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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIOM_wornall-homestead_Kansas-City-MO.html
Built in 1858 by John Wornall on his 640-acre farm, this house was in the center of heavy fighting on October 23, 1864. After the last Confederate charge to the north toward Westport was repulsed, this house was used as a field hospital for both U…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMII6_park-cemetery-gar-memorial_Carthage-MO.html
Side 1 Meade Soldiers Rest! Thy warfare o'er Sleep the sleep that knows no waking Dream of battlefields no more Side 2 Grant On Fames eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread And glory guards with solumn round The Bivovac of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI44_etienne-veniard-sieur-de-bourgemont_Kansas-City-MO.html
(front of marker in English) Starting about 1680, the pressure of French traders moving up the Missouri from the Illinois country coincided with the commercial void created by the Pueblo Indian revolt in New Mexico. Soon, Frenchmen were coming …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI3B_james-bridger-gravesite_Independence-MO.html
picture of Jim Bridger James Bridger1804 · 1881 Celebrated as a hunter, trapper, fur trader, and guide. Discovered Great Salt Lake 1824, the South Pass 1827. Visited Yellowstone Lake and Geysers 1830. Founded Ft. Bridger 1843. Opened O…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI30_sugar-creek-veterans-memorial_Sugar-Creek-MO.html
Center Tablet:(picture of a stylized Eagle) Erected to those of Sugar Creek, Missouri who have made the Supreme Sacrifice in World War I and World War II Korea and Vietnam Left Tablet: Pvt. George Beal · Army · France &mid…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHUG_the-gateway-arch_St.-Louis-MO.html
Dedicated tothe People of the United States May 25, 1968 Lyndon B. JohnsonPresident of the Unites StatesThe City of St. Louis MissouriThe United States TerritorialExpansion Memorial Committee United States Department of the InteriorNation…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHS9_lewis-and-clark-expedition-across-missouri_Kansas-City-MO.html
"we Set out early? Passed the mouth of ? Blue water river?[and later]? a bad Sand bar, where our two rope twice?. Came to and Camped in the Point above the Kansas River. I observed a great number of Parrot queets this evening?" William Clark, June…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHQQ_the-french-and-the-lewis-clark-expedition_Kansas-City-MO.html
Marker Front:The French-speaking community made a significant contribution to the ultimate success of the epochal Lewis & Clark expedition. The St. Louis Chouteau brothers, fur traders Auguste and Pierre, lodged the two captains in their substanti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHQ3_shelbys-last-stand_Kansas-City-MO.html
On Oct. 23, 1864, Confederate Gen. Shelby being forced back from Westport by Gen. Curtis and flanked on the east by Gen. Pleasonton formed a defensive line here behind stone fences running east and west to the state line. Jackman's Brigade of Shel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHO3_leroy-robert-satchel-paige_Kansas-City-MO.html
front left panel Leroy Robert (picture of Satchel) July 7, 1906 June 8, 1982 front right panelLahoma Jean (picture of Lahoma) April 7, 1922 Sept. 22, 1986 center front panelPaigeHe began work carrying suitcases at Mobile Union Station…