During excavation of the footing for this flag pole the remains of a Stone Age Native American, estimated 1,000 years old, were discovered. The find remains at this location.
This majestic flag pole
is in memory of
Sylvia Hartwich . . . — — Map (db m80950) HM
Dedicated to those who gave their lives during the conflicts in Korea and Vietnam
Michael Charles Zeller • Gerald Otto McKay
Gene Allen Myers • Dale L. Milbradt
Danny Wayne Jarvis • Harland Jenkins
Leo T. Wapp • Albert Hart
John Southall . . . — — Map (db m81758) WM
The Oregon Trail was the main street of the west from the 1830's to the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869. Farmers, townsmen and restless Americans from all walks of life moved along this route seeking a better life in a . . . — — Map (db m80948) HM
[Map of Pottawatomie County]
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The courthouse flagpole is
dedicated to the memory of
Warren B. Nelson
who was a county commissioner from
January 1978 to . . . — — Map (db m81759) HM WM
Historians have estimated that between 250,000 and 300,000 emigrants used the Oregon Trail between 1840 and 1869. At least 30,000 emigrants died along the Oregon Trail, leaving an average of 15 graves for every mile of the trail. Disease, . . . — — Map (db m80946) HM
The reservoir before you taps into the famous Scott Spring. The original outlet emanates from the base of a steep rock hill to the east. The refreshing water of Scott Spring offered abundant drinking water to many travelers on the Oregon Trail and . . . — — Map (db m80945) HM
Native Wild Flowers • Western Wheatgrass • Sideoats G[r]ama • Little Bluestem • Switchgrass • Big Bluestem • Indian Grass
These seven small plats represent the majority of the grass and forb species that dominated the 52 million acres of tall . . . — — Map (db m80928) HM
From the 1830's to the 1870's, the 2,000-mile road connecting Missouri river towns with California and Oregon was America's greatest transcontinental highway. Several routes led west from the river, converging into one trail by the time the Fort . . . — — Map (db m80927) HM
The long journey overland to Oregon took about six months. Time, distance, and hardships seasoned the emigrants. They had the ability and had earned the right to mold their own destiny in the new land. The Oregon Trail became a vital part of the . . . — — Map (db m80949) HM
Wagons for trail travel were of the simplest construction. They cost $85.00 each. They were light, strong and carried on sturdy wheels. It was recommended that wheels be made of bois-d-oro, osage of orangewood or white oak. Bolt ends should be . . . — — Map (db m80947) HM
There were many unpredictable hazards on the trail as the wagon trains moved westward. The trail itself presented the worst problems. Streams had no bridges and had to be forded. Their shifting bottoms with pockets of quicksand were dangerous. . . . — — Map (db m80959) HM
Though the first known westbound wagon train led by William Sublette passed this way in 1827 following an old Kanza hunting trail, the Oregon Trail would not be well defined until 1842 when the report of John C. Fremont’s expedition became the . . . — — Map (db m81187) HM
Working without the benefit of modern machinery, using only hand tools of pick and shovel, as many as forty men labored through the winter months and early spring of 1914 on the construction of the Westmoreland city water well, reputed to be the . . . — — Map (db m81193) HM
In tribute to those
from Pottawatomie Co. who
gave their lives during WWII
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Orville F. Area • Charles A. Eckert • Gerald A. Heim • Bernard J. Brockish • . . . — — Map (db m81755) WM
Dedicated to the boys of Pottawatomie County who gave their lives in the supreme sacrifice for their country during the World War
Francis Miller • Theodore H. Olson • Guy F. Proctor • Albert Sester • Roy Swain • Charley Trezise • Russell Taylor • . . . — — Map (db m81756) WM
