Historical Marker Search

You searched for City|State|Country: , ks us

Showing results 1 to 10 of 40
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VI4_butterfields-overland-dispatch-historical_Atchison-KS.html
Text on the Front of the marker: (picture of Concord Coach) Butterfield's Overland Dispatch 1865 Text on Reverse of marker: Butterfield's Ooverland Dispatch Established 1865 by David A. Butterfield The B.O.D. followed the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H6E_atchison_Atchison-KS.html
On July 4, 1804, Lewis and Clark exploring the new Louisiana Purchase, camped near this site. Fifty years later the town was founded by Proslavery men and named for Sen. D. R. Atchison. The Squatter Sovereign, Atchison's first newspaper, was an ea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H6A_mount-saint-scholastica-monastery_Atchison-KS.html
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H2Q_veterans-memorial_Atchison-KS.html
In memory of our departed comrades
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H2P_frank-r-firth_Atchison-KS.html
Born in Leicester, Mass. May 25, 1847 Died June 19, 1872 from the effect of a railway accident. Faithful unto death Wisdom is the gray hair unto men and an unspotted life is old age. Erected by the men in the service of the Atchison and Nebraska …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H2G_john-alexander-martin_Atchison-KS.html
In memory of a soldier and statesman. John A. Martin Born at Brownsville, Pa. March 10, 1839. Died at Atchison, Kas. Oct. 2, 1889. Colonel of the 8th Kansas Volunteers, and Brevet Brigadier General of U.S. Volunteers. Editor & Publisher of the At…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17BD_joe-tinker_Muscotah-KS.html
Born In Muscotah, KS Inducted Into TheBaseball Hall of Fame 1946 Played Shortshop With TheChicago Cubs 1902-1912 Famous For TheDouble Play CombinationTinker To Evers To Chance
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11G7_mormon-grove_Atchison-KS.html
Near here, located in a grove of young hickory trees, was an important rallying point in 1855 and 1856 for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon), then emigrating to the Rocky Mountains.The campground, really a tempora…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZT4_this-day-being-the-4th-of-july_Atchison-KS.html
The U.S. Army expedition led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark camped in this vicinity on July 4, 1804. In honor of the nation's 28th birthday, expedition members fired the swivel cannon on the bow of their keelboat once in the mornin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZT3_grand-village-des-canzes_Atchison-KS.html
Independence Creek was noted as the main settlement of the Kanza Tribe as far back as 1673. By the time French explorer Etienne Veniard de Bourgmont arrived in 1724 this was considered an old village and the capital of the Kanza nation. This la…
PAGE 1 OF 4