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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28PC_sheriff-samuel-j-jones_Lecompton-KS.html
Samuel Jones was an entrepreneur. He constructed Constitution Hall in 1856 and it is now a National Landmark. He was appointed Sheriff of Douglas County, Kansas, in 1856 by Territorial Governor Daniel Woodson. Sheriff Jones enforced the laws of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PQU_palmyra-well_Baldwin-City-KS.html
This well was hand dug when the town of Palmyra was established in 1857, it served travelers on the Santa Fe Trail, as well as townspeople.
The well is 25 ft in diameter and 56 ft deep and about 17 ft to water.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PQT_palmyra_Baldwin-City-KS.html
First important repair stop on the Santa Fe Trail
Blacksmith~~General Store~~Hotel
Well~~Saw Mill~~Post Office
Lawyer
Settled 1856 Surveyed 1857
The Palmyra Association Donated the Land for Baker University and City of BaldwinSt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O4C_trinity-episcopal-church_Lawrence-KS.html
Trinity Parish organized 1857
Original church consecrated July 29, 1859
on this site by Jackson Kemper,
First Missionary Bishop of
the Episcopal Church
The present Gothic Revival style sanctuary
was erected 1870-1873
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O43_standard-mutual-life-building_Lawrence-KS.html
The Fraternal Aid Society built a three story building on this site in 1904
Fire substantially destroyed the structure in 1930
Standard Mutual Life Insurance Company reconstructed this Renaissance Revival style building and occupied it from 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O40_lucy-hobbs-taylor-building_Lawrence-KS.html
National Register of Historic Places
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O3Z_first-united-methodist-church_Lawrence-KS.html
Organized 1855 as the
Methodist Episcopal Church
This Richardsonian Romanesque style building was constructed 1889-1891
Initial worship held February 8, 1891
John G. Haskell, Architect
Daniel Dahlene, Stonemason
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H5P_grand-army-of-the-republic-memorial_Lawrence-KS.html
This fountain is dedicated by the Woman Relief Corps Number 9, Department of Kansas, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic as an enduring memorial of perpetual service to the living, in loving remembrance of Comrade Robert S. and Mary J. McF…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H4D_spanish-american-war-memorial_Lawrence-KS.html
Erected by
Company H
20th Kansas Inft. U.S.V.
Eighth Army Corps
Spanish-American War
1898 - 1899
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GYU_world-war-ii-memorial-campanile_Lawrence-KS.html
Free government does not bestow repose upon its citizens but sets them in the vanguard of battle to defend the liberty of every man.
[Roll of 277 KU Honored Dead]
[Cast bronze door panels, dedicated 1955, read]
Achievement ? Courage ? Aspiration …