Historical Markers and War Memorials in O''Fallon, Missouri
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O'Fallon is in St. Charles County
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This aircraft was in combat from 1969 Sept 1972 when it was shot down in Vietnam. This aircraft id dedicated in memory of all helicopter pilots and crew members who fought in all conflicts through the years. — — Map (db m182632) HM WM
Mound building dominated cultures that existed in the Midwest 2,000 years ago. Earthworks found in the East, South and Midwest are so magnificent that some 18th and 19th Century European-Americans argued that the Native Americans couldn't have . . . — — Map (db m169550) HM
"Bold, courageous, genial and inventive, James H. Audrain was a man in his times almost larger than life. No frontier constrained him. He was in step with many of the men we know from the history books and countless others." . . . — — Map (db m169536) HM
300 yards south — built 1798 on Spanish grant. Homestead of Major Nathan Heald, Commander Fort Dearborn, War of 1812, and his wife Rebecca Wells from 1817 to 1853. — — Map (db m169554) HM
• Log Cabin is the only War of 1812 site that is located in a public park.
• Jacob Zumwalt lived here for nineteen years and raised ten children from two wives. He moved to Pike County Mo, with one of his sons in 1817 and passed away in . . . — — Map (db m169555) HM
When the City of O'Fallon purchased Fort Zumwalt Park for $1 from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources in 1978, it acquired about 48 acres, the ruins of a War of 1812 settler fort and a brick house built circa 1884-86. What took . . . — — Map (db m169558) HM
Between 150 B.C. to 300 A.D, the streets of the city market would have been lined with merchants offering items such as ornate serving bowls and cooking vessels for your home, the latest style in hunting gear, new tools like granite celts (axe . . . — — Map (db m169549) HM
If you could step into a time machine in this park and travel back 2,000 years you would find a large village that extended north across Highway P. You would also find an open-air market off Highway 79 where O'Fallon's sewage treatment plant is . . . — — Map (db m169540) HM
This memorial dedicated to those who gave their lives that we may live in peace
Swafford Robert PFC USMC •
Shortt Walter CPL USMC •
Smith Robert PFC Army •
Ross Dale AME2 Navy •
Hood William PFC Army •
O'Neal LeRoy SSGT Army • . . . — — Map (db m169552) WM
Trade brought great wealth to this region. Several large communities with markets, including one off Highway 79 near the present-day O'Fallon sewage treatment plant, could be found across the greater O'Fallon area. Just as they do now, local . . . — — Map (db m169541) HM
When popular leaders died they were honored by burials in earthen mounds like the one within Dames Park. The mounds were similar in concept to the pyramids of Egypt, but constructed of soil rather than stone. People weren't forced to build these . . . — — Map (db m169551) HM
Fort Zumwalt Park sits on land that was granted to Jacob Zumwalt and his family by the Spanish government in the late 1700s. The land was suitable for settling, in part, because it had a fresh spring and creek, now known as Belleau Creek, running . . . — — Map (db m169576) HM
