Toquerville

In 1854 President Brigham Young sent scouts to locate sites for settlement. Indians living here called it Toquer (Meaning Black). In 1858 eight families were sent from New Harmony to colonize here. They named it Toquerville, which became the county ...

Old Sterrett Cemetery

“Cedars of Beulah Land Burial Ground”

This cemetery was established around 1841. The oldest marked grave is for Polly Webster (1822-May 3, 1841), daughter of Beulah Land founder Henley Webster, born February 5, 1805 in Anderson County, SC and died February ...

Site of Columbia College

On this site stood Columbia College an institution of higher learning for men. First proposed in 1831, chartered by General Assembly in 1833, began its work in 1834. First session of University of Missouri held here in 1841. This college ...

James Shannon L.L.D.

In memory of

James Shannon L.L.D.

Born in Monaghan Co. Ireland

April 23, 1799

Died

Feb. 23, 1859

Second President, University of Missouri,

Columbia, Mo. 1850-1856

Co-Founder of Christian College 1851

(Now Columbia College), Columbia, Mo.

Co-Founder of Christian University 1853, and

First President (Now Culver-Stockton College)

Canton, Mo.

The Christian Philanthropist and ...

Papal Visits to New York City

Pope Paul VI * Pope John Paul II * Pope Benedict XVI

Panel 1:

His Holiness, Pope Paul VI

on his arrival

for the first Papal visit

to America

came to this Cathedral

to adore

the Blessed Sacrament

4 October ...

General Daniel Harris Reynolds, C.S.A.

A descendent of Knox County’s earliest pioneers, Confederate Brigadier General Daniel Harris Reynolds was born just three miles west of Centerburg in 1832. He attended Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, where he became a close friend of Otho Strahl, another ...

George Clinton Swallow

A.M., M.D., L.L.D.

First Professor of Geology, Chemistry, Agriculture, and First Dean of

The College of Agriculture

University of Missouri.

First State Geologist of Missouri.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Interurban Trolley

Trolley Car 55 is a 1907 Interurban single-ended, wood framed electric rail car that was constructed by the Niles Carbody Works and delivered to the Seattle-Everett Traction Company in 1910. The Interurban Rail Line provided commuter service from the newly ...

Hurricane/LaVerkin Bridge

In 1908 the Midland Bridge Company was awarded a contract in the amount of $3,299 to fabricate and erect the Hurricane/LaVerkin Bridge. This structure incorporates distinctive characteristics in its method of construction, is one of the earliest and longest surviving ...

La Verkin Canal

In December of 1888, Thomas P. Cottam and Thomas Judd made a preliminary survey to determine the probable cost of a canal. Early in 1889, Isaac C. MacFarlane made a working survey, and work was started as soon as his ...