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By Benjamin M. Snyder, April 25, 2015
The First Fort Des Moines Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On Main Street (State Highway 404), on the right when traveling east. |
| | This Barracks Well / Marks / The First Fort Desmoines / And Was Used By / A Detachment Of Dragoons / Stationed Here Sept 25-1834 / To June 18-1837 — — Map (db m139802) HM |
| On Main Street (State Highway 404) at 1st Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street. |
| | Here Began the Dragoon Trail Blazed in 1835 by the First U.S. Dragoons under Colonel Stephen W. Kearny — — Map (db m138490) HM |
| On State Highway 16 at Teal Avenue, on the left when traveling east on State Highway 16. |
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Determined and authenticated by the Historical Department of Iowa, 1911.
This monument was erected in 1917 by the Iowa Daughters of the American Revolution in memory of the Pioneers who followed this trail and its tributaries.
We Cross The . . . — — Map (db m139803) HM |
| On Main Street (County Route V64) at Maple Ave (County Route H43), on the right when traveling south on Main Street. |
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Here passed the
Dragoon Trail
Blazed in 1835 by the
First U.S. Dragoons
under Colonel
Stephen W. Kearny — — Map (db m139804) HM |
| On U.S. 63 at Angle Rd, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 63. |
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Here passed the
Dragoon Trail
Blazed in 1835 by the
First U.S. Dragoons
under Colonel
Stephen W. Kearny — — Map (db m139805) HM |
| On Old Highway 163 0.2 miles north of Orchard Ave, on the left when traveling north. |
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Here passed the
Dragoon Trail
Blazed in 1835 by the
First U.S. Dragoons
under Colonel
Stephen W. Kearny — — Map (db m139806) HM |
| On State Highway 14 at Hayes Dr, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 14. |
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Here Passed the
Dragoon Trail
Blazed in 1835 by the
First U.S. Dragoons
Under Colonel
Stephen W. Kearny — — Map (db m139807) HM |
| On SW Water Street at W Martin Luther King Jr Parkway, on the left when traveling south on SW Water Street. |
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Here Passed the
Dragoon Trail
Blazed in 1835 by the
First U.S. Dragoons
under Colonel
Stephen W. Kearny — — Map (db m139808) HM |
| On SW 1st Street at West Martin Luther King Pkwy, on the left when traveling north on SW 1st Street. |
| | Polk County, Iowa
Fort Des Moines No. 2
Established May 1843 — Evacuated March 1846
This cabin is a memorial to the military outpost, Fort Des Moines No. 2, occupied by Company I, First Regiment U. S. Dragoons and Company F First U. S. . . . — — Map (db m84100) HM |
| On Mamie Eisenhower Avenue at Division Street, on the right when traveling west on Mamie Eisenhower Avenue. |
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Here Passed the
Dragoon Trail
Blazed in 1835 by the
First U.S. Dragoons
under Colonel
Stephen W. Kearney — — Map (db m139809) HM |
| On Willson Avenue at Water Street, on the right when traveling south on Willson Avenue. |
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Here Passed the
Dragoon Trail
Blazed in 1835 by the
First U.S. Dragoons
under Colonel
Stephen W. Kearny — — Map (db m139810) HM |
| On U.S. 218 at 370th Street, on the left when traveling north on U.S. 218. |
| | Here passed the Dragoon Trail blazed in 1835 by the first U.S. Dragoons under Colonel Stephen W. Kearney. — — Map (db m139811) HM |
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Here passed the
Dragoon Trail
blazed in 1835 by the
First U.S. Dragoons
under Colonel
Stephen W. Kearney — — Map (db m139812) HM |
| On Museum Road at Kenyon Road (Iowa Highway 20), on the left when traveling north on Museum Road. |
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Here Passed the
Dragoon Trail
Blazed in 1835 by the
First U.S. Dragoons
under Colonel
Stephen W. Kearny — — Map (db m139813) HM |
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