United States Land Office

A United States Land Office was located at this site in 1820 and operated until 1855. Settlers from as far as Chicago came here to file on homesteads.

Young Abraham Lincoln passing through Palestine in 1830 with his family in ...

Revolutionary Soldiers of Henry County

This Tablet is Dedicated to the

Memory of Revolutionary Soldiers

of Henry County

Captain Philip Hendrick

Captain Nathaniel Leonard

Captain James Stevenson

Jacob Wimmer

Caleb Dille

Richard Conway

Christopher Long

Orr Scovelle

Hugh Heally

Aaron Dunn

Ebenizer Harper

Nathan Powell

Lewis Tacket

John McDonald

Jacob Morris

Thomas Hilman

William Wilson ...

Fort Kearny

The growth of overland emigration to Oregon after 1842 resulted in the establishment of military posts across the West to protect travelers. The first post, Fort Kearny, was established in the spring of 1848 “near the head of the Grand ...

City of Fountains

City of great barbeque? True. City of great jazz? Also true. City of fountains? Right again. Among Kansas City’s greatest claims to fame is our plethora of beautiful ornamental fountains.

The love of fountains and statuary began in the ...

One of KC's Oldest

If you like a bit of history with your beer or burger, be sure to head for Kelly’s Westport Inn, in Kansas City’s Westport district. During the westward movement in the mid-1800s, Westport was a “re-fueling” stop where wagon ...

John F. Kennedy

Dedicated to

the memory of

John F. Kennedy

35th President of

the United States

who gave his life

for his country

November 22, 1963

Marker is at the intersection of Chestnut Street and Vincent Place, on the left when traveling west on Chestnut Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Fife Opera House

The Fife Opera House, located on the second floor of the Fife Hardware Store, was built by David Fife. It operated from 1901-1912.

It seated 700 people on red leather seats, had electric fans and was heated with a coal furnace. ...

Site of Donnell & Parsons Building

The firm of Donnell & Parsons built Columbia’s first brick building at this corner in April of 1853, a general store which carried a wide range of merchandise and provisions. The building survived a big fire in July, 1854 but ...

Birthplace of Wilbur Wright

April 16, 1867 - May 30, 1912

Co-inventor of the airplane

With his brother, Orville,

he began studying flight, 1896;

built first model airplane, 1899;

began gliding, 1900; and achieved

first successful powered flight

at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina,

December 17, 1903

Marker is on North County Road ...

Ford Motor Company

The Ford Motor Company was incorporated as an automobile manufacturer on June 16, 1903. The articles of incorporation were drawn up and signed in the office of Alexander Y. Malcolmson, who operated a coal yard once located on this site.