James Milton Turner

(1839 - 1915)

Born in slavery in St. Louis County, Mo.

Freed 1843

Founder, Elias Buckner African-American School in Boonville 1869

Established 32 Missouri schools for African-Americans in 1870

Secured state funding for Lincoln Institute (later Lincoln University)

Secretary, Missouri Equal Rights League

U.S. Minister and Counsel ...

Bonner Cemetery

Established in 1867 as a final resting place for William Bonner, Dr. John Bonner, and their descendants. The two brothers, natives of South Carolina, came to Texas in the early 1850s, settling in Freestone County. Here they amassed thousands of ...

Site of Indian Trading Post

This is the place

where one of the

original Creek

Indian Trading Posts

stood in 1830.

Ladiga was Chief

of the tribe.

Marker is at the intersection of Public Square West (State Highway 21) and Ladiga Street Southwest, on the right when traveling south on Public Square ...

USS Sacramento (PG-19)

“The Galloping Ghost of the China Coast”

As part of our nation’s maritime history, USS Sacramento steamed more than one-half million miles during her proud service in the United States Navy.

She logged 64,000 miles convoying 483 ships through submarine-infested European waters ...

John Horace Forney

1829-1902

Graduate of West Point,

resigned from U.S. Army

to volunteer services

to State of Alabama.

Ably led Confederate forces

at Manassas, Pensacola,

Vicksburg, Mobile, Texas.

Marker is on Public Square West (State Highway 21) near Clinton Street Southwest, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Prospect Hill

The mansion which formerly stood here was built in 1841 by James Roach, a prosperous contractor who supplied most of the brick and stone used in the construction of the Aqueduct Bridge and Alexandria Canal (under construction 1833-1843) and the ...

Soldiers of 1776 Memorial

[ marker on the left column ]

Soldiers of 1776

Ensign Theophilus Baldwin

Col. Aner Bradley

Benaja Bryan

David Buckingham

Thomas Cole

Younglove Cutler

Samuel Dayton

Dr. John Elton

Jonathan Garnsey

Capt. Joseph Garnsey

Ashbel Loveland

Capt. Isaac Merriman

Joash Seymour

Capt. Josiah Seymour

Ensign John Stoddard

Erected By

The Sarah Whitman Trumbull

Chapter D.A.R.

1910

[ marker on ...

Court Square & Springhouse

Temporary Prison Camp

During the Civil War, a road (Market Street) ran east and west through the courthouse square, dividing it roughly in half. The courthouse occupied the northern portion while the jail, clerk’s office, and springhouse were in the ...

William Henry Forney

1823-1894

Brigadier General C.S.A.

With Army of Virginia 1861-1865.

Wounded in battle five times.

He was one of four distinguished sons

of Jacob Forney and Sabina Swope Hoke

of Jacksonville who held commissions

in the Confederate Army.

Member U.S. Congress 1875-1893

Member Gettysburg

National Military Park Commission

Veteran Mexican War 1846.

Marker ...

Semorile Building

1884-1988

Built by Bartolomeo Semorile and designed by Napa architect Luther M. Turton as an outstanding example of Victorian commercial architecture.

The Semorile family came to Napa in 1869 and started their grocery business just east of this site. Early in 1889 ...