On South 4th Street at Marion Street, on the right when traveling north on South 4th Street.
Side A:
Here on the Mississippi, where wooded hills rise above the plains along the river, Edward White, Robert Sinclair, and Isaac Bland founded Canton, probably named for Canton, Ohio, in February of 1830. On the pioneer Salt River . . . — — Map (db m55407) HM
On South 4th Street (State Highway B) south of Green Street, on the right when traveling north.
Canton, Missouri
"Most westerly Missouri town on Mississippi bank"
Founded May 30, 1830
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Culver-Stockton
First coeducational college west of Mississippi. Overlooks river bluffs.
Established 1853
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Federal Lock and Dam No. . . . — — Map (db m150341) HM
On Green Street at South 3rd Street, on the right when traveling east on Green Street.
Lincoln School was established in 1880 to provide education for African-American children in the Canton area. It served that purpose until 1955. One of a handful of red brick school houses of it's kind, it remains as a tribute to rural education in . . . — — Map (db m55406) HM
Near Main Street (Business U.S. 61) east of West South Street, on the right when traveling north.
This well, 800 feet deep, was drilled in 1887 in search for fuel to fire large local steel rolling mill. Its bottled waters were famous in early 1900's, and shipped commercially pause to refresh.
"Know therefore this day, and . . . — — Map (db m150199) HM
On State Highway C 0.6 miles east of U.S. 61, on the right when traveling east.
(front side)
Originally a milling settlement known as Wyaconda, the town named LaGrange was settled by John S. Marlow in 1828, and incorporated as a city in Marion County in 1832. A popular steamboat landing until after the Civil War, . . . — — Map (db m150196) HM
On Lafayette Street east of Washington Street, on the left when traveling west.
In December 1832, the legislature passed a bill introduced by the Honorable Charles Allen to organize Lewis County, until then a part of Marion County. The name was chosen to honor Meriwether Lewis, who with William Clark, led the expedition to . . . — — Map (db m314840) HM
On East Lafayette Street at Jackson Street (Missouri Route 16), on the right when traveling east on East Lafayette Street.
This site was once home to the congregation of the Monticello Christian Church. Due to a general decline in the population of the community, the church was disbanded with a farewell service on September 23, 1990, after 151 years in existence. The . . . — — Map (db m314838) HM
On Lafayette Street east of Washington Street, on the left when traveling west.
World War I
Army
Walter Ray Adams • Clarence Rufus Becker • Otto Bruner • Louis William Campen • Elmer L. Case • Isaac P. Coney • Tom E. Davis • Daniel Fields • Howard Haggins • John Albert Harrung • Albert Hawkins • Dick Hemming • . . . — — Map (db m314839) WM
