Meriwether Monument

Hero of the Hamburg Riot

[South face ]:

Dec. 4,1852 - July 8, 1876

———

In Memory of

Thomas McKie

Meriwether.

Who on 8th July 1876,

gave his life that the

civilization builded by his

fathers might be preserved

for their childrens

children unimpaired.

[East face]:

In youths clad mourning the

unfinished years of manhood

stretching ...