George Washington Carver was born into slavery in the early 1860's in Diamond, Missouri, in a one-room cabin. Soon after birth, he and his mother were kidnapped by bushwhackers. He was found in Arkansas but his mother was never seen again and . . . — — Map (db m236987) HM
Apollo XIV was launched on January 31, 1971, from Kennedy Space Center and was the third lunar landing. The entire mission lasted for 9 hours, 1 minute and 57 seconds, carrying three Americans: Captain Alan Shepard, USN; Major Stuart Roosa, USAF; . . . — — Map (db m237059) HM
Born on May 8, 1884 in Lamar, Missouri, Harry Truman moved to Independence at age six and regarded that city as his home town. He soon met 5-year-old Bess Wallace, his lifelong love, who became his wife 29 years later. The newlyweds lived with . . . — — Map (db m237089) HM
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, thirty-fifth President of the United States, Democrat, was born on May 29, 1917, in Brookline, Massachusetts, the second of nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy. In 1936, Kennedy . . . — — Map (db m237000) HM
Charles A. Lindbergh was born in Detroit, Michigan, on February 4, 1902. His father was practicing law in Little Falls, Minnesota, where Charles spent his childhood years. He fondly recalled his early days on this farm. “I spent hours lying on my . . . — — Map (db m237084) HM
The Manassas Red Oak stands in silent tribute to the brave Americans who fought and died in the two historic Civil War battles best-known as the first and second battles of Bull Run. In the first battle in Manassas, Virginia, fought in 1861, one of . . . — — Map (db m236996) HM
Hannibal, Missouri, on the Mississippi River was the home of Samuel Clemens from age 4 to 17. The Clemens family moved to the riverfront town in 1839. The limestone geology of the area with the many bluffs made caves quite common. In 1832 a large . . . — — Map (db m236998) HM
The Minuteman Silver Maple spreads its branches over a historic Massachusetts battlefield. On a country road outside Boston on April 19, 1775, the citizen soldiers of the American colonies first met in battle with the British. At North Bridge, . . . — — Map (db m236995) HM
The Mount Vernon Red Maple grows at the Virginia home of George Washington, the nation's first president and commander of the Colonial Army that won the American Revolution. When Washington retired, it was an act that gained attention both at home . . . — — Map (db m237100) HM
The Robin Hood English Oak that grows in New York is a descendent of a famous tree in England's Sherwood Forest, the home of the Robin Hood legends. The dense cover of trees in Sherwood Forest was said to give him cover as he robbed from the rich . . . — — Map (db m237079) HM
The Trail of Tear Redbud stands today as it did in 1838 when thousands of Cherokee Indians passed by as they were forced onto reservation land in Oklahoma. About 4,000 Cherokees died along the Trail of Tears. The Cherokee were forced into eastern . . . — — Map (db m236999) HM
The Wilson’s Creek Chinkapin Oak stands on an important Civil War battlefield 10 miles southwest of Springfield, Missouri. The battle of Wilson’s Creek on August 10, 1861, marked the opening shots of the Civil War in neutral Missouri. The state's . . . — — Map (db m237091) HM
For over 70 years beginning in 1935 the Butler Family owned and operated a furniture store at this location. Operated by Bob and Pearl Butler; Chadd and Barbara Butler it was one of the largest furniture stores in the region. This plaque honors the . . . — — Map (db m310998) HM
The only confrontation between Union and Confederate regulars in Howell County occurred at this site on February 19, 1862. Combined forces of Colonel Wood’s Sixth Missouri and Major Drake’s Third Iowa cavalries, seeking to locate and engage . . . — — Map (db m186000) HM
Beneath this building still flowing is the spring around which the early Indian tribes camped. The first known white man to claim land in the immediate vicinity of the spring was a hunter named Adams. In 1839 Adams sold his claim to Josiah Howell . . . — — Map (db m186144) HM
In memory of six Confederate soldiers who died here, during the Battle of West Plains, Feb. 19, 1862 Dedicated by Col. John R. Woodside Camp No. 203 Sons of Confederate Veterans Feb. 19, 2012 — — Map (db m186110) WM
Lincoln School has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m285900) HM
Beneath this marker is a Time Capsule buried December 17, 1976, at 2:00 P.M. by the West Plains Bicentennial 1976 Steering Committee to be disinterred July 4th, 2076 by the Howell County Court Time capsule donated by . . . — — Map (db m186135) HM
Judicial seat of Howell County and one of Missouri's livestock marketing centers, West Plains was formed in 1850 when a post office was opened in the home of Josephus Howell. Named for its location on the open plains west of Thomasville, the . . . — — Map (db m179790) HM
Sculpture by Jason Morton of Eagle Ridge Chainsaw Carvings, inspired by the guitar designed by Greg Rich for Porter Wagoner appeared on the cover of his final studio album, Wagonmaster. Porter, who was born on a small farm south of West Plains on . . . — — Map (db m274793) HM
