The Capture of Detroit

Confident of victory, General Hull had invaded Canada in July 1812, but failed to take advantage of his early success and the demoralization of the defenders. Fear of the Indians then rallying to the British cause and an inability to ...

Potawatomi Trail of Death

On Sept. 29, 1838, 800 Potawatomi Indians marched through Springfield on the forced removal from Indiana to Kansas. Although many had died and they faced severe hardship, they were encouraged by Judge Polke and Chief I-o-weh to exhibit pride, so ...

Kendleton

Kendleton was originally a large plantation area of land in the western section of Fort Bend County. During the Reconstruction Era, free Negroes from Colorado and Washington Counties developed a colony of 100-acre plots. Having relocated several times, the community ...

The Restoration Movement / Doty Settlement Cemetery

Side A: The Restoration Movement

In the early years of the nineteenth century, a religious unrest known as the Second Great Awakening spread across much of the American frontier. Among the most influential of the evolving religious organizations were the Campbellites, ...

Site of Juana Briones de Miranda Home on Rancho La Purisima Conc

In 1844 Juana de Briones de Miranda, a pioneer Latina property owner, businesswoman and humanitarian, purchased the 4,439 acre Rancho La Purisima Concepcion from Indian grantee Jose Gorgornio. The grant extended two miles south, encompassing Foothill College and most of ...

Semiconductor Planar Process and Integrated Circuit, 1959

IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing

The 1959 invention of the Planar Process by Jean A. Hoerni and the Integrated Circuit (IC) based on planar technology by Robert N. Noyce catapulted the semiconductor industry into the silicon IC era. This ...

First Commercially Practicable Integrated Circuit

At this site in 1959, Dr. Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation invented the first integrated circuit that could be produced commercially. Based on “planar” technology, an earlier Fairchild breakthrough, Noyce’s invention consisted of a complete electronic circuit inside a ...

Tootle, Hanna and Leach Dry Goods

Original Occupant

Built 1869

Marker is on Delaware Street near 5th Street, on the right when traveling south.

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Kansas City's Original Board of Trade

Built 1877

Asa Beebe Cross: Architect

Marker is on 5th Street near Delaware Street, on the left when traveling west.

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Bird Woman's Trail

In honor of Sacagawea, "Interpreter"

She was not at Kaw's Mouth

in June 1804,

but joined the expedition later

in April of 1805 at the Mandan

villages in what is now North Dakota.

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