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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Independence, Missouri
Independence and Kansas City are both the county seat for Jackson County
Independence is in Jackson County
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This site overlooks the old "neck," the African-American neighborhood razed during Urban Renewal and replaced with McCoy Park. Many prominent families were served by residents of this community. — — Map (db m182930) HM
Erected on the southeast corner of Lexington and Lynn Streets as a temporary home for Jackson County Government. This building has housed functions of the Jackson County Court as late as 1932 under Judge Harry S. Truman. — — Map (db m117026) HM
A Century of Progress marks the development of Jackson County. In 1828 a log courthouse was built in Independence. In 1836 a brick building was erected as a permanent courthouse on this site. Soldiers returning from the Mexican War found an . . . — — Map (db m34898) HM
Hiram Young came to Missouri as an enslaved African American. He earned his freedom step by step. First he purchased his wife Matilda's freedom in the early 1840s. For children to be free, they had to be born to a free mother. The Youngs welcomed . . . — — Map (db m208243) HM
Being at leisure one day, I rode over to Independence [from Westport, in May 1846]. The town was crowded. A multitude of shops had sprang up to furnish the emigrants and Santa Fe traders with necessaries for the journey; and there was an . . . — — Map (db m208146) HM
This was the site of the headquarters farm of Gudgell & Simpson, early day Hereford cattle breeders. In 1881 this firm imported from England Anxiety 4th, cornerstone sire, from which almost all Hereford cattle in America are descended. Here in a . . . — — Map (db m144517) HM
During the Battle of Independence on October 21 and 22, 1864, this was an unfinished railroad cut. As darkness approached on the 21st, the Confederates advancing from the east stopped here. Union troops withdrew to the Big Blue River during the . . . — — Map (db m139882) HM
Elizabeth Virginia (Bess) Wallace, grand-daughter of Independence miller George Porterfield Gates and daughter of Margaret (Madge) Gates Wallace and David W. Wallace, was born at this residence on February 13, 1885.
Bess Wallace married Harry S . . . — — Map (db m144518) HM
The home of Dr. and Mrs. Bryant was built ca. 1867, and expanded to its present Queen Anne-Eastlake design by ca. 1890. Dr. Bryant was a prominent physician and successful businessman. Harriet Smart was the daughter of Judge Thomas A. Smart, a . . . — — Map (db m144703) HM
Clinton's Drugstore was the site of young Harry Truman's first job in about 1898. Jim Clinton paid Truman three dollars per week. — — Map (db m34787) HM
Tour Stop E
On the 22nd Fagan’s Division of Price’s Army was defending against the advance of Union Gen. Pleasonton from the east. Two of Fagan’s Brigades were driven from the Little Blue River to the eastern edge of town. The Union attack was . . . — — Map (db m40171) HM
Here on the morning of October 21, 1864 General Marmaduke's Confederate forces attacked Union troops under Colonel Moonlight drawn up on the hill to the west. Federal resistance was fierce until 10 A.M. when General Shelby's Confederate cavalry, . . . — — Map (db m144141) HM
Built by the Stallcup family in the early 1830s, this structure was initially located about five miles east of its present location. Frederick Madison Smith acquired the property in 1937. Born in 1872 in Plano, Illinois, he was the grandson of . . . — — Map (db m156380) HM
Fire Station No. 1 operated here from 1907 to 1972. This current building, constructed in 1927, housed fire equipment on the first floor with sleeping quarters and a kitchen above. — — Map (db m34800) HM
Organized in 1845, this church was the original Baptist witness in this city. Early meetings were held in homes, stores, and the Courthouse. The church moved to this site in 1889. Other Southern Baptist churches have been formed from this . . . — — Map (db m42881) HM
The Battle of Independence was fought at this and other locations on Aug. 11, 1862. On that day, a force of Confederate soldiers launched a dawn surprise attack on the Union garrison stationed at Independence and compelled it to surrender. It was . . . — — Map (db m34924) HM
Alexander Campbell and Barton Stone, Disciple movement founders, preached to this congregation, founded July 4, 1835 with 35 members, 8 of whom were black. Alexander Procter was minister over 40 years. This neo-Roman church was designed by J.H. Felt . . . — — Map (db m140208) HM
The congregation dates from 1826. The church neither divided nor closed in the Civil War. Designed in 1888 by Nier, Hogg and Byram of Kansas City, Mo. Harry S. Truman first met Bess Wallace here in Sunday School in 1892. — — Map (db m121823) HM
The church had recently been built when the Truman family moved to Independence in 1890. Harry Truman attended Sunday School here for several years as a child with Bess Wallace. — — Map (db m34748) HM
The earliest Society of Methodists in the county was founded in Independence in 1835 with 10 charter members. Methodists have worshipped on this corner since 1840. The present Gothic style church, completed in 1859, was refaced and added to in 1929 . . . — — Map (db m34749) HM
Built by slave labor in 1826, the Jones H. Flournoy House is one of the oldest houses in Independence. It was originally located four blocks east of its current location. In 1831 church leaders led by church founder Joseph Smith, visited . . . — — Map (db m156379) HM
This statue presented to the people of Jackson County by Harry S. Truman President of the United States, 1949.
Accepted for the people of Jackson County by the County Court.
Harry M. Gambel
Presiding Judge
Wm. J. Randall
Eastern . . . — — Map (db m34847) HM WM
During his daily walks in his later years, Harry Truman would stop and pat this old Gingko tree, speak a few words, then continue his walk. — — Map (db m34740) HM
The Harpie Club, formed in 1924 by Harry Truman and his friends, dedicated to the enjoyment of poker, met in an upstairs room of this building. — — Map (db m34790) HM
Born May 8, 1884
Lamar, Missouri
Died December 26, 1972
Married June 28, 1919
Daughter
Born February 17, 1924
Judge
Eastern District
Jackson County
Jan. 1, 1923 - Jan 1, 1925
Presiding Judge
Jackson County
Jan. 1, 1927 - . . . — — Map (db m58843) HM
Harry S. Truman
Historic District
has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance
in commemorating the history of the
United States of America
National Park Service
United States . . . — — Map (db m44354) HM
This monument honors
the pioneer spirit of
those courageous men
and women who by
their heroic trek across
the continent established
homes and civilization
in the Far Northwest — — Map (db m34753) HM
The Cemetery and Park are part of blacksmith Adam Hill's 300 acre farm bought in 1833.
Hill produced plows, repaired wagons, and cast utilitarian ironware. He bred horses with endurance for use on the plains and maintained a race track to test . . . — — Map (db m140034) HM
This 1933 courthouse, inspired by Independence Hall, contains restored courtroom and office of former Presiding Judge Harry S. Truman. Often remodeled, this building rests upon a foundation laid in 1828. Listed on the National Register of Historic . . . — — Map (db m34782) HM
The Misses Mollie and Josie Hughes hired the architectural firm of Gibbs and Parker, Kansas City, MO., to design this ornate Queen Anne style residence. Erected in 1887, it was one of a group of mansions on Main Street owned by the Bryant-Hughes . . . — — Map (db m140405) HM
Side A:
Independence, famed "City of the Trails," was for two decades the starting point of the great western trade and travel routes to Santa Fe, Oregon, and California. Settled mainly by Southerners on land ceded the U.S. by the Osage . . . — — Map (db m44323) HM
Used by Indians, wagon trains and settlers, this spring was situated on an Indian trace which ran southwest from the Missouri River. One of several springs in and around Independence, its original location was at the foot of a knoll, directly west. — — Map (db m139883) HM
This permanent memorial shall
serve to provide lasting
tribute to those Independence
veterans that have made
the ultimate sacrifice in order
to preserve and protect
the tremendous freedom each
of us so richly enjoy
[Honor Roll List . . . — — Map (db m34854) HM
Harry S. Truman began his political career here, serving as administrative judge from 1923 to 1925 and presiding judge from 1927 to 1935, overseeing the building's 1932 major renovation. — — Map (db m34794) HM
Built in 1859, these buildings served as United States Provost Marshal's headquarters during the Civil War. Frank James, outlaw, and William C. Quantrill, border war guerrilla, were jailed here. In use until 1933. — — Map (db m34808) HM
picture of Jim Bridger
James Bridger
1804 · 1881
Celebrated as a hunter, trapper, fur trader, and guide. Discovered Great Salt Lake 1824, the South Pass 1827. Visited Yellowstone Lake and Geysers 1830. Founded Ft. Bridger 1843. . . . — — Map (db m27223) HM
In 1910, while visiting his aunt "Ella" Noland, Harry Truman seized the opportunity to return a cake plate to the Wallaces, beginning his courtship with Bess. — — Map (db m58838) HM
Martin Kritser, a grocer, bought this lot in 1847 and probably had the house built soon after. Patrick McCarty, one time saloon keeper on this square, bought it in 1849. This modest house is typical of the majority of houses built during the city's . . . — — Map (db m34843) HM
About 1856, John Lewis erected this mansion on 22 acres he had owned since 1845. George Caleb Bingham, the famous Missouri genre painter, bought the farm in 1864 and lived here until 1870. W.H. Waggoner, mill owner, bought it in 1876. The family . . . — — Map (db m34834) HM
Dedicated to You, a Free Citizen in a Free Land
This reproduction of the Liberty Bell was the inspirational symbol for the United States Savings Bonds Independence Drive, conducted from May 15 to July 4, 1950.
The dimensions and tone are . . . — — Map (db m44349) HM
In 1856 this Greek Revival and Italianate style house was completed by William McCoy, a merchant and banker, on property once owned by Samuel C. Owens, a merchant and Santa Fe trader. McCoy served as the first Mayor of Independence, MO., in 1849. — — Map (db m144541) HM
On July 7th 2014, a storm came through Independence, MO dumping over six inches of rain in two hours. The flow of water from Rock Creek was massive and raised water levels in the cemetery at an extremely high rate.
Due to the new Rock Creek . . . — — Map (db m198764) HM
The 1890 Queen Anne House was the home of James C. and Maggie Noel. James Noel was a city councilman 28 years. Both were close friends of Harry and Bess Truman. — — Map (db m140406) HM
Revolutionary Soldiers
Lt. Joseph Boggs, PA. • William Moore, VA.
Isaac Drake, MD. • Ledston Noland, N.C.
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Fort Osage, 1808-1827
Major George C. Sibley, U.S. Indian Agent
Mary Easton . . . — — Map (db m34857) HM
Built about 1850 by John A. Overfelt, a flour miller, in the then current Gothic style. Acquired in 1867 by Courtney Campbell, it is now the home of his granddaughter, Miss Harriett Campbell Johnston. Listed on the National Register of Historic . . . — — Map (db m140458) HM
By 11 a.m. on Oct. 20, 1864, Col. Thomas Moonlight had made his first movement after the Little Blue crossing. Maj. Gen. James Blunt received permission from Maj. Gen. Samuel Curtis to engage the Confederate and made a rapid movement to this . . . — — Map (db m90430) HM
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
40th . . . — — Map (db m68494) HM
Salem Cemetery Association, an independent community association separate from the New Salem Baptist Church, was formed and incorporated December 4, 1917, by a group of concerned lot owners interested in the perpetuation, maintenance and improvement . . . — — Map (db m90345) HM
Erected in 1887 by Aaron Flint Sawyer, a partner in the Chrisman - Sawyer Banking Company, this Queen Anne style residence is the design of T.B. Smith, a talented Independence, Mo., architect and builder. — — Map (db m140794) HM
Organized in 1861, the present building was erected in 1886. The congregation has been a spiritual, educational and cultural leader. The first black school was held here.
Western Baptist Seminary was organized in this church. — — Map (db m144550) HM
After heavy fighting at the Little Blue River on the 21st, Price's Confederate army forced Blunt's cavalry to retreat to the Big Blue River, leaving a rear guard in town. Shelby's Confederates reached town in the late afternoon. After a brisk fight . . . — — Map (db m144441) HM
Historic St. Mary's church was begun in 1860 and completed during the Civil War. It was dedicated in 1864. This area was established as a French and Indian mission in 1823 and a parish in 1845 by Father Bernard Donnelly. — — Map (db m144485) HM
The Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith and Mormon leaders dedicated this area for construction of a temple, 3 August 1831. A temple complex was envisioned as the center of a city to be called Zion. — — Map (db m156378) HM
August 3, 1831, Joseph Smith, Jr., Prophet and Founder of the Church of Christ, with seven other Church leaders, dedicated this site for the Temple in the City of Zion, where this Church believes the Lord will come to His people in the Last Days. — — Map (db m156377) HM
The Eternal Flame of Freedom in this courtyard is dedicated to the memory of President and Legionnaire Harry S. Truman on the 72nd anniversary of the American Legion — — Map (db m93179) HM
This building has been erected by the gifts of American citizens in all walks of life and the generosity of the City of Independence and of the contractors who built it for the purpose of preserving the papers of President Harry S. Truman and . . . — — Map (db m44352) HM
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lindsay Minor acquired this home ca. 1900. Mrs. Minor was the former Nancy M. McCoy, daughter of William McCoy, an early Independence business man and the first Mayor at the time of the city’s incorporation in 1849. Their . . . — — Map (db m144551) HM
The entire country had railroad fever in the 1830s, with the dream that one day a railroad might span the continent! In Independence merchants needed to move goods between the town square and the Wayne City steamboat landing on the Missouri River - . . . — — Map (db m208135) HM
The first branch of the reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Independence was organized in 1873. Joseph Smith III, on April 6, 1888, laid the cornerstone of this cut sandstone building, for years the pulpit of Presidents of the . . . — — Map (db m140454) HM
People on steamboats loaded with goods traveled upstream on the Missouri River "highway" to Independence, where the overland journey on the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California trails began. Between March and November, steamboats passed by or stopped . . . — — Map (db m208241) HM
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In remembrance of the forced removal of the Potawatomi (Neshdabe) people from their homes in northern Indiana to Miami County, Kansas in 1838
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This historical landmark was made possible by the Eagle . . . — — Map (db m200147) HM
In 1838, 823 Potawatomi Indians camped near Blue River on the forced removal from Indiana to Kansas. Capt. Hull's group of 23 Indians, 5 horses and 3 wagons were attached to the body of emigration under Judge Polke. — — Map (db m200330) HM
The Santa Fe Trail began in 1821 when William Becknell took trade items west and found a ready market in Mexico. He passed through this area before the village of Independence was platted in 1827 as the county seat for newly formed Jackson County. . . . — — Map (db m208242) HM
The first Episcopal Congregation in Jackson County was organized in 1844. This building, begun in 1881, was designed in the rural Gothic style by the distinguished Boston firm of Sturgis & Brigham. Here Mr. and Mrs. Harry S. Truman were married in . . . — — Map (db m33634) HM
In 1895 John and Martha Truman bought this house, built about 1886. Harry S. Truman (1884 - 1972) spent his boyhood here. The family moved in 1902. Later additions have greatly altered the original appearance of the house. — — Map (db m117025) HM
Built about 1867 by George Porterfield Gates, a mill owner. President Harry S. Truman and his wife, Bess Wallace Truman, granddaughter of Gates, made this their home from the time of their marriage in 1919. The "Summer White House" from 1945 to . . . — — Map (db m34731) HM
AmVets presented and dedicated
a carillon as a living memorial
to America's veterans who served
their country for the cause of freedom
"As these bells ring…honored dead rest…
freedom lives…"
From the speech of Harry S. Truman . . . — — Map (db m44324) WM
"It was in the Clinton's Drugstore that Harry S. Truman obtained his first job at three dollars a week. He opened the store every morning at six thirty, mopped the floor, cleaned away the trash, polished the jugs and bottles, worked at the . . . — — Map (db m34789) HM
Moonlight's Union cavalry brigade, with five guns and 1000 men, was driven from the Little Blue River by Marmaduke's and Shelby's 5000 Confederates of Price's army. Moonlight stopped here and was joined by Jennison's and Ford's brigades of Blunt's . . . — — Map (db m90385) HM
Designed for Harvey M. Vaile, operator of Star Mail routes, by Asa Cross of Kansas City, this Second Empire style house was described in 1881 as "one of the most costly and beautiful residences" in the county. Listed on the National Register of . . . — — Map (db m82634) HM
About 1866 this brick house, in the then popular Italianate style was built by Samuel Hughes Woodson, lawyer, United States Congressman, 1856-1861, Circuit Judge, land developer, and stage and mail route operator. — — Map (db m144554) HM
This imposing farm mansion was erected in 1855 for B.F. Thomson by his slaves. The Thomson family fled during the Civil War. In 1866 the farm was sold on the courthouse steps to Rev. J.D. Gossett. One of the finest Greek Revival mansions in Jackson . . . — — Map (db m233659) HM
