Historical Markers and War Memorials in Butler, Missouri
Butler is the county seat for Bates County
Butler is in Bates County
Bates County(23) ► ADJACENT TO BATES COUNTY Cass County(40) ► Henry County(7) ► St. Clair County(8) ► Vernon County(22) ► Linn County, Kansas(65) ► Miami County, Kansas(26) ►
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On Ohio Street at Delaware Street, on the left when traveling west on Ohio Street.
The 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry fought and won the Battle of Island Mound, also known as The Battle at Fort Toothman on October 28 & 29, 1862 in Charlotte Township approx. 7.5 miles southwest of Butler. It is said to have been the only . . . — — Map (db m54126) HM WM
Near Marth Road (Road 1002) near Cooper Road (County Road 5001).
Bates County was formed in 1841. Many early settlers came from Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee. The 1860 census listed a population of 6,765 with a slave population of 442. In 1862, the slave population had dropped greatly.
Most Bates . . . — — Map (db m60614) HM
On Marth Road (County Road 1002) east of Cooper Road (County Road 5001), on the left when traveling west.
Here, on October 29, 1862 was the first crucible to test the mettle of formerly enslaved black men during the Civil War.
Here, a group of volunteers faced battle with the certainty of only two outcomes - victory or death - for there would be . . . — — Map (db m60581) HM
On Dakota Street at Delaware Street, on the left when traveling east on Dakota Street.
1806 15 Ms. South of Butler
Explorer Zebulon Pike Parley
With Osage Chief
1863 Burning of Butler by Order No. 11
During the Civil War
Where the Civil War Began
Brother Against Brother
Post Civil War Reconstruction
[Mural . . . — — Map (db m39898) HM
First Road Dragger in Bates County
He lived for others. He tried to live a humble Christian. The Lord blessed his life and will continue to bless all who trust fully in Him. — — Map (db m46088) HM
On Marth Road (County Route 1002) near Cooper Road (County Route 5001), on the left when traveling west.
Most of the men of the First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry were escaped slaves. Many fled to Kansas from farms and towns in Missouri or Arkansas to find freedom. Some may have been "stolen" in Jayhawk raids. Others in the regiment were . . . — — Map (db m65049) HM
On Mill Street (State Road H) at Havannah Street, on the right when traveling east on Mill Street.
Webster School was erected on this site in 1900. It was one of 3 schools to serve the East, West, & North neighborhoods. Known as North School, it was razed when the 3 grade schools were consolidated into Butler Elementary. — — Map (db m39907) HM
On West Ohio Street east of North Delaware Street, on the left when traveling west.
By 1863 the Union Army’s inability to control Confederate Guerrilla activity in western Missouri exploded. On August 25, 1863, Union General Thomas Ewing issued Order No. 11 four days after Quantrill’s Raid on Lawrence, Kansas. Residents in Bates . . . — — Map (db m74091) HM
On Ohio Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling west on Ohio Street.
The Palace Hotel Building was built in 1879 as part of the rebuilding of Butler after it was burned during the Civil War. It is a good example of high style Italianate architecture with elaborate bracketed cornice. It originally had an exterior . . . — — Map (db m39874) HM
Near Marth Road (County Road 1002) near Cooper Road (County Road 5001).
In the 1860s, the vast, rolling tallgrass prairies of the Osage Plains stretched for miles. Maintained by periodic fires for approximately 5,000 years before European settlement, prairie once covered approximately 78 percent of Bates County, Mo. . . . — — Map (db m60613) HM
On High Street at Ohio Street, on the left when traveling north on High 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
and loyalty
The . . . — — Map (db m93626) HM
On Marth Road (County Route 1002) near Cooper Road (County Route 5001), on the left when traveling west.
During the fall of 1862, Bates County had become a haven for guerrillas and Confederate recruiters. One of their favorite haunts was a marshy tract on the Marais-des-Cygnes River, southwest of Butler, known to locals as "Hog Island." On Oct. . . . — — Map (db m65050) HM
On Marth Road (County Road 1002) near Cooper Road (County Road 5001), on the left when traveling west.
African Americans saw the Civil War as a fight for their freedom. Early in the war, freed black men who tried to enlist in the Union Army were turned away. A 1792 Federal law still barred blacks from bearing arms for the U.S. Army. The U.S. . . . — — Map (db m60617) HM
On Marth Road (County Road 1002) near Cooper Road (Road 5001), on the left when traveling west.
After the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed, pro-slavery Missourians and free-state Kansans fought over whether Kansas should enter the Union as a slave or free state. The fighting was so intense that the conflict was called "Bleeding . . . — — Map (db m60584) HM
