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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W9P_tabo-creek-historical_Lexington-MO.html
A ferry built by Adam Lightner in 1821 may have carried William Becknell's first trade expedition to Santa Fe in that year.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PK6_trail-of-death_Lexington-MO.html
On October 26, 1838 about 800 Potawatomi Indians being forcibly removed from Indiana camped on the river bank opposite Lexington. They ferried the Missouri River on October 27 and were marched on to Northeast Kansas.
This monument is in memory …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PJV_madonna-of-the-trail-monument_Lexington-MO.html
The "Madonna of the Trail" statue was designed and sculpted by August Leimbach of St. Louis. The statue was unveiled and dedicated on September 17, 1928 by the Missouri State Society Daughters of the American Revolution in memory of the brave pion…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PJO_original-site-of-russell-majors-and-waddell-home-office_Lexington-MO.html
Northwest across this intersection is the original site of the Home Office of Russell, Majors and Waddell, owners and operators of the Pony Express. Though operating headquarters was at Leavenworth, Kansas, and the Eastern Terminus at St. Joseph…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PJG_replica-of-the-statue-of-liberty_Lexington-MO.html
With the faith and courage of
their forefathers who made
possible the freedom of these
United States
The Boy Scouts of America
dedicate this copy of the
Statue of Liberty as a pledge
of everlasting fidelity and
loyalty
The Crusade to St…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PJ8_wentworth-world-war-memorial_Lexington-MO.html
Wentworth Alumni Memorial
to those who made
the supreme sacrifice
in the World War
1917 - 1918
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Robert Clore '15 · John W. Davis '09 · Leslie Horn '10 · Russell St…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PJ7_guibors-battery_Lexington-MO.html
From this spot
Captain Guibor's Battery
shelled the Federal troops entrenched
on Masonic College Hill
during the Battle of Lexington
September 18, 19, 20, 1861
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P8S_christ-church_Lexington-MO.html
Established on Whitsunday 1844 by The Rt. Rev'd David Jackson Kemper, First Missionary Bishop of the The Episcopal Church, and by The Rev'd St. Michael Fackler, First Rector of Christ Church. This Gothic-Revival style building, erected in 1848 of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P8R_the-steamboat-saluda-disaster_Lexington-MO.html
In early April 1852 the aging side-wheeler steamboat Saluda churned up the Missouri River from St. Louis, bound for Kanesville (Council Bluffs), Iowa. Unable to push past the Lexington Bend due to ice floes and strong currents, it docked at Lexing…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P8Q_william-morrison_Lexington-MO.html
William Morrison fought his was from poverty and obscurity to become one of the most influential citizens of Lexington. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1817 to John and Nancy (Barns) Morrison, a family of Scots descent that settled in New Hamps…