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One of Missouri's early western prairie towns, Warrensburg was founded in 1836 as seat of Johnson County, organized in 1834. The town is named for Martin Warren, a pioneer settler, and the county for United States Vice President . . . — — Map (db m85327) HM
Side A:
In 1883 St. Paul's was founded by the Reverend F. J. Blitz with the help of Lutherans in the Concordia area who with him saw the need for more ministers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to serve the growing population of the west.
The . . . — — Map (db m43976) HM
This bell originally hung in the tower of Wilk School, which stood at this location and was named after the school's first teacher, Mr. W. Wilk. Built in 1887 by St. Paul's Lutheran Congregation, Wilk School was primarily for upper grade students . . . — — Map (db m43991) HM
Erected in 1846 to house the Fifth Branch of the Bank of the State of Missouri, organized April 10, 1845 and the only one of the five branch locations in the western part of the state. It became Farmers Bank of Missouri in 1857. The bank's funds, . . . — — Map (db m144786) HM
Side 1 Lexington, on the bluffs above the broad Missouri, grew up around Jack's Ferry, 1819, to become by 1860 one of the great river ports of the State. Prosperous river trade and agricultural richness of the area made the town a commercial . . . — — Map (db m90423) HM
Here was erected in 1854 a two-story brick building known as the Public School House until 1868 & after that as the Second Ward School. The building, which also housed Lexington High School 1871-91 was replaced by a two-room, one-story building . . . — — Map (db m144787) HM
Wentworth Alumni Memorial
to those who made
the supreme sacrifice
in the World War
1917 - 1918
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Robert Clore '15 John W. Davis '09 Leslie Horn '10 Russell Steinbeck '11
Ben T. . . . — — Map (db m144789) WM
Lincoln School was established in 1880 to provide education for African-American children in the Canton area. It served that purpose until 1955. One of a handful of red brick school houses of it's kind, it remains as a tribute to rural education in . . . — — Map (db m55406) HM
Chillicothe was the home to the Chillicothe Business College from 1890 through the early 1950s. The College developed a campus on Chillicothe's northwest side and offered a variety of professional and occupational training programs for a student . . . — — Map (db m66732) HM
Allen Moore, Sr. founded the Chillicothe Normal School and Business Institute in 1890. His desire to locate in Chillicothe was due to the progressive spirit he saw in the citizens of the town.
The city agreed to purchase the site and . . . — — Map (db m67309) HM
(side 1) Macon is the seat of justice for one of Missouri's richest coal bearing counties. The town was laid out on rolling upland prairie, between the Middle Fork of the Salt and the East Fork of the Chariton rivers, 1856. Hudson, named for . . . — — Map (db m156228) HM
"I am not Injun Joe"
As a young boy, Joe was found scalped and left for dead in Oklahoma by a man named Douglas who brought him to Hannibal. He lived on this site in the 1840's when he worked as a roustabout on the river . . . — — Map (db m156602) HM
The smell of hot homemade bread
baked in the outdoor brick ovens
Catching a ride at the concrete bridge
to go to the movies at the
Star, Rialto or Orpheum Theater
Three day wedding celebrations with
music, food, homemade wine & . . . — — Map (db m156492) HM
Indiana to Kansas 1838
On Oct. 11, 1838, 850 Potawatomi Indians camped at Pleasant Spring near Palmyra on the forced removal from Northern Indiana to Eastern Kansas. They passed through Palmyra at 10 o'clock October 12. That night they camped . . . — — Map (db m36351) HM
You are standing on the site of the Danville Female Academy, and at your front is the sole surviving building of the Academy, the chapel and dormitory.
The Female Academy was founded in 1853 by the Reverend James H. Robinson at a time when . . . — — Map (db m42744) HM
Established in 1930 near Higgerson Landing on land purchased from John E. "Eddie" Higgerson. Floated from its piers in 1937. Destroyed by fire in 1940 and replaced with this building. The school closed in 1967. Moved to this site June 10, 1997. . . . — — Map (db m19486) HM
Right Road
how can I be sure that Im on the right road? “In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.” Now you must learn to look to Him for direction and then follow, and you will never go wrong.
George . . . — — Map (db m42892) HM
The farm on which George Washington Carver grew up was owned by Moses and Susan Carver. While Georges path in life took him far from here, he considered this farm his first home.
In the 1830s, Moses and Susan Carver moved from Sangamon . . . — — Map (db m42007) HM
This capstone was taken from the west entrance of the building razed in 1977. It is set in the original brick used from the building. Through these portals passed many generations, the last 42 years under the guidance of Supt. H. W. Smith. May . . . — — Map (db m229823) HM
A former slave boy, George Washington Carver came to Neosho in the 1870s seeking an education. At Neoshos Lincoln School, he began his long climb out of ignorance. This was his first step toward becoming a world-famous scientist and teacher at . . . — — Map (db m43025) HM
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On rolling prairie above the scenic One Hundred and Two River. Maryville was laid out, 1845, as the seat of newly organized Nodaway County. The town is named for its first white woman settler, Mary House Graham, the wife of county . . . — — Map (db m66480) HM
A lifelong native of Mound City, Missouri, Welton Ideker served on the Northwest [Missouri State University] Board of Regents from 1977 to 1983. Always a progressive thinker, during his Board tenure, Welton endorsed the Regents' vote to pursue . . . — — Map (db m66492) HM
Born: October 25, 1811
Langenchursdorf, Saxony, Germany
Died: May 7, 1887
St. Louis, Missouri
After having arrived with the Saxons immigrants in Perry County in 1839, Walther served as pastor of the newly founded congregations of Dresden . . . — — Map (db m213757) HM
First College Building of the Ev-Luth. Missouri Synod. Built by the Saxon immigrants A.D. 1839. Moved to present site A.D. 1912. Shelter erected A.D. 1915.
Erste Lehranstalt der Ev-Luth. Missouri-Synode. Erbaut . . . — — Map (db m191473) HM
Born: January 5, 1797
Kahla, Saxony, Germany
Died: August 19, 1849
Altenburg, Missouri
Loeber became one of the leading pastors in the Perry County Settlements. Altenburg was named by Loeber after Altenburg in Saxony, Germany. Loeber . . . — — Map (db m213758) HM
Site of second house of worship of St. Pauls Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod), dedicated to the glory of God on Advent Sunday, 1920. Wittenberg, Missouri (named after Wittenberg in Germany), was one of seven settlements of the Saxon immigration to . . . — — Map (db m214282) HM
Today's 4-H Building has served many purposes over the years, originally named the Poultry Building to serve the needs of the poultry department.
In the 1930s, it was designated as the Missouri Building, housing the Missouri State Exhibit from . . . — — Map (db m85034) HM
Originally designed as the Palace of Agriculture, this 80' by 160' building was labeled the Horticulture Building by the Premium List of 1906, but the Agriculture Building by Program Books from 1915, 1918, and 1920. Postcards from 1908 through . . . — — Map (db m85017) HM
The John Deere Plow Company built this building as a display area for farm implements and wagons. Simpler than other exhibition buildings, the building features large, closely spaced, twelve-light, flat arched windows.
In the 1920s, the Missouri . . . — — Map (db m85088) HM
A tribute to the living legacy of
Scott Joplin
and to Sedalia, "The Cradle of Ragtime"
Dedicated
June 1, 1999
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[Wayside Interpretive Panel]
1st Page of the . . . — — Map (db m85294) HM
"After losing the Rolla Building, the public school occupied a former army commissary office at Ninth and Elm streets until it was destroyed in the Great Fire. Central School, shown here until construction and with a basketball game in progress, . . . — — Map (db m139752) HM
Dr. Joseph Senne, Dr. David Summers and Chancellor Joseph Marchello, set out in 1982 to develop a model of Stonehenge on the Missouri S&T campus. Senne, an avid astronomer, helped design and made the astronomical calculations for the replica. He . . . — — Map (db m157230) HM
A Midwestern city as a hotbed of artistic expression? You bet. Here in Kansas City, youll discover a wealth of superb arts and cultural offerings. From the extraordinary exhibits and architecture of The Nelson-Atkins Museum to the excitement of . . . — — Map (db m43200) HM
She was a woman of few words, but her wealth spoke volumes. Mary Atkins had been a school teacher in her younger years, and didnt marry until her early forties when she met and fell in love with widower, James Burris Atkins. Then, just eight years . . . — — Map (db m43203) HM
If you wanted a steak in New York before 1867, you pretty much had to wait until your dinner came in on four legs from Texas to the railheads in central Missouri, and finally hitched a train to Chicago. It was there that cattle were unceremoniously . . . — — Map (db m43199) HM
Kansas Citians may have hung up their cowboy hats for business suits, but were still mighty proud of our “Cowtown” past. In fact, we celebrate it every year with one of the oldest livestock shows in the country – The American . . . — — Map (db m43196) HM
Founded by George S. Park - 1838
First known as English Landing, river port on frontier, steamboat landing; slave, tobacco, and hemp market.
Home of Park College
Founded 1875
John A. McAfee and George S. Park
pioneered in new . . . — — Map (db m65993) HM
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Platte is one of 6 counties formed from the U.S. Government's 1836 Platte Purchase in which Iowa, Sac, Fox, and small bands of other Indian tribes gave up over 2 million acres of land for $7,500 and other benefits. The Purchase was . . . — — Map (db m66465) HM
Planted "Earth Day" April 22, 1999
Dedicated during
"National Gardening Week"
June 9, 1999
under the direction of the
Crocker Green Thumb Garden Club.
Kindergarten children from the Crocker school
named the tree during the planting . . . — — Map (db m158115) HM
Husband, Father, Grandfather,
Founding Member of the Kickapoo Trace Muzzleloaders,
Mountainman, Sportsman, Civic Leader, Educator,
and to all others, a Friend. You will be missed by all.
Until next time Ozark Mountainman,
Keep Your . . . — — Map (db m158044) HM
Memorial dedicated 2010
by the former students,
teachers and friends
[Drawing of school]
Ilasco Grade School
1914 — 1962
[Drawing of school]
Ilasco High School
1926 — 1959
These schools were located
500 yards southwest . . . — — Map (db m156458) HM
1904-1945 New Marble Creek Grade School
1914-1962 Ilasco Grade School
1917-1942 Slovak Lutheran School
1926-1935 Stillwell Addition Grade School
1926-1959 Ilasco High School
The Romanian Hall, Ilasco Baptist Mission Church and . . . — — Map (db m156438) HM
September 8, 1881, the "St. Charles "Democrat" reported that Dr. Hampson Strother Clay intended to become a physician in Augusta. Before locating in Augusta, Dr. Clay, an 1873 graduate of the Missouri Medical College, had lived in Darst Bottom where . . . — — Map (db m133208) HM
The Andrae family held the Boone Homestead for nearly forty years. Randall Andrae and his wife, Alean, made a major donation of the property to Lindenwood University in honor of his parents. Rolla Phelps Andrae. Randall and Alean gave this gift to . . . — — Map (db m169515) HM
Known as "Sycamore School", the first public school in Defiance was organized around 1881. Located in the floodplains of Darst Bottom, this one-room schoolhouse provided first-through eighth-grade instruction to students living within a . . . — — Map (db m133234) HM
John Sappington Jr, a Revolutionary War Veteran, had 18 children, the oldest of which was Zephaniah. Sometime between 1804 and 1810 Zephaniah Sappington (1781-1857) constructed this house a few miles Southwest of St. Louis where he also operated . . . — — Map (db m169504) HM
Arrived from France on mission to convert the Indians and established first school west of the Mississippi in St. Charles County — — Map (db m140970) HM
Built by F. W. Gatzweiler and remodeled by his son Charles, this building has been home to such diverse businesses as Union Electric Light and Power, St. Charles Business College, The Cosmos Monitor newspaper office, and Mary Gatzweiler's Elegant . . . — — Map (db m124834) HM
On a cold, windy day in October, 1999 a group of twenty adults, teens, and children worked together to plant over 2000 individual wetland plants to complete the creation of the wetland before you. This was the climax of a partnership effort to . . . — — Map (db m169230) HM
This two story building was built in the 1830's and derived its name, Collier Cottage, from Catherine Collier. As a devout Methodist who was interested in education, she financed the building of this brick school next to the Methodist church. — — Map (db m162678) HM
Oldest existing brick church north of the Missouri River. Built of hand-made bricks with walls 18 inches thick.
Records establish that Mrs. Catherine Collier built this church in 1831. It was used by her Methodist Episcopal Congregation . . . — — Map (db m124887) HM
Peter Geery is best remembered for the role he played in the formation of the Lewis & Clark Discovery Expedition of St. Charles as an authentic re-enactment group. Because of his knowledge and love of history, the men were encouraged to . . . — — Map (db m163263) HM
(left plaque:)
Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne, Pioneer Missionary of the Society of the Sacred Heart, came to St. Charles from France and founded the first free school west of the Mississippi on this site in 1818.
(right . . . — — Map (db m140764) HM
(left column:)
San Carlos Borromeo, born in 1538, was known as a patron of learning and the arts. Named a cardinal at the age of 22, he was loved as a benevolent churchman who founded many academies and hospitals. He had a deep compassion . . . — — Map (db m169205) HM
Built in 1869 by Dr. John H. Stumberg upon his return from service as a surgeon with the Union troops. The contractor was Dr. Stumberg's father who had built the Evangelical Lutheran Church in St. Charles and the All Saints Church in St. Peters.
. . . — — Map (db m162709) HM
This St. Peters District 31 Public School was built in 1869. About the same time, a new brick building replaced the old log school at All Saints Church on the hill. Public school classes continued here until 1951 when Dist. 31 became part of Fort . . . — — Map (db m159894) HM
A native of Grenoble and child of the French Revolution, Philippine was attracted to a life of prayer, but also filled with longing to bring God's love to the New World. With great-hearted courage she became a woman of the American frontier in . . . — — Map (db m236898) HM
Annie Turnbo Pope Malone was born in Metropolis, IL. She became one of the wealthiest Black women in the 1930's by developing beauty products for Black women and starting a finance company. She established Poro College and helped found the Annie . . . — — Map (db m218292) HM
Donald M. Suggs was born in East Chicago, Indiana. He earned his B.S. and D.D.S. Degrees from Indiana University and did post-graduate work at Homer G. Phillips Hospital. He was the first African American oral surgeon to practice in St. Louis and . . . — — Map (db m219718) HM
Dr. Henry Givens Jr. was born in St. Louis and graduated from Sumner High and Lincoln University-MO. He was the 1st black to serve as Missouri's Assistant Commissioner of Education. He served as interim president of Lincoln University and became the . . . — — Map (db m217980) HM
Dr. Julia Davis was born in St. Louis, graduated from Sumner High School and Stowe Teacher's College. She did graduate work at Lincoln, Boston, and New York Universities. In 1941, she organized the annual Negro History exhibit at the St. Louis . . . — — Map (db m217463) HM
Dr. Ruth Miriam Harris was a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. She received her education in the Cincinnati Public Schools. After receiving her M.A. and PhD at Columbia University in New York, she became a classroom teacher and eventually an administrator . . . — — Map (db m215435) HM
Dr. Samuel A. Canaan Jr. was born in St. Louis and is a graduate of Sumner High School and the University of Iowa. He furthered his education in the field of ophthalmology by graduating from Meharry University, and completing his internship and . . . — — Map (db m218921) HM
Earl Wilson Jr. was born in St. Louis, Missouri and is a graduate of Vashon High School and Lincoln University, where he is an active alumnus. Wilson served IBM for 30 years and retired as Vice President of Marketing. In 1994, he founded the St. . . . — — Map (db m215964) HM
Gloria White, born in St. Louis, was the first Black to attend Rosati Kain and graduated from Harris Teachers college. She served as Vice Chancellor of Human Resources at Washington University for thirty years. During her tenure she was responsible . . . — — Map (db m215458) HM
Ida Goodwin Woolfolk was born in St. Louis and graduate from Sumner High School. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Education from Harris Stowe Teachers College and a Masters from Saint Louis University. She served the St. Louis Public Schools for . . . — — Map (db m214589) HM
James Henry Buford was born in St. Louis and is a graduate of Laboure High School. He earned a B.A. in Human Services Administration from Elizabethtown College, PA and holds several Honorary Doctorates. Buford served the Urban League of Metropolitan . . . — — Map (db m214588) HM
Jimmie M. Edwards was born in St. Louis and graduated from Vashon High School. He graduated with a Juris Doctorate from Saint Louis University and later appointed as Circuit Judge for the 22nd Judicial Circuit Court in the State of Missouri. Edwards . . . — — Map (db m214601) HM
Jodie Bailey was born in Iowa and graduated from Vashon High and Lincoln University. He coached basketball for over 40 years at Vashon, O'Fallon Tech and Northwest High Schools. His teams had a 824 to 198 win/lose record. He served in a leadership . . . — — Map (db m217961) HM
John Bass was born in St. Louis and graduated from Sumner High. He was a principal in the St. Louis Public Schools for 12 years, director of St. Louis' Department of Human Resources and in 1973 he was elected the 1st Black City Comptroller. He later . . . — — Map (db m217963) HM
Representative Younge was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She received her B.S. from Hampton University, Doctorate of Jurisprudence from Saint Louis University School of Law and her masters of law from Washington University. Representative Younge . . . — — Map (db m215440) HM
The Reverend Dr. John J. Hicks, D.D. was born in Bronwood, Georgia and was called to pastor the Union Memorial Methodist Church in St. Louis in 1955. During his pastorate he relocated the church, building a multi-million dollar ultra modern . . . — — Map (db m218906) HM
Robert Beeks was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He graduated from Vashon High School and continued his education at Lincoln University. Mr. Beeks was the second African American official employed by the National Football League. He had the . . . — — Map (db m215455) HM
Roscoe Robinson, Jr. was born in St. Louis, attended Sumner High, West Point Military Academy, and received a Master's degree in Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh. He was an outstanding military leader and became the . . . — — Map (db m215962) HM
Russ Mitchell, born in St. Louis and graduate of Webster Groves High School, completed his education at the University of Missouri. He is an Emmy Award winning journalist, the news anchor for The Early Show & CBS Evening News Sunday Edition, and a . . . — — Map (db m215433) HM
Ruth A. Smith was born in Mount Kisco, N.Y. and was educated in Westchester County, N.Y. She furthered her education by earning a B.S. in Management at Maryville University in St. Louis. Smith is the first female African American to serve as . . . — — Map (db m219719) HM
Academic Hall, Washington University's first building completed on its original downtown campus, was located at or near this site when it opened for classes on September 8, 1856. The University moved to its current location on the western edge of . . . — — Map (db m139716) HM
Stephen M. Coleman was born in St. Louis and is a graduate of Webster Groves High School. He received his B.A. from Amherst College and earned his M.B.A. from Stanford University. Coleman is the founder, majority shareholder and Chief Investment . . . — — Map (db m218927) HM
Sylvester LeClaire Smith was born in Macon, Mississippi and graduated from Vashion High School. Smith was the first African American to serve as superintendent of schools in Missouri and the first to enroll at Saint Louis University on June 6, 1944. . . . — — Map (db m215456) HM
Wayman Flynn Smith, Jr. was born in St. Louis, attended Sumner High School and received his B.S. degree from the University of Illinois. He studied to be an accountant and became Missouri's 1st black CPA. Around 1957, he was elected among the first . . . — — Map (db m215966) HM
The Jefferson Memorial home of the Missouri Historical Society stands on the site of the main entrance of the 1904 World's Fair. Constructed with funds from the fair, the building was the nation's first monument to Thomas Jefferson. — — Map (db m133314) HM
Forest Park was site of the 1904 World's Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition). The site where the Museum now stands was the highest point at the Fair, and the building was three times as large. After the Fair, the temporary wings were demolished. . . . — — Map (db m141216) HM
Since 1963 this iconic structure has been St. Louis' Gateway to the Stars to over 300,000 visitors a year. Established and first operated by the City of St. Louis, the Planetarium merged in 1984 with the Museum of Science & Natural History to become . . . — — Map (db m141177) HM
Too Close for Comfort
Habitat destruction has forced gorillas to live closer to human settlements. Since gorillas and humans share most genes, we also share most diseases. Outbreaks of Ebola that have killed hundreds of people before being . . . — — Map (db m219002) HM
The population of the United States and its territories was less than 34 million people in 1860 — and the nation was tearing itself apart along the lines of Free States and those that allowed slavery.
News of impending civil war pushed . . . — — Map (db m124475) HM
Claude Heithaus, S.J. (1898-1976) attended Saint Louis University and joined the Society of Jesus in 1920. He later earned his Ph.D. from the University of London. Father Heithaus taught at SLU for several decades. During that time, he founded . . . — — Map (db m145065) HM
DuBourg Hall opened on July 31, 1888, bringing all of Saint Louis University's functions, including living quarters for the Jesuit faculty, under one roof. Stretching along Grand Boulevard for 270 feet, the building originally housed classrooms, a . . . — — Map (db m145066) HM
Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology carries the distinction of holding FAA license 1. On August 1, 1927, Oliver Lafayette Parks opened an aviation college with five airplanes and a rented hangar. It was the first federally . . . — — Map (db m145154) HM
In the history of men's collegiate soccer, there is no dynasty that rivals the impressive records set by the Saint Louis University Billikens. In the 15 seasons between 1959, when the NCAA sponsored the first Division I Men's Soccer Championship . . . — — Map (db m145067) HM
Great, great, great grandson of Pierre Chouteau,
One of the founders of the city of St. Louis;
Son of Edward and Winnifred Walsh, after whom
The former Walsh Stadium and the nearby Walsh
Residence Hall are named;
Faithful . . . — — Map (db m145158) HM
