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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME0Z_20th-century-veterans-memorial_Fort-Scott-KS.html
In peace you servedas our defender,in battle our protector,and in death, a reminderthat Liberty is still our greatest Strength.
Dedicated in honor of all who served in the Armed Forces of our Country in the 20th Century
Duty Honor Country
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDY0_baxter-springs-civil-war-memorial_Baxter-Springs-KS.html
(dedication on front of marker) Erected by the United States to the Memory of the Officers and Soldiers Killed in the Battle of Baxter Springs October 8, 1863, and Other Engagements in this Vicinity who are Buried near this Monument, and Whose Na…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDXM_battle-of-osawatomie_Osawatomie-KS.html
On the morning of August 30, 1856, John Brown led about 30 antislavery men into battle against 250 proslavery Missourians. This Battle of Osawatomie raged on the site of John Brown Memorial Park.
Local tradition maintains that the statue of Joh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDRZ_shawnee-friends-mission_Merriam-KS.html
In 1825 the Federal government began moving Eastern Indians to new lands west of the Mississippi. This sign is on a 2,500 square mile tract assigned to the Shawnees.
With this tribe came Methodist, Baptist and Quaker missionaries. One mile east…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDOX_stanley-rural-high-school_Overland-Park-KS.html
While S.R.H.S. was being built, classes were held in the Christian and Methodist churches - Grange Hall.
Charter Roll SCHOOL BOARD ? ?? TEACHERS J.L. Chaney, R.H. Holmes, P.L. Kellogg - J.L. Stark, Principal; Amy Kincaid
StudentsLawrence Cha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDKR_santa-fe-trail_Leawood-KS.html
(limestone marker) "A Highway Between Nations"Sen. Thomas Hart Benton, 1825 (red granite marker) Santa Fe Trail1821 - 1872Marked by theDaugters of theAmerican Revolutionand theState of Missouri1909
New Santa Fe
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDKP_esther-e-brown_Merriam-KS.html
Esther E. Brown organized citizen support in South Park for litigation leading to the 1949 Kansas Supreme Court order admitting black children to the South Park School and to nearby high schools. Her actions encouraged similar litigation resulting…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDKI_merriam-park_Merriam-KS.html
President Ulysses S. Grant dedicated a spectacular park on this site on July 1, 1880. Built by the Ft. Scott & Gulf Railroad and designed by the famed landscape architect George Kessler, the park covered 40 acres from Shawnee Mission Parkway to 65…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDJB_palm-park_Topeka-KS.html
Main marker:Dedicated in Memory of Major Willard G. Palm who died while serving his country1921 - 1960Major Willard G. Palm and his fellow crew members *Maj. Eugene E. Posa, *Capt. Oscar L. Goforth, *Capt. Dean B. Phillips, Capt. Freeman B. Olmste…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDID_quantrills-raid-on-shawneetown_Shawnee-KS.html
A band of Confederate guerrillas led by William Quantrill corraled the residents of Shawneetown into the square at this site. A majority of the town's buildings and homes were looted and set on fire nearly destroying the town. Thirteen persons wer…