The Unknown Embattled Defenders of Fort Harrison

Here

unknown but not forgotten

lie the Embattled Defenders

of

Fort Harrison

September 3, - 5, 1812

Marker is on McCullough Avenue (becomes 4th Street) north of Fort Harrison Road.

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Burial Ground Fort William Harrison

Dedicated to the memory of the courageous pioneers who so successfully defended Fort Harrison in the activities which served as a Prologue to The War of 1812

Marker can be reached from McCullough Avenue (becomes 4th Street) north of Fort Harrison ...

German Valley School Bell

Between 1830 and 1886 this bell rang from a belfry on top of this building when it served as a school.

In memory of Kathleen Darter.

Marker is on Fairview Road, on the left when traveling east.

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Richards and Conover Hardware Company Building

This property has been

placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is at the intersection of Wyandotte Street and 5th Street, on the left when traveling north on Wyandotte ...

Andrew Johnson National Cemetery

Andrew Johnson chose to be buried atop this hill, then known as “Signal Hill,” which he owned. His family members continued to be buried here in the family plot until his great-granddaughter’s interment in 1992. The cemetery became part of ...

Lou E. Holland

The Father of Kansas City Aviation

In 1927 led the city's airport development program and personally laid the framework for the network of air transport routes which today make Kansas City the Air Hub of the Nation.

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Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport

This historic aviation facility is named in honor of longtime medical pathologist, Jackson County coroner, judge, and Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, Charles B. Wheeler. In appreciation of his dedication to air service expansion for the people of the ...

Chandlerville

Founded 1832 by Dr. Charles Chandler of Rhode Island.

Marker is at the intersection of Lincoln Avenue (County Road 12) and Bluff Street, on the left when traveling north on Lincoln Avenue.

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Iowa State Monument

[Text on the Upper Front (South) Side of Monument]:

Iowa dedicates this monument

In honor of her sons

Who on this and other fields

Proved themselves worthy sons

of Patriotic Sires

[Text on the Lower Front (South) Side of Monument]:

You have made it a high privilege

to ...

Davy Crockett’s Birthplace

On this spot

Davy Crockett

was born

Aug. 17, 1786

Marker is on Musket Lane, on the right when traveling south.

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