Warrensburg

Warrensburg (HM1LQJ)

Location: Warrensburg, MO 64093 Johnson County
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N 38° 46.406', W 93° 42.828'

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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 Richard M. Johnson.
Warrensburg was incorporated, 1855. In the Civil War, though largely pro-Southern, it was occupied by Union troops as a post and supply base. After the Pacific Railroad (now Mo. Pac.) reached here, 1864, the town centered around the station and the first townsite became "Old Town." In the 1870's, quarries were opened near town in a huge sandstone deposit. Among buildings of this Warrensburg Sandstone are those on the College Campus and the courthouse (1896).
Central Missouri State College, here, was founded, 1871, as the State Normal School for the Second Normal District of Missouri. Warrensburg and Johnson County gave 16 acres and raised $145,000 to win the school. It was one of the first two state normal schools in Missouri. The college maintains an Educational Museum and Essig Musical Instruments Collection.
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Warrensburg, seat of justice and training center for a grain and livestock farming county, lies in territory ceded by Osage tribes in 1808. First settlers in the county, largely from the South, came in the 1820's.
Points of interest here in Warrensburg include the College Campus and the Old Courthouse where Senator George G. Vest delivered his famous "Tribute to the Dog" in his plea to the jury in one of Missouri's most colorful damage suits. South is Pertle Springs, early resort and convention center. East, near Knob Noster, are Whit[e]man Air Force Base and Knob Noster State Park.
Warrensburg was the home of Francis M. Cockrell (1834-1915) a native of Johnson Co., Confederate general, U. S. senator, 1875-1905; and Thomas T. Crittenden (1832-1909) Union colonel, governor of Mo., 1881-85. Here also, for a time, lived Wells H. Blodgett (1839-1929) Union colonel, state legislator; Carry Moore Nation (1846-1911), Clara Cleghorn Hoffman (1831-1908), leaders in temperance movement; John W. (Blind) Boone (1864-1927) the Negro musician; and George MacCurdy (1863-1947) a native of Warrensburg, anthropologist.
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HM NumberHM1LQJ
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Year Placed1957
Placed ByState Historical Society of Missouri and State Highway Commission
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Sunday, July 12th, 2015 at 2:02pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15S E 437993 N 4291876
Decimal Degrees38.77343333, -93.71380000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 46.406', W 93° 42.828'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 46' 24.36" N, 93° 42' 49.68" W
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Area Code(s)660
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling West
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 812 E Young Ave, Warrensburg MO 64093, US
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