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On South Main Street (Business U.S. 61) just north of Hamilton Street, on the right when traveling north.
Gardner House
Built 1828
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m150338) HM
On North Main Street (Business U.S. 61) north of Lafayette Street, on the left when traveling north.
This marker commemorates George Shannon, the youngest member of the Corps of Discovery, on the occasion of the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
He died in Palmyra, Missouri while on legal business, August 30, 1836, and is . . . — — Map (db m150082) HM
On South Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
Side A:
Palmyra, founded in 1819, was for many years the northernmost town on the Salt River Trail from St. Charles to the Des Moines River. A Federal Land Office for the Salt River area located here, 1824 – 58, led all others in the . . . — — Map (db m55391) HM
On West Lafayette Street at South Dickerson Street, on the right when traveling west on West Lafayette Street.
The Palmyra Massacre
The Palmyra Massacre was a grim ending to Confederate Col. Joseph Porter's 1862 recruiting campaign in northeast Missouri. Besides recruiting local men for the Confederate army, Porter attacked Union outposts and patrols . . . — — Map (db m55390) HM
On East Main Cross, 0.1 miles west of US 61 and US 24 (U.S. 61/24), on the right when traveling west.
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
On South Dickerson Street just south of Church Street, on the right when traveling south.
Speigle House
Built c.1850
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m150340) HM
On County Route 320 at County Route 361, on the left when traveling west on County Route 320.
On Oct. 11, 1838 the emigration moved from the encampment of the last two days. The march was pleasant and without the occurrence of any difficulties. Potawatomi Indians numbering 850 camped here at Pleasant Spring near Palmyra, Mo. Capt. J. Holman . . . — — Map (db m243899) HM