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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IGJ_tau-eta-gamma-local_Springfield-MO.html
Founded February 7, 1961
in Fairbanks Hall Kitchen
Then Phi Kappa Sigma (national)
Beta Kappa Chapter
1961-1983
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IGI_fairbanks-hall_Springfield-MO.html
Erected in 1876, stood 15 feet from this site until 1978. The hall was given to Drury by Mr. Charles Fairbanks of Tunbridge Wells, England as a memorial to his son, Walter. Fairbanks served Drury proudly as a home for over two thousand Drury stu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IGH_indian-mounds_Springfield-MO.html
[Side A]
These mounds mark the site of pre-historic Indian homes. They are believed to represent the remains of thatch-roofed circular adobe huts, similar to those now built by the Mandan Indians. Thousands of similar mounds are widely scattere…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IGG_gettysburg-address_Springfield-MO.html
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that natio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IG5_civil-war-entrenchments_Springfield-MO.html
This is the site of
Civil War entrenchments used
in defense of Springfield.
200 yards north is the
site of Indian mounds.
200 feet south stood
the Drury Academy building.
Across this site ran the
Ridge Road to St. Louis.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19W4_stone-chapel_Springfield-MO.html
Long recognized as a symbol of Drury College, Stone Chapel resulted from gift by Mrs. Valeria G. Stone, Malde, Mass., and named for her. Cornerstone was laid Nov.16, 1880. Fire loss delayed completion until 1892. Special features: first bldg. made…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19SJ_fairbanks-hall_Springfield-MO.html
On this spot stood the building in which Drury College opened September, 25, 1873.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16PL_veterans-memorial_Springfield-MO.html
We have won this war because our men are brave, and because of many other things, we did not win it because destiny created us better than all other peoples, I hope that in victory we are more grateful than proud. Ernie Pyle, 1944
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSYJ_first-church-in-greene-county_Springfield-MO.html
585 feet southwest first church, Methodist Episcopal, in southwest Missouri was located in 1833. Size 18 x 20 feet, built of logs, puncheon floor and seats. Cost 18 dollars. Rev. Jas. H. Slavens, M.D., first pastor over White River and St. Francis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSXX_world-war-i-memorial_Springfield-MO.html
In memory of the men of Springfield who died in service in the World War for the cause of liberty.
[Roll of Honored Dead]