(First Panel): Memory Lane
Welcome to Old Greenville national Historic Site. Because of its historical and archaeological significance, the old town of Greenville was listed on the National Register of Places in March of 1990. Today, . . . — — Map (db m183644) HM
William Riley Luffsey was born in Wayne County, Missouri, around 1859. He died in a gun battle along the Little Missouri River on June 26, 1883, about a mile west of the twin towns of Little Missouri and Medora. Riley Luffsey was a popular young . . . — — Map (db m87554) HM
In July of 1862, more than 100 members of the local State Militia (12th M.S.M. Cavalry - USA), commanded by Capt. William T. Leeper, were camped here, northwest of Greenville, guarding the Fredericktown Road. Ignoring "grapevine telegraph" rumors of . . . — — Map (db m208725) HM
"All that is necessary to elect women to official positions is that men work to elect them — just as women work to elect men."
Alice C. Moyer-Wig, 1928
"If I had a gift of some great educational or political . . . — — Map (db m184186) HM
Early called the "State of Wayne" for its vast size when it was organized in 1818, the county once extended to the western border of Missouri Territory. Now 741 sq. miles of the eastern fringe of the Ozarks, the county is a livestock, poultry, . . . — — Map (db m170234) 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
Named for Virginian William Patterson who, in 1835, purchased the Joseph Parish Spanish grant section of land on which the town now resides.
Believed to be the oldest community in Wayne County.
First Post Office established as Springville in . . . — — Map (db m257395) HM
"Before the Civil War, Zedekiah Bedwell is reported to have buried an iron-bound box containing his money: who found it is not known. Many who dug for it found nothing."
Rose Fulton Cramer
Wayne County . . . — — Map (db m183619) HM
Early on the morning of July 20, 1862, a skirmish was fought here between the local Union Militia (12th M.S.M. Cavalry) commanded by William T. Leeper and the Confederate 15th Missouri Cavalry, led by Timothy Reeves. Many of those men were from . . . — — Map (db m208726) HM
Hiram N. Holladay was the driving force behind the growth and prosperity of Old Greenville during the late 19th Century. Holladay began his working life as a teamster. In 1869, he helped to build the Belmont Branch of the St. Louis Iron Mountain . . . — — Map (db m183811) HM
In the spring of 1900, Sam Brown was living with his wife Annabel, their two sons, and her younger brother, Will Grant, in a shanty in the woods two miles southwest of Hiram. Sam Brown (30) and Will Grant (21) had been working together for about . . . — — Map (db m187422) HM
In memory of Isaac Behunin,
Mormon Pioneer, Early Utah Settler and
Credited with the naming of Zion Canyon
Early Mormon Pioneer
Isaac Behunin was born October 20, 1803 in Richland, New York to Albert and Nancy Lord Bohanan (Bohannon). . . . — — Map (db m40465) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
