On Main just west of North County Road (State Route W), on the left when traveling west.
This is the bell, which for many years was used by the City of Alma to notify everyone of a fire, call City Council meetings to order, and used as the curfew bell for youngsters at eight o’clock. It was mounted on a tower which stood in the middle . . . — — Map (db m292299) HM
Buried in this vicinity of St. Paul's Cemetery are members of the congregation who died as a result of Civil War guerrilla activity from September, 1862 to October 10, 1864. The victims include Heinrich Steinbrink, Heinrich Eickhoff, Christian . . . — — Map (db m43993) HM
On Main Street (Missouri Route 23) near SW 7th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Marker A:
This tower is a memorial to all past and present members of the Concordia Lions Club who have served the interests of the Concordia community.
The Club, which was chartered on March 28, 1938, with sixteen members has expanded its . . . — — Map (db m43984) HM
On Main Street (Missouri Route 23) at SW 6th Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
Side A: Massacre Site
On August 22, 1861, "State Guard" troops under Col. Edwin W. Price plundered this community taking household goods, farm animals and merchandise from Brockhoff's Store.
Sunday, Oct. 5, 1862, sixty drunken . . . — — Map (db m43980) HM
On SW 6th Street at Gordon Street, on the left when traveling west on SW 6th Street.
Missouri Pacific Caboose, #13645, a gift of the Union Pacific Railway Company, was located in the park on March 10, 1989, a reminder that from May, 1871 to July, 1982 a railroad ran from Lexington to Sedalia through Concordia.
The Lexington and . . . — — Map (db m43989) HM
On South Main Street (Missouri Route 23) just south of SW 6th Street, on the right when traveling south.
With the faith and courage of
their forefathers who made
possible the freedom of these
United States
The Boy Scouts of America
dedicate this copy of the
Statue of Liberty as a pledge
of everlasting fidelity and
and loyalty . . . — — Map (db m43987) HM
On Main Street (Missouri Route 23) near SW 2nd Street, on the left when traveling south.
Side A:
In 1883 St. Paul's was founded by the Reverend F. J. Blitz with the help of Lutherans in the Concordia area who with him saw the need for more ministers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to serve the growing population of the west.
The . . . — — Map (db m43976) HM
On 1st Street (Old U.S. 40) near Stella Street, on the left when traveling east.
This cornerstone is from
St. Paul's "Old Brick Church"
1860 - 1905
erected on this site in 1860
and enlarged in 1880 during
the pastorate of Rev. F. J. Biltz — — Map (db m44014) HM
On East 1st Street (Old U.S. 40) near Stella Street, on the left when traveling east.
This memorial is dedicated
to the 65 members of
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
who served our country
in World War I and
in loving memory of
Edward Lohman
who gave his life for our country.
This memorial is dedicated
to the . . . — — Map (db m44012) HM
In August 1973, the U.S. Congress designated a cross-country stretch of Interstate as the “Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway,” in tribute to President Eisenhower’s early recognition of the need for a national network of highways to enhance . . . — — Map (db m140386) HM
Near Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway (Interstate 70) at Route 23, on the right when traveling west.
In August 1973, the U.S. Congress designated a cross-country stretch of Interstate as the “Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway,” in tribute to President Eisenhower’s early recognition of the need for a national network of highways to enhance the . . . — — Map (db m314896) HM
On Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway (Interstate 70) at Route 23, on the right when traveling west on Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway.
Extended employment sheltered workshop programs in America began in the state of Missouri, in the city of Sedalia in 1965, when a parent campaigned for a vocational program to better the life of his disabled child; who was finished with school . . . — — Map (db m314897) HM
On Main Street (Missouri Route 23) at SW 6th Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
To honor all veterans who
valiantly fought for
Liberty, Freedom and Justice.
World War I • World War II
Korean War • Vietnam War
Desert Storm
Dedicated Nov. 11, 1989 — — Map (db m43978) HM
On Main Street (Missouri Route 23) near SW 5th Street, on the left when traveling south.
This bell originally hung in the tower of Wilk School, which stood at this location and was named after the school's first teacher, Mr. W. Wilk. Built in 1887 by St. Paul's Lutheran Congregation, Wilk School was primarily for upper grade students . . . — — Map (db m43991) HM
On 1st Street 0.4 miles north of Business Route 13, on the left when traveling north.
To those men who bore the battle
and to their wives and their families
we dedicate our effort in the
restoration of this chapel.
July 1976 — — Map (db m90970) WM
Near Inner Loop Road, on the left when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
The spot where you are standing was once a potato field farmed by the employees, and to a lesser extent, the residents of the Confederate Home. The Confederate Home Board requested the state legislature to set aside 92 acres of the home's farm . . . — — Map (db m278555) HM
On 1st Street 0.4 miles north of Business Route 13, on the left when traveling north.
Flags at the Confederate Home of Missouri
According to Confederate Home records, news clippings, letters, post cards and other images, the United States flag was flown routinely at the Confederate Home of Missouri. The Confederate Home board . . . — — Map (db m91050) HM
On 1st Street 0.4 miles north of Business Route 13, on the left when traveling north.
Confederate Battle Flag
This battle flag, often called the Southern Cross flag, is the flag most often associated with the Confederate States of America (CSA) today. The Army of Northern Virginia first used the design as a square flag. . . . — — Map (db m91054) HM
On 1st Street 0.4 miles Business Route 13, on the left when traveling north.
Stars and Bars Flag
Adopted in March 1861, the Stars and Bars was the first national flag officially used by the Confederate States of America (CSA). Seven stars represented each of the seven original states of the CSA. The flag gained stars . . . — — Map (db m91051) HM
On 1st Street 0.4 miles north of Business Route 13, in the median. Reported permanently removed.
Cottage Row
Among the first buildings to be constructed at the Confederate Home of Missouri were small frame houses making up Cottage Row. These three room cottages were located along both sides of the road and served as independent living for . . . — — Map (db m278559) HM
In March 1872 Harvey Higgins deeded this two block strip of land to the Lexington and St. Louis Railroad stipulating that a depot be built here. The railroad was the first in the county and its depot was the nucleus of Higginsville. In 1880 the . . . — — Map (db m140277) HM
On 1st Street 0.4 miles north of Business Route 13, on the left when traveling north.
The Confederate Home Cemetery is the final resting place for more than 800 people. It was established early in the history of the Confederate Soldiers Home of Missouri.
The first interment was in 1891; the last occurred in 1950 when John T. . . . — — Map (db m91052) HM
On West 1st Street 0.4 miles north of Route 13, in the median. Reported permanently removed.
Missouri's Confederate Soldiers Home dates to the early 1890s. It was conceived as a place of refuge and residence for indigent Confederate veterans, their spouses and minor children. It was the only such facility in the states constructed and . . . — — Map (db m278558) HM
Near Inner Loop Road, on the left when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
Without government pensions like those available to their former adversaries in the Union Army, aging, indigent Confederate veterans with disabilities relied on family and friends for assistance. By the late 1880s, it was apparent that the burden . . . — — Map (db m278556) HM
Near Business Missouri Route 13/20 at Long Grove Road, on the right when traveling west.
President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, an early national cemetery for the Civil War dead. Starting in 1909, a date . . . — — Map (db m278475) HM WM
On Inner Loop Road north of Route 213, on the left when traveling north.
In 1889, almost 25 years after the Civil War ended, a group of Missouri Confederate veterans gathered in Higginsville for their annual reunion. While meeting to remember old times and past glories, these men recognized the need to establish a haven . . . — — Map (db m282320) HM
On Business Missouri Route 13 at Long Grove Road, on the right when traveling west on Missouri Route 13Business .
These anchors honor the sailors and
marines of our nation's sea services who
lie onboard this hallowed ground. After
navigating the unpredictable seas of life,
may our shipmates find peace. — — Map (db m278511) WM
On Main Street (State Highway 224) at North 9th Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
Robbed of approximately $2,000 at noon, October 30, 1866, by the Jesse James gang. This was the second bank robbed by this gang. Though pursued by a posse, the robbers escaped. — — Map (db m199122) HM
On 13th Street, on the right when traveling north.
Established on Whitsunday 1844 by The Rt. Rev'd David Jackson Kemper, First Missionary Bishop of the The Episcopal Church, and by The Rev'd St. Michael Fackler, First Rector of Christ Church. This Gothic-Revival style building, erected in 1848 of . . . — — Map (db m90447) HM
On Highland Avenue at Ice Street, on the right when traveling south on Highland Avenue.
This school for young ladies, named for its
benefactress, under the control of trustees
chosen by Presbyterian Church of Lexington &
Presbytery of Lafayette, was chartered Feb. 12,
1859 and began its first term Sept. 1860
with Rev. Lewis G. . . . — — Map (db m252228) HM
On Main Street just west of Broadway ( Route 224), on the left when traveling west.
Erected in 1846 to house the Fifth Branch of the Bank of the State of Missouri, organized April 10, 1845 and the only one of the five branch locations in the western part of the state. It became Farmers Bank of Missouri in 1857. The bank's funds, . . . — — Map (db m144786) HM
On Main Street (Missouri Route 224) west of North 10th Street, on the right when traveling west.
On September 18, 19 and 20, 1861, Missouri State
Guard troops, loyal to the southern cause, laid
siege to Union forces at Lexington. Commanding
General Sterling Price and his staff made their
headquarters in this building and from here led . . . — — Map (db m252218) HM
On Washington Avenue at 19th Street, on the left when traveling east on Washington Avenue.
From this spot
Captain Guibor's Battery
shelled the Federal troops entrenched
on Masonic College Hill
during the Battle of Lexington
September 18, 19, 20, 1861 — — Map (db m90899) HM
On Main Street west of 11th Street, on the left when traveling west.
Begun in 1847, the county's third courthouse is the oldest remaining in use in Missouri. The early portion, with its columned portico, remains unchanged except for modern lighting, heating and office equipment. The office wing on the east side, was . . . — — Map (db m90445) HM
On 11th Street at Main Street, on the left when traveling north on 11th Street.
Side 1 Lexington, on the bluffs above the broad Missouri, grew up around Jack's Ferry, 1819, to become by 1860 one of the great river ports of the State. Prosperous river trade and agricultural richness of the area made the town a commercial . . . — — Map (db m90423) HM
On Southwest Boulevard at 11th Street, on the right when traveling east on Southwest Boulevard.
Here was erected in 1854 a two-story brick building known as the Public School House until 1868 & after that as the Second Ward School. The building, which also housed Lexington High School 1871-91 was replaced by a two-room, one-story building . . . — — Map (db m144787) HM
On Broadway (Missouri Route 224) at Highland Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Broadway.
Madonna of the Trail Monument
The "Madonna of the Trail" statue was designed and sculpted by August Leimbach of St. Louis. The statue was unveiled and dedicated on September 17, 1928 by the Missouri State Society Daughters of the . . . — — Map (db m241047) HM
On 13th Street, on the right when traveling north.
From 1820 to 1822 the now vanished village of Mount Vernon, about seven miles east of Lexington at the mouth of Tabo Creek, was the county seat of Lillard (now Lafayette) County. These stones were probably quarried from the nearby bluff and used as . . . — — Map (db m90358) HM
On Main Street at 10th Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
Northwest across this intersection is the original site of the Home Office of Russell, Majors and Waddell, owners and operators of the Pony Express. Though operating headquarters was at Leavenworth, Kansas, and the Eastern Terminus at St. Joseph, . . . — — Map (db m90906) HM
On Main Street at 10th Street, on the right when traveling east 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 copy of the
Statue of Liberty as a pledge
of everlasting fidelity and
loyalty . . . — — Map (db m90904) HM
Near Delaware Street 0.1 miles north of Delaware Street and John Shea Drive.
Following victories in southwestern Missouri, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price and 10,000 men of the Missouri State Guard marched north with the objective of breaking the Federal line along the Missouri river. On Sept. 12, 1861 the Guard engaged and drove a . . . — — Map (db m46105) HM
On Delaware Street 0.2 miles north of Delaware Street and John Shea Drive.
William Oliver Anderson (1794-1873) and his son-in-law, Henry Howard Gratz, had built a prosperous business in Lexington around hemp production and rope making in the 1850’s. Prior to the Civil War, Anderson became one of the most prominent . . . — — Map (db m46109) HM
Near Wood Street 0.1 miles east of 13th Street, on the left when traveling east.
Col. James Mulligan knew that his men in the outer entrenchments were easy targets for the Southern soldiers who had scampered to the second floor and roof of the Anderson House. It was from this area that the Union counter-assault was launched . . . — — Map (db m46112) HM
At the onset of the Civil War Missouri was of particular importance as the westernmost border state, gateway to the western territories and bordered by the Mississippi River. Militarily the situation was grave. On Aug. 10, 1861 Union forces suffered . . . — — Map (db m46115) HM
Near Wood Street 0.1 miles north of 13th Street and Wood Street.
This area saw action between the Missouri Home Guard units and the Missouri State Guard. The Home Guard were composed of pro-Union German immigrants from Lafayette county. They were commanded by Maj. F.W. Becker. Sharpshooters kept many of the . . . — — Map (db m46167) HM
On 13th Street, on the right when traveling north.
Begun in 1846 by Cumberland Presbyterians who first organized near Lexington in 1822 and whom Rev. Finis Ewing, a founder of the sect, served as pastor from 1836 until his death in 1841. general Assembly of the denomination met here in 1856. James . . . — — Map (db m90357) HM
In early April 1852 the aging side-wheeler steamboat Saluda churned up the Missouri River from St. Louis, bound for Kanesville (Council Bluffs), Iowa. Unable to push past the Lexington Bend due to ice floes and strong currents, it docked at . . . — — Map (db m90448) HM
On Broadway (Missouri Route 224) at Highland Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Broadway.
On October 26, 1838 about 800 Potawatomi Indians being forcibly removed from Indiana camped on the river bank opposite Lexington. They ferried the Missouri River on October 27 and were marched on to Northeast Kansas.
This monument is in memory . . . — — Map (db m90921) HM
On Washington Avenue at 19th Street, on the left when traveling east on Washington Avenue.
Wentworth Alumni Memorial
to those who made
the supreme sacrifice
in the World War
1917 - 1918
———————
Robert Clore '15 • John W. Davis '09 • Leslie Horn '10 • Russell Steinbeck '11
Ben T. . . . — — Map (db m144789) WM
William Morrison fought his was from poverty and obscurity to become one of the most influential citizens of Lexington. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1817 to John and Nancy (Barns) Morrison, a family of Scots descent that settled in New . . . — — Map (db m90456) HM
On Missouri Route 224, on the left when traveling east.
"...at day light a violent wind accompanied with rain cam from the W. and lasted about one hour, it Cleared away, and we Set out and proceeded on under a gentle breeze from the N.W. passed Some verry Swift water Crouded with snags, . . . — — Map (db m90457) HM
On Main Street at West Commercial Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
Waverly, noted for fine apples & rich farmlands was settled in 1818, chartered in 1850 with William Smith Thomas as Mayor. In 1804 Lewis & Clark Expedition made oars near Port of Waverly which served Missouri River steamboats and now barge lines for . . . — — Map (db m90359) HM
On West Thomas Drive at Old Bridge Street, on the left when traveling east on West Thomas Drive.
Sent out by Thomas Jefferson to explore the Great North West, spent three days near here making new oars for their boats June 17-18-19 • 1804 — — Map (db m131994) HM
On June 17 and 18, 1804, Lewis and Clark camped a few miles downstream to make oars from timber in the area. Near the camp was a river crossing for Sacs, Ayauways (Iowas), and Sioux in their excursions against the Osage. On June 19, the explorers . . . — — Map (db m90360) HM
"The countrey about this place is butifull on the river rich & well timbered on the S[tarboard or right] S[ide] about two miles back a Prarie com[mence]s which is rich and interspurud with groves of timber, the Count[r]y rises at 7 . . . — — Map (db m90420) HM
On West 5th Street (State Highway 224) at Walnut Street (State Highway 131) on West 5th Street.
On Saturday October 27th the Potawatomi Indians camped in Wellington at the Little Schuy Creek (Big Sni).
On Sunday October 28, a Potawatomi child died. — — Map (db m200328) HM
