"...halted at Waynesville, MO o'c P.M. encamped and issued corn and fodder, beef and cornmeal. Weather extremely cold."
B. B. Cannon's diary, December 9, 1837
If you had been here the afternoon of December 9, 1837, you . . . — — Map (db m158038) HM |
| On Superior Road south of Old U.S. Route 66 (Business Interstate 44), on the right when traveling south. |
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How did you get here today? There's a good chance that you traveled along a route used by travelers for centuries. Nearby I-44 and the historic Route 66 follow paths used by American Indians for trade and travel more than 500 years ago.
In the . . . — — Map (db m158009) HM |
| On Superior Road south of Old U.S. Route 66 (Business Interstate 44), on the right when traveling south. |
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"This morning word came that a Cherokee woman was dying. I hastened to her tent...She was put in the wagon which carried her family when the detachment started, but soon expired."
Rev. Daniel S. Butrick diary, March 11, . . . — — Map (db m158035) HM |
| On Superior Road south of Old U.S. Route 66 (Business Interstate 44), on the right when traveling south. |
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Welcome to Waynesville's lush Laughlin Park, along the banks of the historic Roubidoux Creek. Along with its beauty and recreational opportunities, this place also played a part in one of the most tragic periods in American history, the Trail of . . . — — Map (db m158041) HM |
| On Olive Street at Roubidoux Drive, on the left when traveling north on Olive Street. |
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Husband, Father, Grandfather,
Founding Member of the Kickapoo Trace Muzzleloaders,
Mountainman, Sportsman, Civic Leader, Educator,
and to all others, a Friend. You will be missed by all.
Until next time Ozark Mountainman,
Keep Your . . . — — Map (db m158044) HM |
| On Lynn Street at North Street, on the right when traveling north on Lynn Street. |
| | Built of logs in pioneer days, used as a stage coach stop and a tavern of rest for weary travelers westward bound. In 1862 the building was comandeered by the Union Forces and used as a hospital for the duration of the Civil War. After the war . . . — — Map (db m21618) HM |
| On Historic Route 66 at Benton Street, on the right when traveling west on Historic Route 66. |
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Here in Missouri's central Ozarks, Pulaski County was organized 1833, and named for Revolutionary War general, Polish Count Casimir Pulaski. Once roamed by Indians and French trappers, the county is part of land ceded by the Osage . . . — — Map (db m55638) HM |
| On Route 66 (Business Interstate 44) at Benton Street, on the right when traveling west on Route 66. |
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Located on the downtown Square was the Rigsby House and, next door, the building that was formerly Rigsby Standard Oil Station.
Claude and Eva Rigsby bought this house, which stands on lots 6 and 7 in block 4 of the original town of Waynesville, . . . — — Map (db m157295) HM |
| On Roubidoux Drive west of Olive Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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On December 9, 1837, United States Army Conductor, B.B. Cannon and 330 Cherokee Treaty Party "Volunteers" camped near this site. Ten additional detachments, led by Cherokees themselves, passed through here on the Northern Route of the "Trail of . . . — — Map (db m158046) HM |
| On Fort Street at DeWitt Street, on the right when traveling east on Fort Street. |
| | June 7, 1862, Union Forces (the 13th Missouri Militia) under Col. Sigel, marched into Waynesville. They assumed control of several Counties and built a Fort here on this spot overlooking the town, to guard the road and telegraph wires between St. . . . — — Map (db m21318) HM |
| On Superior Road south of Old U.S. Route 66 (Business Interstate 44), on the right when traveling south. |
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From 1837 to 1839, thousands of Cherokee traveled along local roads and through what is now Laughlin Park on their way to Indian Territory in the West. Some groups encamped here on their journey.
The Cherokee, or the "Principal People" or . . . — — Map (db m158039) HM |
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