Assassination Site of Sgt. E. Frank Harrison

In 1870 St. Clair Co. was still under Radical Republican Reconstruction. On August 20, 1870 honorable men of the County (former Confederates) had decided to hold the first Democratic Convention after the War Between the States. The meeting would be ...

Daniel Morgan Avenue

This street is named for General Daniel Morgan (1736-1802). Revolutionary war leader whose victory at Cowpens on January 17, 1781, was one of the significant events of that war. Daniel Morgan served as a wagoner on Gen. Braddock's expedition in ...

Origins of the Base / Construction

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Origins of the Base

During the 1898 Spanish-American War, the Navy recognized that over half of the American sailors in that war had come from the Midwest. Congressman Foss of Illinois suggested that in the future, it might be advisable ...

Thomaston Revolutionary Soldiers

Thomaston

Revolutionary Soldiers

Asha Blaksley

David

Jessie Humiston

Daniel Potter, Lieut.

Samuel Reynolds

Ezekiel Sanford, Ens.

Daniel Sanford, Lieut.

John Sutliffe, Capt.

Benjam Welton

Erected By

Bicentennial

Committee

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Marine Street and Bridge Street, on the right when traveling south.

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Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Oak

Born October 27th, 1858 • Died January 6th, 1919

This tree (a Scarlett Oak) was placed here by the Roosevelt National Living Memorial Association, as a living tribute to the great lover and defender of Country and Flag, and our youngest ...

Hillside Cemetery Veterans Memorial

Dedicated To The Memory

Of Those Who Served

Their Country In All Wars

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Marine Street and Bridge Street, on the right when traveling north.

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Bunker Hill Monument

“Don’t fire ‘til you see the whites of their eyes.”

The Battle of Bunker Hill, fought here on Breed’s Hill, June 17, 1775, was the first major military confrontation of the Revolutionary War. Although the British won the battle – at ...

The Patee House In The Civil War

A State Divided: The Civil War in Missouri

The Hotel Patee House opened in 1858 as St. Joseph’s finest hotel. It later served as the national Pony Express headquarters, the local Union Army headquarters, a women’s college and a factory. The ...

Veterans Circle

This monument is in the shape of a five-pointed star when viewed from above. On each arm of the star is an emblem of the one of the five military services; Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard. Between ...

Southwestern General Hospital

In the late 1800s medical treatment of Tuberculosis called for isolation of the patient and complete rest. After the turn of the century research showed that bacteria responsible for the transmission of the communicable disease could be destroyed by sunlight. ...