On Old Wire Road (State Highway 265) south of Dodd Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Here on this, the Old Wire Road, was located Fitzgerald's Station on the Butterfield Overland mail route from St. Louis to San Francisco. First trip 1858. Last 1861. Longest and best conducted mail route in the world. 2795 miles. Service twice . . . — — Map (db m59950) HM
On East Johnson Avenue at Mill Street, on the right when traveling west on East Johnson Avenue.
Holcomb's Spring, settled in the 1840s, saw many
troop movements during the Civil War. Regular
Baptist Church services halted in January 1862,
as soldiers entered the area. Confederate troops
camped there in October 1862 and July 1863. . . . — — Map (db m224791) HM
On Mill Street at West Center, on the right when traveling south on Mill Street.
• Original trail of early Indians and settlers
• Named for the many early corn flour-woolen mills situated along Spring Creek
• A part of the first Old Missouri Rd. before 1830 to 1858
• Butterfield created present Old Missouri Rd. to the east . . . — — Map (db m224800) HM
On Mill Street at West Center, on the right when traveling north on Mill Street.
August 22, 1840 “Regular Baptist Church of Shilo” was founded 3 miles east of city. The log church was moved in 1841-2 to S.E. corner of Main and Huntsville St. Burned Civil War period and 2nd church built on same site 1868, serving also as first . . . — — Map (db m224794) HM