This is one of a unique trio of bridges built for the Illinois Central
Rail Road by Robert F. Laing, engineer. The arching stones were cut to
fit from native Galena limestone quarried near Dixon. The first train
carrying passengers and freight on . . . — — Map (db m230780) HM
This is one of a unique trio of bridges built for the Illinois Central
Rail Road by Robert F. Laing, engineer. The arching stones were cut to
fit from native Galena limestone quarried near Dixon. The first train
carrying passengers and freight on . . . — — Map (db m230781) HM
Lee County Veterans
Died in service during WWI
Alsman, Lonnie Pvt • Altenberg, Harry Pvt • Bartholomew, Lloyd S.A.T.C. • Bott, Eddie Sgt • Dillow, Frederick Pvt • Doan, Elijah Pvt • Dornblaser, Paul M Cpl • Elliott, Clayton Sgt • Emery, Earl . . . — — Map (db m239053) WM
A veteran is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to the United States of America for an amount of "up to and including their life!"
Lee County veterans died in service during WWWII
Anderson . . . — — Map (db m239061) WM
On May 12, 1832 Captain Abraham Lincoln's company of Illinois volunteers camped one mile west. Lincoln re-enlisted in two other companies and was frequently in Dixon. Discharged from service near Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, on July 10, Lincoln passed . . . — — Map (db m78300) HM
On June 19, 1856, John Fremont was nominated as the first Republican candidate for President. Fremont, who had explored and pioneered the opening of the west, was a former U.S. Senator from California and an open and vocal opponent of slavery, which . . . — — Map (db m78276) HM
In honor of Mothers of WW2, Dixon Unit 123, which operated out of the Loveland Community Building to support all those serving in WW2. Their activities included running a canteen at the bus stop for those troops passing through Dixon, making care . . . — — Map (db m239067) WM
To commemorate the forming of the
Dixon Hotel Company by an act of the
General Assembly of Illinois.
1837 Foundation begun.
1853 Hotel built and opened for business.
1867 Building enlarged by rough stone
addition, top story and mansard . . . — — Map (db m230795) HM
This anchor was used on many ships and is still used today. It is a salvage anchor. This anchor was used as a stern anchor on LST's (landing ship tank).
As the ship approached the beach, it would drop it's stern anchor into the sea and trail . . . — — Map (db m239108) HM WM
Presented by The Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War in memory of Our Fathers — Veterans of 1861-1865 Dedicated June 14, 1939 — — Map (db m171020) WM
The Reagan family—Jack, Nelle, and their two sons, Neil (age 12) and Ronald (age 9), moved to Dixon and into this house on December 6, 1920. The boys attended school at South Side School, later known as South Central School, just four blocks . . . — — Map (db m78281) HM
[Plaque 1]
• The flag of the USSR is shown behind Vladimir Lenin, Russian leader of the Bolsheviks in the 1917 Revolution.
• Soviet soldiers stand in Moscow's Red Square near the Kremlin, seat of the Communist government of the USSR.
• . . . — — Map (db m230799) HM
Hennepin Avenue was often walked by a young Ronald Reagan from home to downtown and back. The street has four landmark institutions that played a vital role in the development of his character. They include the boyhood home, the grade school, now . . . — — Map (db m78280) HM
In 1991 Nick Tanev, an immigrant to the United States from Bulgaria, presented to then Mayor James Dixon and the City of Dixon, the sculpture called “The Wings of Peace and Freedom.” The presentation was made during a sister cities . . . — — Map (db m78277) HM
[On the north-facing side of a granite tablet located in the middle of the park:]
To create...
A place devoted to ALL, who have dedicated their lives to the preservation of the freedoms of this great Country...
A place that through the . . . — — Map (db m239175) WM
In memory to these men who gave the ultimate sacrifice. They served their country in a land far away so others could enjoy the freedom we have. We will forever honor their service and dedication.
Leroy Clyde Schaneberg, Ashton IL, . . . — — Map (db m239097) WM
[front side] Born in Mt. Carroll, IL on July 5, 1884. Ward (Windy) moved to Dixon at the age of 16 to work at the Brown Shoe Factory. Successful seasons playing for the Dixon Browns baseball team led to opportunities to play minor league . . . — — Map (db m171019) HM
1868: The Construction of the Truesdell Bridge
From Dixon’s founding in 1830 until 1846, the only way to cross the river was by boat or by John Dixon’s ferry. From 1846 to 1868, at least eight wooden bridges were built across the Rock . . . — — Map (db m232618) HM
The first trading post between Fort Dearborn and the Mississippi River stood on the high knoll overlooking Franklin Creek one-third of a mile west of this spot. About 1800-1836. — — Map (db m131910) HM
This stone is near the
site of the first cabin
built for
Hon. Joseph Crawford
1835
He was born in Pa. 1811
Died at Dixon Ill. Aug. 11,
1891
Deputy County Surveyor
of North Western Ill.
1836 to 1841
State Representative . . . — — Map (db m173530) HM
Deep within the Paw Paw Grove, or As-Sim-In-Eh-Kon, Potawatomi Chief Waubonsie and his tribe made their home 1824-1836. At the Treaty of Prairie Du Chien 1829, Madeline Ogee, Potawatomi wife of Joseph Ogee, was granted two sections of land in the . . . — — Map (db m230811) HM
The Old Chicago Trail extended from Fort Dearborn to Galena. A government mail route was established along this Indian Trail in 1829. The Potawatomi ceded their territory to the government in 1833. This route became the first east-west stagecoach . . . — — Map (db m199818) HM
Near this location a government trading post, or factory, was established in 1808 for the use of Sac, Fox, Ioway and Des Moines River Sioux. Initially a temporary facility, christened Fort Madison, in the spring of 1809 and garrisoned by a . . . — — Map (db m229237) HM WM
Presented to the City of Fort Madison by the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway April 1960
Placed on display through stock purchases in the Fort Madison Short Line Railroad Built - January 1944
Retired October 1955 — — Map (db m229274) HM
These brass "James" Cannon, named for their designer, were manufactured only in 1858 and 1859.
They were the first U.S. Army cannon provided with rifling along the bore, a feature added to improve the accuracy of their projectile trajectory. . . . — — Map (db m229272) WM
General Ulysses S. Grant, commander of the Union
Army said of Wittenmyer, “No soldier on the firing line
gave more heroic service than she did.”
Sarah Ann Turner (Annie) was born in Sandy Springs,
Ohio to a family that greatly valued . . . — — Map (db m229472) HM
Daniel Burnham and John Root started their partnership in
July 1873 in Chicago Illinois. They met while working at
the architectural firm of Carter, Drake & Wright. Root had
the artistic genius and Burnham had the business sense and
charisma. . . . — — Map (db m229994) HM
Former slave and celebrated abolitionist, Charlotta Pyles
was an outspoken critic of slavery. She was born a slave in
Kentucky in 1804. Her father was a mixture of German and
African American while her mother was a full-blooded
Seminole Indian. . . . — — Map (db m229420) HM
Chief Keokuk was born in 1780 near the
present location of Rock Island, Illinois. His
tribe, the Sauk Indians, joined with the
remnants of the Mesquakie tribe (or Fox
Indians) to form a community they called
Saukenuk not far from where the . . . — — Map (db m229928) HM
Conrad Nagel was born in Keokuk, Iowa on
March 16, 1897. The son of Frank, a
musician, and Frances, a talented singer, it
is no surprise Nagel grew up to be a famous
silent and sound movie star.
The Nagel family was well known in
Keokuk as . . . — — Map (db m229473) HM
Site of Army Hospital Apt. 17, 1862-Oct. 1, 1865. Erected in memory of the soldiers who died in the Old General Hospital at Keokuk and buried in the National Cemetery. — — Map (db m178523) HM WM
Elsa Maxwell was born May 24, 1883 in
Keokuk, Iowa – it is said she was born in a
theater during the opera Mignon. She was
raised in San Francisco, California where
her father sold insurance and did freelance
writing for the New York Dramatic . . . — — Map (db m229501) HM
Jews have been part of the social, economic and cultural life of Iowa since the early 19th century. It was not until 1855 that the Jewish population in Keokuk grew large enough to establish a religious community, Congregation B’nai Israel ( . . . — — Map (db m27084) HM
George M. Verity Has been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses National significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America. — — Map (db m178292) HM
James B. Howell was born near
Morristown, NJ, July 4, 1816. When he
was three years old, his family moved to a
farm near Newark, OH, where his father,
Elias Howell, entered into politics.
Howell attended Miami University in
Oxford, OH, . . . — — Map (db m229528) HM
The Illinois, Iowa, Missouri area centered in Keokuk owes much to Hugh Lincoln Cooper engineer, backed by area businessmen, he built, in three years, 1910-1913, the dam and powerhouse now operated by Union Electric Co.
Cooper's . . . — — Map (db m178946) HM
Hugh Cooper (1865-1935) was born in
Sheldon, Minnesota. He built his first bridge
when he was 16. The 40 foot long bridge
went across a creek and stayed in service 50
years.
After he graduated from high school,
Cooper became an apprentice at . . . — — Map (db m229929) HM
Industrialist and philanthropist, John Carl Hubinger was
born in New Orleans in 1851, the first of eight children.
The family moved north when J.C. was four, living in
Kentucky and Indiana before moving to Keokuk. Here,
Hubinger's father opened . . . — — Map (db m229424) HM
Born in Winterset, Iowa on May 26, 1907, John Wayne’s
parents originally named him Marion Robert Morrison,
which was changed to Marion Mitchell Morison several
years later when they wanted to name a younger brother
Robert. The Morison family . . . — — Map (db m229527) HM
William Logan was born September 11,
1848 in Pennsylvania. In 1852, his family
traveled by steamboat from Pittsburgh, PA
to Quincy, IL then settled on a farm east of
Nauvoo, IL.
At the age of 21, he moved to northeastern
Missouri where he . . . — — Map (db m229417) HM
The city of Keokuk has long been associated with thriving commerce and transportation even before it was incorporated in 1847. The location of the Des Moines Rapids in the Mississippi River made it necessary for steamboats to unload passengers and . . . — — Map (db m178276) HM
In memory of the 21 persons
who perished in an explosion
of The National Guard Armory
on this site
on Thanksgiving eve Nov. 24, 1965,
while attending a square dance of The
Swing-Ezy Square Dance Club. — — Map (db m229301) HM
This Monument is erected by popular Subscription
In the Memory of The SAC Chief Keokuk
for whom this city was named. In 1883, his remains together
with the marble slab on the reverse side of this die were
brought from Franklin County, . . . — — Map (db m186354) HM
Civil War Keokuk Keokuk, Iowa, was a staging and training ground for seven Union regiments. The first soldiers mustered in at Camp Ellsworth in May 1861. Later, camps Rankin, Halleck, and Lincoln prepared Iowa troops for deployment south. Its . . . — — Map (db m179354) HM
Keokuk Union Depot
1891
Burnham and Root Architects, Chicago has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of Interior — — Map (db m191186) HM
I have heard with sorrow that you have determined to leave our village and cross the Mississippi merely because you have been told that the Americans were coming in this direction. Would you leave our village, desert our homes and fly before an . . . — — Map (db m185389) HM
Keokuk, Iowa, is named in honor of Chief Keokuk, a Sac and Fox chief who is buried there. The city is located on the west side of the Mississippi River, about 12 miles southwest of Nauvoo. On August 12, 1841, Chief Keokuk, and about one hundred . . . — — Map (db m179356) HM
Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) walked the streets of
Keokuk in the years 1855 and 1856. He worked for his
brother, Orion, who owned a printing business "The Ben
Franklin Book and Job Office” located on the third story
of the Ogden City Book . . . — — Map (db m178943) HM
Mary Huiskamp was born August 3rd, 1926
in Keokuk, Iowa. Discovering the delights
of the library, by the age of 7 she knew she
wanted to be a writer.
Huiskamp grew up in a big brick house,
built by her great grandfather, on a hill
above the . . . — — Map (db m229422) HM
MENC: The National Association for Music Education was founded on this corner in the Westminster Presbyterian Church on April 12, 1907, during a meeting of music supervisors from fourteen states. The meeting was organized by Philip Cady Hayden, . . . — — Map (db m55413) HM
Prior to 1850, several burial grounds existed in and around Keokuk. In 1851 the city designated 40 acres of land to establish Oakland Cemetery. Many interments from other cemeteries in the city were moved to Oakland.
A designated section was . . . — — Map (db m243921) HM
Samuel Clemens was born November 30,
1835 in Florida, Missouri. When he was
four, his family moved to Hannibal where
he spent his childhood.
Clemens moved to Keokuk in the mid1850s to work in his brother Orion’s print
shop at 2nd and Main . . . — — Map (db m229993) HM
Samuel Miller moved to Keokuk in 1850 and practiced law here until he was appointed Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1862. He served until his death, 28 years later, and was the first high court appointee from Iowa and from . . . — — Map (db m224589) HM
Samuel Ryan Curtis Born 1803
West Point 1826-1830 Colonel Mexican War Mayor of Keokuk Member of Congress Col. 2nd IA Inf & Brig. Genl. 1861 Maj. Genl. 1862-1866 Died 1866 Erected by the City of Keokuk to her soldiers 1861-1865 Co. A. 1st IA . . . — — Map (db m232906) WM
Felix and Jean Hughes moved with their
three super achieving children to Keokuk in
1879. Felix served as Mayor, President of
the Keokuk and Western Railroad and was
a Supreme Court Justice. The three
children were born in Lancaster, . . . — — Map (db m230552) HM
One of six immigrant brothers born in Poland, Lipman Younker began exploring career possibilities in Keokuk in 1854
while brothers Samuel and Marcus were attempting to establish themselves
in New York City.
In 1856 the three Younkers opened a . . . — — Map (db m229436) HM
To the memory of the pioneers who entered Iowa by Keokuk the Gate City and either settling in our state or passing farther west travelled over the well-worn road known as the Mormon Trail. With this tablet the Daughters of the American Revolution . . . — — Map (db m185392) HM
In Memoriam U.S.S. Maine Destroyed in Havana Harbor February 15th, 1898 This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the USS Maine — — Map (db m229415) WM
A public water supply system was first discussed in the 1850's when Keokuk's population was increasing dramatically, but with the financial panic of 1857 no action was taken. Most home owners had a cistern, and huge cisterns in the business . . . — — Map (db m178277) HM
Starting as early as the 1840's, proposals were advanced for building a wing dam near Keokuk that would focus the power of the Mississippi's current. However, no viable plan was formed until the development of alternating current electricity made . . . — — Map (db m179112) HM
Once a place where Native American Indians hunted and fished, this peninsular part of Iowa is located where the Des Moines River flows into the Mississippi River.
Under French and Spanish rule for almost 150 nears, Southeast Iowa was included in . . . — — Map (db m179974) HM
William Logan was born December 30,
1934, in Keokuk, the son of William Archie
Logan and Carla Huiskamp Logan, and the
great grandson of Judge William
Logan. He attended Keokuk public schools
and graduated from Keokuk Senior High in
1952. In . . . — — Map (db m229419) HM
Early settlers of Lee County believe that the explorers Marquette and Joliet landed at this spot in 1673. From here they made their only overland exploration on the west bank of the Mississippi, finding villages of the Illini tribe. Other French . . . — — Map (db m179445) HM
During the period of 1839-1846, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as Mormons) settled here in Lee County, Iowa and in Nauvoo, Illinois, on the opposite (eastern) side of the Mississippi River. Nauvoo was the . . . — — Map (db m179453) HM
This barracks well marks the first Fort Desmoines and was used by a detachment of Dragoons stationed here Sept 25-1834 to June 18-1837 — — Map (db m139802) HM
Gen. George W. Morgan's 9,000 USA force occupied Cumberland Gap June 18 to Sept. 17, 1862. Cut off from supplies, Morgan began 200-mile retreat. Searching for supplies the command came this way. CSA had burned flour mill night before. Retreat from . . . — — Map (db m159521) HM
Company A of the 7th Ky Infantry Regiment was formed in 1861 at Congleton Springs in Owsley County, which is now part of Lee County. Owsley County led all Kentucky counties in the percentage of men enrolled in the Union Army and many from the county . . . — — Map (db m172627) HM
For Gen. Robert E. Lee, 1807-70. “…he was fearless among men. As a soldier, he had no superior and few equal.” West Point graduate, 1829. Declined command U.S. Army and resigned, 1861. Named military adviser to CSA Pres. Davis, 1861. . . . — — Map (db m49245) HM
North and Middle Forks unite below St. Helens, then join South Fork at Beattyville to form Kentucky River, which flows 255 miles to the Ohio. Kentucky River played primary role in early commerce of Lee Co. Steamboats came to Beattyville, near head . . . — — Map (db m159523) HM
Dedicated to those from Lee County who gave their lives in the cause of freedom
Civil War
Henry Clay Bowman • Jeptha Brandenburgh • Samuel Brandenburgh • William H Brandenburgh • James Carter • William B Chapman • Chaples E Davis • . . . — — Map (db m163442) WM
Advance forces of
General Forrest
and
General Sturgis'
cavalry met in
skirmish here.
The 3rd, 7th, 8th, and 12th
Kentucky (Confederate)
met the 4th Missouri, 3rd,
9th Illinois and 2nd New
Jersey shortly before
forming . . . — — Map (db m89093) HM
Built circa 192, 102 East Main Street was the first brick store building in Baldwyn operated by Jones, Pyle, Haney and McDonald as Baldwyn Dry Goods stores. Barber and Beauty Shop located in the basement. Renovated in 2011 by Farmers and Merchants . . . — — Map (db m155373) HM
Built in 1925 by Ben Caldwell as a blacksmith shop and converted in the Baldwyn Garage in 1928 by Bill Parton and Carl Davis. Later became Bondie Tapp’s Grocery Store followed by the Baldwyn Florist operated by the Gentry, Bishop, Hinds, and . . . — — Map (db m154984) HM
When General Sherman advanced on Atlanta, General Forrest sought to destroy the Union supply line between Nashville and Chattanooga. He had nearly reached the Tennessee River when he had to turn back to meet a Union force marching southeast from . . . — — Map (db m8365) HM
Organized in 1852 by the Alabama Presbytery, Bethany Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church had a charter membership of twenty-five including four slaves. The church was used as a hospital in 1864 following the Battle of Brice's Cross Roads. The . . . — — Map (db m60738) HM
Six-foot-three Baldwyn native “Country” Graham led the Bearcats to a state title in 1932. In 1938, he became the first All-American basketball player from Ole Miss and Mississippi. He pioneered the one-handed hook shot, “Country’s . . . — — Map (db m154980) HM
The Brice Home
stood
where monument is
located
The battle scarred,
two-story house, with
its blood-stained floors
and walls was used by
wounded of both armies
to escape shot and shell
as the battle raged. . . . — — Map (db m89045) HM
Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest "owned" northern Mississippi and southwestern Tennessee in mid-1864, but that was not where the war was being won or lost. Port Hudson, Louisiana, and Vicksburg, Mississippi, had fallen in July 1863, giving the Union . . . — — Map (db m62170) HM
By 10:00 a.m. on June 10, 1864, Col. George Waring's Federal cavalry had reached the Cross Roads. The troops deployed on either side of the Baldwyn Road, in the woods at the western edge of a cleared field, one-half mile east of the Cross Roads. . . . — — Map (db m62173) HM
Brig. Gen. Benjamin Grierson's Federal cavalry (3,300 troops) left Stubbs plantation (nine miles northwest of Brice's Cross Roads) at daybreak on June 10, 1864. By 10:00 a.m. the cavalry had reached Brice's Cross Roads and advance units had . . . — — Map (db m62172) HM
Six miles west of here,
on June 10, 1864, General
Forrest won his greatest
victory, crushing superior
Union forces of General
Sturgis and driving them
back to Memphis. — — Map (db m219973) HM
20th century commercial building constructed in 1918 by Nick Waters and Oscar Abrams as a two-story furniture and casket store; became McWhorter Hardware in 1921; later a John Deere dealership and then the General Electric Store opened by Bryson and . . . — — Map (db m155357) HM
Late Victorian architecture built in 1910 by Ben Caldwell and operated as McCarthy Hardward store for over 30 years. Converted to a fabric shop in 1965 and operated over the years by Johnson, McKay, Roberts, and Kesler families. Facade improvements . . . — — Map (db m155376) HM
Long before Civil War soldiers fought at this site in 1864, this land was part of the Chickasaw Nation. Tishomingo, whose name derived from the Chickasaw title tishu minko meaning "speaker for the chief" or "assistant chief" in the Chickasaw . . . — — Map (db m61924) HM
at 1:00 o'clock. General Forrest's men were all on the field ready for action. From a quarter of a mile north and extending more than a mile south across the Guntown Road the Confederates formed a pincers movement against the enemy. Confederate . . . — — Map (db m62106) HM
Pushing the Union forces back, General Forrest slowly closed his pincers movement, forcing General Sturgis nearer the Crossroads. This line was anchored on the Blackland Road 400 yards northwest. The southern end across the Guntown Road. . . . — — Map (db m62110) HM
Built by Buster McElroy, owner of the adjacent hardware store, about 1945, as a barber shop. Hardware store burned in 2002. Originally operated by Dewey Basden and "Red" Purvis, then Dayton Cagle. Since, operated by Peggy Grice and remodeled in . . . — — Map (db m155383) HM
A native of Baldwyn, Elijah Pierce
(1892-1984) was a barber, Baptist
minister and artist. In 1982, he
was awarded a National Heritage
Fellowship by the National
Endowment of the Arts for his
woodcarvings. His work has been
exhibited in the . . . — — Map (db m219976) HM
Post-war modern architecture; building completed in 1930 as Compton's Store. Later operated as Hugh Epting's 5 & 10, Riley's Shoe Shop, and The Trading Post. Restored in 2005.
National Register of Historic Places. — — Map (db m155366) HM
From 500 hundred yards north and extending more than a mile south, across the Guntown Road, this Line, behind rail fences and dense scrub-oak thickets fought stubbornly as the Confederates pushed on to the Crossroads. Hand to hand fighting along . . . — — Map (db m62108) HM
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