Fort Ripley

The establishment of Fort Ripley in 1848 represents the U.S. government’s effort to establish control on the northern frontier. Construction began on the west bank of the Mississippi River across from this point a year before Minnesota became a territory. ...

In Memory of Sadie M. Likens

1840-1920

Who devoted many years of her life aiding the survivors of the Civil War and other wars.

Erected A.D. 1923

By the Grand Army of the Republic, affiliated orders and friends.

Marker is on Lincoln Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Church of the Presidents

St. James Episcopal Church

Built in 1879. Named for the seven U.S. Presidents who attended services here: Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, and Woodrow Wilson.

Deconsecrated in 1953, it became ...

Former Aeolian Building

Built in 1925-27 on Fifth Avenue, Manhattan's most prestigious commercial thoroughfare, this elegant Neo-Classical structure was designed by Warren & Wetmore, the architects of Grand Central Terminal. Clad with Indiana limestone and marble, the facades rise to a graceful setback ...

Third Armored Field Artillery Battalion

Dedicated to the Third Armored Field Artillery Battalion whose members fought with valor and distinction in the Rhineland, Ardennes and Central Europe campaigns of World War II receiving a Presidential Unit Citation for sustained artillery fire, repulsing an entire German ...

1st Infantry Division Memorial

Front

Dedicated to the military personnel from Fort Riley, Kansas, service in support of Operation Desert Storm

July 4, 1991 by friends and neighbors in Junction City and Geary County

Funding for this project has been donated by:

Junction City Distributing Co. - ...

Frying Pan Meeting House

Frying Pan Springs Meeting House was erected c. 1791 on land granted by Robert “Counsellor” Carter to a group of “Old School” Baptists. In addition to local farmers the fundamentalist beliefs of its members also attracted free blacks and slaves ...

Site of the Claremont Inn

Erected in 1788 as a residence

the building became a public

tavern before the Civil War.

It was acquired by the City

in 1878 and was operated as a

restaurant until its demolition

in 1950.

Marker is on Riverside Drive, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy ...

Plum River Falls

Steamboats once navigated to this point, where Plum River Falls powered saw, powder, grist, and flour mills at various times between 1836 and 1885. Near here the Rock Island Military and Prophetstown Trails to Galena were intersected as early as ...

Eglise Française du St. Esprit

Founded by refugee French Huguenots in New Amsterdam in 1628 and moved to this site in 1940. This plaque was dedicated by their descendants and the congregation of St. Esprit to mark the four-hundredth anniversary of the Edict of Nantes ...