Missouri Valley Special Collections
Advanced Search | Help | My Favorites
All Images Local History Index  
Search results for: 36 item(s) for: "Historical Markers"
Search current collection(s) again
Refine your search
Subject
Historical Markers (30)
Landmarks (11)
Highways (8)
Santa fe Trail (6)
Roads (5)
Show more...

Type
Magazine Article (17)
Newspaper Article (5)
Photograph (4)
Map (4)
Book (2)
Show more...

Creator
Floyd C Shoemaker (9)
Missouri State Highway... (2)
Arline B N Moss (2)
Ethel Massie Withers (1)
Owen a Teague (1)
Show more...

Date
n.d (4)
Spring 2006 (1)
//1925-1926 (1)
1927 (1)
1932 (1)
Show more...

 Image: Title: Date: Description:
1. 'Site of Shame' Dedicated 'Site of Shame' Dedicated April 29, 2007 The Sand Creek Massacre National Historic site was dedicated in southeastern Colorado on April 28, 2007. The site is located 160 miles southeast of Denver on Big Sandy Creek in Kiowa County and pays tribute...
2. Arly L. Hedrick Bridge and Troost Lake Marker Arly L. Hedrick Bridge and Troost Lake Marker January 11, 2006 The column "Postcards of Historic Northeast" features the Arly L. Hedrick Bridge as seen in 1921 at 27th Street. The bridge was built in 1919 in Troost Park by the firm of Hedrick & Hedrick and is now...
3. Bartle, Paige, Pendergast All Call Forest Hill Home Bartle, Paige, Pendergast All Call Forest Hill Home June 1, 2011 Postcard image of Forest Hill Cemetery (69th & Troost Ave.) and a short article about some of the notable Kansas Citians buried there.
4. Clay County, Missouri Clay County, Missouri 1932 Map of Clay County, Missouri, depicting the county's history. Lists historic events on the map itself, as well as its margins.
5. Dedication of the Bent-Ward Home Dedication of the Bent-Ward Home May 29, 1905 Program for "the dedication of the Historical Marker Honoring the Bent-Ward Home" sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) in 1976.
6. Ezra Meeker's March to Washington, March-December 1907 Ezra Meeker's March to Washington, March-December 1907 Summer 2006 It has been 100 years since Ezra Meeker's 1906 Old Oregon Trail Monument Expedition. "Meeker had undertaken the trip in order to promote the importance of the Oregon Trail in American history, place markers...
7. HST Started at Lee's Summit HST Started at Lee's Summit April//1975 Announcement of the placement of a marker for the "spot in Lee's Summit where Harry S Truman announced his candidacy for his first political office."
8. Kansas City's Historic Heritage Kansas City's Historic Heritage 1967 Pictorial map of historical sites in the Kansas City area. Reverse shows short history of Kansas City and list of sites noted on map, with location and short description given for each.
9. Making a Unique Heritage: Celebrating Pike's Pawnee Village and the Santa Fe Trail, 1900-1918 Making a Unique Heritage: Celebrating Pike's Pawnee Village and the Santa Fe Trail, 1900-1918 Autumn//2000 Photos and article about the movement starting about 1900 toward marking places of historical significance in Kansas, starting with explorer Zebulon Pike's Pawnee Village site in 1901 and 1906, honoring...
10. Marker Dedication Marker Dedication circa 1920s-30s Exterior view of a group of people standing and watching what appears to be the unveiling of a monument or marker, exact location not given, perhaps Independence, Mo. May be a DAR marker to commemorate...
11. Memories of Mayhem Memories of Mayhem February//2003 Article found in the column "Travel-Tracking Down the Past." Gives a short account of the raid on Lawrence, Kansas by William Quantrill and his men that happened August 21, 1863. The article then tells...
12. Missouri's Heritage to Be Perpetuated in Historic Sites Survey Records Missouri's Heritage to Be Perpetuated in Historic Sites Survey Records July//1960 Photo (of the restored Fort Osage) and article about historic sites in Missouri preserved in state survey records.
13. Missouri's New Program for Highway Historic Marking Missouri's New Program for Highway Historic Marking January//1955 Photo and article about Missouri's roadside historic landmarks, started in 1910 by the Daughters of the American Revolution, and marking such features as Fort Osage, Grand Tower Island, Arrow Rock Tavern,...
14. Missouri's New Program for Highway Historic Marking Missouri's New Program for Highway Historic Marking April//1955 Photos, illustrations, and second in a series of articles about the marking of historical sites in Missouri by the State Highway Commission, including the Kansas City and surrounding areas.
15. Missouri's Program for Highway Historic Marking, 1953-1955 Missouri's Program for Highway Historic Marking, 1953-1955 October//1957 Photos, illustrations, and first in a series of articles about the marking of historic sites on Missouri highways by the State Highway Commission, including the Kansas City area (Platte County, Missouri)....
16. Missouri's Program for Highway Historic Marking, 1955-1957 Missouri's Program for Highway Historic Marking, 1955-1957 July//1958 Photos and second in a series of articles about marking of historic sites on Missouri highways including areas surrounding Kansas City such as Lamar, Sedalia, Warrensburg, and Glasgow.
17. Missouri's Program for Highway Historic Marking, 1955-1957 Missouri's Program for Highway Historic Marking, 1955-1957 October//1958 Photos and third in a series of articles about marking of historic sites on Missouri highways including areas surrounding Kansas City such as Richmond, Missouri and Maryville, Missouri.
18. Missouri's Program for Highway Historic Marking, 1955-1957 Missouri's Program for Highway Historic Marking, 1955-1957 January//1959 Photos and fourth in a series of articles about marking of historic sites on Missouri highways including areas surrounding Kansas City such as Sedalia, Missouri and Warrensburg, Missouri.
19. Missouri's Program for Highway Historic Marking, 1959 Missouri's Program for Highway Historic Marking, 1959 April//1960 Photos, illustrations, and first in a series of articles about the marking of historic sites on Missouri highways in 1959 including Cass County, Missouri.
20. Mystery Surrounds Kessler Park's Indian Mound Mystery Surrounds Kessler Park's Indian Mound May 8, 2011 Short article about Indian Mound at Kessler Park and how a 1923 study "commissioned by William Scarritt and the Kansas City park board" confirmed it to be of Indian origin. Images of the survey marker...