Atchison County Walk of Honor

Atchison County Citizens

have left and will continue

to leave their footprints

around the world

Bravery • Courage

Hope • Duty

Liberty • Service

Dedicated November 11, 2008

Marker is on Main Street (Missouri Route 111) near Clay Street, on the left when traveling south.

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Seattle’s First Pier

Historical Point of Interest

Seattle’s first pier lies buried beneath your feet. The famous Yesler sawmill and wharf, constructed in 1853m marked the birth of Seattle’s great lumber and shipping industries. For many years it was the center of Seattle’s ...

Justice John McKinley Federal Building

Side A

Named for Alabama's first United States Supreme Court Justice, John McKinley made his home in Florence, Alabama from about 1821 to 1842. Born May 1, 1780 in Culpepper County, Virginia, he died July 19, 1852 and is buried in ...

Wyatt Earp Shot Frank Stilwell...

Wyatt Earp joined his four brothers in the silver-boom town of Tombstone in 1879 where brother Virgil was deputy U.S. marshal. Wyatt was a sometimes-lawman himself, and hoped to become sheriff of the newly formed Cochise County in 1881. He ...

Bashford Burmister Company

Coles Bashford arrived in Prescott in 1864 and was the first President of the Territorial Legislature. In 1874, Coles, his brother Levi, and son William formed a partnership with Robert Burmister. The Bashford-Burmister Company became one of the largest mercantile ...

George Alfred Townsend Birthplace

George Alfred Townsend, famous Civil War newspaper correspondent, journalist and author, was born on this block on January 30, 1841. Townsend’s novels and poetry reflect his deep love for his native region. His best-known historical novel, The Entailed Hat, recounts ...

Home of Joseph Perkins

Armory Superintendent

Armory Superintendent Joseph Perkins lived in a converted warehouse on this spot from 1801-1806. The day Lewis arrived, March 16, 1803, he hand-delivered a letter from the Secretary of War directing Perkins to provide "arms & iron work... with ...

Marshfield Post Office

1930

This property

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is at the intersection of South Chestnut Avenue and West 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south on South Chestnut Avenue.

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Casualties of Time

Over two dozen armory workers' dwellings, ranging from modest frame cottages to substantial stone and brick houses, once fronted Shenandoah and Hamilton streets. The wood houses disappeared around mid-century, victims of fire and demolition. The government sold the remaining dwellings ...

A Government Factory Town No Longer

The destruction of the armory in 1861, followed by four years of Civil War, devastated Harpers Ferry's economy. Attempts at revitalization included a brewery erected here in 1895.

When West Virginia enacted prohibition in 1914, the brewery converted to a ...