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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBW8_the-battle-at-chalk-bluff_Campbell-MO.html
The Battle at Chalk BluffDown the hill from this marker is the place where four brigades of Confederates, led by Brig. Gen. John Sappington Marmaduke, crossed the St. Francis into the safety of Arkansas on May 1-2, 1863. The clash with Union troop…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBMN_the-battle-of-belmont_Charleston-MO.html
North and west of this location, the Battle of Belmont was fought on November 7, 1861. It was the first battle in which Ulysses S. Grant commanded an army. He had recently been promoted to Brigadier General and placed in command of the federal Dis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBLH_mississippi-county_Charleston-MO.html
(Front):Comprising 411 square miles of Missouri's great alluvial plain, this county, organized in 1845, is a high producer of cotton, grain, and soybeans. The Mississippi (Algonquin Indian for Great Water), flowing along some 70 miles of the count…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBFV_the-village-of-kennett_Kennett-MO.html
In 1843,the villageof Kennettwas founded nearthe campsite ofChickasaw IndianChief Chilletecaux
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBFP_kennett_Kennett-MO.html
(Front):Here in the Southeast Lowland Region of Missouri on a Delaware and Shawnee Indian village site, Kennett was laid out as the seat of Dunklin County, 1846. The town was first called Chilletecaux for a Delaware Indian living here at the time.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7Z0_new-madrid-island-no-ten_New-Madrid-MO.html
At this location, and at other locations up and down stream, the Siege of New Madrid and the Island No. Ten campaigns took place during the months of March and April of 1862. Union victories here ensured Federal control of the middle Mississippi R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7YX_new-madrid_New-Madrid-MO.html
(Front)First American town in Missouri. Founded in 1789 by George Morgan, Princeton graduate and Indian trader, on the site of Francois and Joseph Le Sieur's trading settlement, L'Anse a laGraise (Fr. Cove of Fat). Flood and caving banks have dest…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM52U_death-of-brigadier-general-nathaniel-lyon_Republic-MO.html
At or near this spot fellBrigadier General Nathaniel LyonBorn Ashford, Conn. 1818Graduated U.S MilitaryAcademy, 1841. Commanderof the Federal forcesIn The Battle of Wilson CreekAugust 10, 1861This marker is erected byThe University Club of Springf…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM41H_mutual-musicians-association-building_Kansas-City-MO.html
Has been designated aNational Historic LandmarkThis site possesses national significanceIn commemorating the history of theUnited States of AmericaThis hall used by Musicians Union Local #627 served as a center for the development of the "Kansas C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2RE_saint-joseph_St-Joseph-MO.html
(Front): Renowned city of the Pony Express, St. Joseph was first settled as a trading post for the American Fur Company by Joseph Robidoux, 1826. Later he acquired the site and laid out a town in 1843. St. Joseph became an outfitting point for set…