Near East Broadway Street (Old U.S. 66) at North Devon Street.
Starting as a mining camp, the growth of Webb City, Missouri reached a population of more than 15,000 people in a period of about 25 years. Webb City occupied the central district of the largest lead and zinc mining area in the world. More than . . . — — Map (db m174103) HM
On Ball Avenue near MacArthur Boulevard (U.S. 71), on the left when traveling south.
I represent all the 105-Millimeter Howitzers
that between 1941 and 1945 bombarded the
enemy and defended U.S. forces in
North Africa, Italy, France, Germany,
and on the Pacific Islands;
I also commemorate the thousands of
men and . . . — — Map (db m37298) HM
Prosperity Junction Station
Original site located east
of Carterville
Typical Boarding Station
Serving Communities in the
Four States Mining District
Street Car #60
Electric powered passenger car
circa 1916-1937 . . . — — Map (db m37368) HM
This plaque is dedicated in memory of A. H. Rogers the founder, and the employees of the former S.W. Mo. Elec. Ry. Co., which was headquartered in Webb City, operating over a 94 mile system serving the Tri-State Mining Field from 1889 to 1939. . . . — — Map (db m37365) HM
On Tracy Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Tracy Street.
This statue dedicated in honor of the hardrock miner, his family and those who served the Webb City District mining industry during the past century.
The Kneeling Miner, circa 1976
Jack E. Dawson [sculptor]
Originally sculpted in . . . — — Map (db m37319) HM
On Ball Avenue near MacArthur Boulevard (U.S. 71), on the left when traveling south.
The Purple Heart was established by General George Washington in 1782. At that time it was called Badge of Military Merit. In 1932 it became known as the Purple Heart and is awarded only for combat wounded veterans.
Some Gave All - . . . — — Map (db m37234) HM
On East Daugherty Street at North Devon Street, on the right when traveling east on East Daugherty Street.
Once the ore buckets came to the surface the contents went through the mill. The purpose of the mills that dotted the landscape was to separate the various rocks and minerals always concentrating on the valuable lead and zinc ore. These . . . — — Map (db m174091) HM
Near East Broadway Street (Old U.S. 66) at North Devon Street.
The hoist was the powerful mechanical engine that propelled the ore bucket up and down the shaft which was the busy vertical highway of the lead and zinc mines. The hoist had tremendous power to dead lift a full ore bucket. In addition the hoist . . . — — Map (db m174089) HM
Near East Broadway Street (Old U.S. 66) at North Devon Street.
The ore bucket and the shovel were the two symbols of the Tri-State mining era. The ore bucket transported the shoveled rock, lead and zinc ores to the processing mill. It is a simple fact that the entire mining economy fell into the hands of the . . . — — Map (db m174090) HM
Near East Broadway Street (Old U.S. 66) at North Devon Street (Old U.S. 66), on the right when traveling north.
This steam powered rock drill was an integral tool of the Tri-State Mining District. The only way to access the ore was by drilling into the tough limestone, chert and dolomite walls. Drill bits punctured holes into the walls to provide the needed . . . — — Map (db m174092) HM
Near East Broadway Street (Old U.S. 66) at North Devon Street.
The overwhelming majority of the mining occurred below the water table therefore pumps were on constant call to purge the water from the floors of the mines. The water pump is a reminder of the incredible depths in which the ore was found . . . — — Map (db m174088) HM
In Memory of
All World War II Veterans
This memorial is in honor of all of the World War II veterans who were involved in the fight for the freedom of America and the free world.
Whether they fought in the Pacific or European theater, . . . — — Map (db m37195) HM
On Tracy Street at Main Street, on the left when traveling west on Tracy Street.
[front] Webb City, (Webbville), was platted by John C. Webb in September, 1875, and incorporated in December, 1876, with a population of 700. The city was located on a portion of Webb's 200-acre farm, which he entered in February, 1857. There in . . . — — Map (db m37321) HM
On West Daugherty Street at Ball Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Daugherty Street.
Dedicated
to those of this
Central District who
served in the Armed
Forces that we may
keep forever bright
the memory of their
glorious part in the
struggle "to defend
life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness" . . . — — Map (db m37384) WM
Near East Broadway Street (Old U.S. 66) at North Devon Street.
(full title: The Citizens of Webb City and the Webb City Chamber of Commerce Welcome Visitors to Webb City, MO, Our "Gem" of the Ozarks)
We invite you to experience our history, enjoy our parks and recreational facilities, and shop in . . . — — Map (db m174107) HM
On W Frontage Rd ( SC 462 ), on the right on W Frontage Rd ( SC 462 ).
Coosawhatchie
Jasper County, South Carolina
Commanders: Colonels William Moultrie, John
Laurens; Gen. Augustine Prevost
Casualties: 3 Americans killed, 8 wounded
"Despite the defeat at Port Royal Island, General
Prevost was determined to . . . — — Map (db m16800) HM
(Front Side): Coosawhatchie, dating to the 1740s, was named for the Coosaw Tribe. At first it was little more than a store and inn built on the King's Highway by Henry De Saussure, a Huguenot settler from Purrysburg. By the 1760s, it was a . . . — — Map (db m4293) HM
On Grays Highway (U.S. 278) 0.4 miles Pine Level Church Road, on the right when traveling west.
(Text front)
This church, organized on January 6, 1872 with Rev. M.H. Shuman as its first minister, held services in members' homes until a sanctuary, built in 1906
was built on this site between 1876 and 1881. A second sanctuary, built . . . — — Map (db m26371) HM
On Grays Highway (U.S. 278) 0.1 miles north of South Carolina Highway 462, on the left when traveling north.
Shown on the 1820 Beaufort District map by Vignoles and Ravenel, Gillisonville had a free school by 1831, and a post office in 1840. The seat of Beaufort District from 1840 to 1860, Gillisonville was burned by General William T. Sherman's army on . . . — — Map (db m4674) HM
On U.S. 278, 0.2 miles north of South Carolina Highway 462, on the right when traveling north.
The Euhaw congregation constituted this ecclesiastical group 24 March 1832, naming it Coosawhatchie Baptist Church. The South Carolina Baptist Convention met at the church in December 1845 and unanimously voted to join the recently formed . . . — — Map (db m4673) HM
On State Highway 336, on the left when traveling east. Reported missing.
(Front Text):
During this battle of Nov. 30, 1864, Confederate commander Charles J. Colock, by ordering that a nearby field of grass be set ablaze, delayed approaching
Federal troops and gave the Confederates time to collect additional . . . — — Map (db m15780) HM
Established on Edisto Island about
1686 by Scotch dissenters, this
is the second oldest Baptist
organization in the South. For
many years a branch of First
Baptist Church in Charleston, Euhaw
declared itself a separate church
in 1745 . . . — — Map (db m8674) HM
On T. Heyward Tomb Driveway (Old State Highway 462), on the right when traveling east.
Settled ca. 1740 by Daniel Heyward
who built Tidal Mill, Textile Factory
and export-import business on these
grounds before his death in 1777.
Original 500 acres King's Grant
grew to 16,000 acres, all destroyed
by fire ca. 1865 — — Map (db m6414) HM
On State Highway 462, 0.1 miles south of State Highway 27-336, on the left when traveling south.
Member of South Carolina Provincial Congress and Council of Safety and of Continental Congress. Signer of Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation and captain of militia at Battle of Port Royal and Siege of Charleston. Prisoner of . . . — — Map (db m6415) HM
On Grays Hwy (US278), on the left when traveling north.
( Front text )
This school, built in 1927 and
rebuilt in 1931, was one of many
constructed in the late 1920s, as
small rural one- or two-room schools
were consolidated into elementary or
high schools in towns and cities.
Built on . . . — — Map (db m26370) HM
On Rivers Hill Road (State Highway 27-17) near State Highway 27-41, on the right when traveling east.
(Front text) This church was organized in 1870 by Revs. John D. Nix, W.H. Shuman, and Jonas Trowell. F.J. Bryan and A.W. Crosby were its first deacons; Rev. Trowell became its first minister. This sanctuary, dedicated in 1871, was built on . . . — — Map (db m26166) HM
Near Main Street (State Highway 46) at Epps Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Hardeeville Methodist Church was organized and founded prior to the Civil War. The present site was obtained in 1860 as a gift to the trustees from Margaret Saussy Jones. The present framed sanctuary was completed soon afterwards. Services have . . . — — Map (db m184376) HM
On Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive at Alligator Alley (South Carolina Highway 170), on the left when traveling south on Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive.
Framed by three massive live oak trees, this grassy knoll was a home site on Laurel Hill Plantation before the Civil War. Savannah National Wildlife Refuge includes portions of 13 former rice plantations. Ten including Laurel Hill, were located in . . . — — Map (db m90078) HM
Near Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive at Alligator Alley (South Carolina Highway 170).
Nearly three thousand acres of former rice fields are managed to benefit wildlife on Savannah National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge provides 18 impoundments (reservoirs) with nearly 50 miles of earthen dikes and a variety of trunks (floodgates). . . . — — Map (db m90080)
On Main St (State Highway 46) at Charles St, on the right when traveling east on Main St.
This woodburning steam locomotive with balloon smoke stack, was built by the H. K. Porter Company
about 1910. It was used by Argent Lumber Company, a leading area employer established in 1916, to
haul timber from forest to mill. In 1960 the . . . — — Map (db m4292) HM
Near Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive, 1.2 miles south of Alligator Alley (South Carolina Highway 170), on the left when traveling south.
This small island of trees was a slave community on Recess Plantation, which bordered Laurel Hill Plantation. Called a hammock, it was a small area of high ground in a sea of wetland rice fields. The round brick structure, just ahead in the woods, . . . — — Map (db m90083) HM
Near Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive near Alligator Alley (South Carolina Highway 170).
The industries in Savannah and Port Wentworth, Georgia stand above the horizon, less than three miles away from this overlook. A wildfire in Savannah National Wildlife Refuge could threaten these communities. Wildfire produces tons of smoke and . . . — — Map (db m90085)
On Purrysburg Rd (State Highway S-27-34) near Honey Hill Road (State Highway S27-203), on the right when traveling south.
(Front text ):
In 1730, the British Crown instructed S.C.
Governor Robert Johnson to lay out eleven
townships to populate and protect the
interior of the province. Purrysburg
Township, laid out in 1731, stimulated the
settlement of . . . — — Map (db m6353) HM
Near Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive at Alligator Alley (South Carolina Highway 170).
This water control structure is called a trunk. It is similar to trunks used to manage water flow to and from plantation rice fields. On Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, trunks are operated to set water levels in impoundments (reservoirs). . . . — — Map (db m90081)
Near Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive near Alligator Alley (South Carolina Highway 170).
This freshwater wetland is a productive wildlife habitat. Scattered ponds diverse vegetation offer water, food, and shelter for countless birds and other wildlife. If left untended however, the marsh will become clogged with a few species of . . . — — Map (db m90079)
On Kings Highway (U.S. 17/21), on the right when traveling east.
The Frampton Lines
Remnants of a large earthwork originally more tha 100 yards long are still visible south,west and northwest of the Frampton House. This battery,constructed in 1861~62 by Confederate troops in the Department of S.C. and Ga., . . . — — Map (db m26368) HM
[ Emblem The Signers Of The Declaration Of Independence, Inc ]
( We Mutually Pledge To Each Other
Our Lives Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor)
Thomas Heyward Jr.
Signer Of The Declaration
Of Independence
Placed . . . — — Map (db m17057) HM
On Trask Parkway (U.S. 17/21), on the right when traveling east.
(Front Side): The Battle of Pocotaligo, the largest action of a three-day expedition intended to disrupt the Charleston & Savannah Railroad, took place nearby on October 22, 1862. With 2000 Confederates under Col. W.S. Walker defending the . . . — — Map (db m4776) HM
On Frontage Road, 0.3 miles north of Gregorie Neck Road, on the right when traveling north.
On November 11, 1864, Union General W.T. Sherman would telegraph his Chief of Staff saying: "I would like to have Foster break the Charleston and Savannah Railroad about Pocotaligo about the 1st of December." It was his intention to cut off supplies . . . — — Map (db m244739) HM
On State Highway S27-29 at Bees Creek Road (State Highway S27-13), on the left when traveling west on State Highway S27-29.
((Text front)) This Episcopal church was a chapel of ease in the Parish of St. Luke for a number of years
before it became a separate congregation in 1835. It is said that William Heyward gave the church land
on which the present building, . . . — — Map (db m6182) HM
On E. Main St. (SC 336 ) near N. Railroad Ave., on the right when traveling west.
Prior to the 1890's, the town of Ridgeland was
known as Gopher Hill, getting that name from the
abundance of Gopher Tortoises that inhabited the
sand hills of the area.Gopherus Polyphemus,
commonly called the Gopher Tortoise, are long . . . — — Map (db m16854) HM
On State Highway 29 at Bees Creek Road (State Highway 13), on the right when traveling west on State Highway 29.
[front]
This summer village, established by the rice planters of St. Luke's Parish, was a thriving settlement in what was the Beaufort District until the creation of Jasper County in 1912. Named for Capt. John Graham (1784-1833), its . . . — — Map (db m6210) HM
On Russell Street, on the right when traveling south.
( Front Text)
Jasper County This county was established in 1912 from portions of Beaufort and Hampton counties and is named, it is said, for Sergeant William Jasper, hero of the American Revolution. The same act establishing the new . . . — — Map (db m26372) HM
Ridgeland, named for its location on the ridge between Charleston and Savannah, has been the seat of Jasper County since the county was created in 1912. It was first named Gopher Hill and grew up around a depot built on the Charleston & Savannah . . . — — Map (db m8473) HM
On Grays Highway (U.S. 278) at County Route 27-362, on the right when traveling west on Grays Highway.
( Front text )
This church was organized February
28,1892, by Revs. W.H.Dowling and
J.T. Morrison with nine charter
members. It was admitted to the
Savannah River Baptist Association
with Rev.Dowling as its first
minister. The . . . — — Map (db m7192) HM
On West Main Street (State Highway 336), on the right when traveling east.
This church, organized on 1890, is the oldest in Ridgland, with its origins in several area Methodist congregations before the Civil War. When Julius G. Sipple of Grahamville encouraged Methodists in Ridgeland to organize a separate . . . — — Map (db m6406) HM
On Columbia Highway (U.S. 321) at SC-S-27-26, on the right when traveling south on Columbia Highway.
Named for descendants of Hugnenot minister Pierre Robert, it was the birthplace of Henry Martyn Robert, author of Robert's Rules of Order and of Alexander Lawton, Confederate Quartermaster General. The town was burned by Sherman's army in . . . — — Map (db m4817) HM
On Malphrus Road (State Highway S-27-39) at Tarboro Road (State Highway S-27-22), on the right when traveling west on Malphrus Road.
(Front side):
This church, organized October 12, 1845, was the result of a clash in doctrines at nearby Sardis Baptist Church. Some in the congregation favored the
primitive Baptist movement, but others, including Rev. John N. Youmans, . . . — — Map (db m6395) HM
On J. Lamar Brantley Road (State Highway 27-201) at Sand Hills Road (State Highway 27-119), on the right when traveling west on J. Lamar Brantley Road.
Named in 1982
in recognition of
his life and service
to his community and state
He served the 14th District
as a member, South Carolina
Highway Commission, 1962 - 66
and as Chairman, 1965 - 66
Through Mr. Brantley's efforts . . . — — Map (db m15993) HM
On State Highway 336, on the left when traveling west.
This church was founded in 1870 with
Rev. Plenty Pinckney as its first
minister and worshipped in a "bush
tent" nearby until a log church was
built a few years later. A new frame
church was built on this site in the
1890's during the pastorate . . . — — Map (db m8793) HM
On State Highway 336 at U.S. 321, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 336.
By 1820, the road to Two Sisters Ferry intersected the Purrysburg road at this spot, which had become known as
Hennis Crossroads by 1848. A post office established here in 1880 was given the name Tillman. According to tradition, this was to honor . . . — — Map (db m8494) HM
On Cotton Hill Road (U.S. 321) near Tillman Road (State Highway 336), on the right when traveling north.
[Front]:
This church, formally established in 1883 as Savin Grove Baptist Church, had its origins in a congregation active before the Civil War just south of present-day Tillman. When Revs. J.F. Morrall and Jonas Trowell reestablished . . . — — Map (db m33677) HM
On Frontage road, on the right when traveling east.
(Text front): General Robert E. LeeFollowing the capture of Hilton Head, Beaufort, and the nearby sea islands in the fall of 1861, General Robert E. Lee was given command of the coastal military department of South Carolina, and East . . . — — Map (db m6195) HM
On Hursey Street at Hall Street, on the right when traveling east on Hursey Street.
Formal public education for African American students in the Jasper area dates to 1875 and the formation of a school at nearby Cold Springs. It moved to a new campus in Jasper in 1924, the same year James Hoff Rowe came as administrator. Born in . . . — — Map (db m136877) HM
On Park Lane south of College Street, on the right when traveling south.
Jasper Bulldog Stadium, established circa 1922, served as the
centerpiece for the town's athletic competitions, becoming ever
more popular over the years. By 1936, the bleachers were being
filled at every game and rivalries were heating up . . . — — Map (db m136966) HM
On South Main Street at Water Street, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.
Twice the property of Beaty family members, this lot was purchased by Thomas Beaty in 1843 and sold in 1851. His grandson, John T. Beaty (1855-1937), acquired the site again in 1888 and erected this 2-story Victorian residence of native pine. A . . . — — Map (db m136277) HM
On North Austin Street at East Lamar Street, on the right when traveling north on North Austin Street.
This hotel was built in 1910 by Mamie Cornellia Neyland Patten (1868-1936) and named for her daughters Belle and "Miss Jim". Mrs. Patten and her four children were active in Jasper civic and social activities. After her mother died, Miss Jim took . . . — — Map (db m128584) HM
On State Highway 63 at County Road 2799, on the left when traveling west on State Highway 63.
Important river shipping and trading point; was made seat of Bevil municipality, 1834. Named for John Bevil, Texas Ranger, a delegate (1835) to Consultation on Texas Independence, Chief Justice of Jasper County (1839), farmer. On Angelina River, . . . — — Map (db m136893) HM
On North Bowie Street north of College Street, on the right when traveling north.
During the late 1830s, the Rev. Moses Spear came to Texas and organized a Methodist circuit that included the town of Jasper. A congregation soon was established. In 1839, the Rev. Daniel Carl became first pastor. Jasper Methodists held worship . . . — — Map (db m136892) HM
On Hursey Street at Hall Street, on the right when traveling east on Hursey Street.
In 1875, ten years after the Civil War, the Jasper County Training School for Negroes was established two miles east of Jasper at Cold Springs on a two-acre tract of land with professor J.W. Moore, a very courageous caucasian, as its first . . . — — Map (db m136968) HM
On North Main Street at East Lamar Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
Jasper County
Included in the Empresario grant to Lorenzo de Zavala in 1829.
Created the municipality of Bevil in 1834, in honor of John Bevil, early settler.
Name changed by the provisional government of Texas, December 3, 1835 . . . — — Map (db m128583) HM
On East Lamar Street east of North Main Street, on the right when traveling east.
Jasper County was one of the original twenty-three counties created when the Republic of Texas was established in 1836 following the Texas Revolution. Bevil Settlement, established by pioneer John Bevil about 1824, became the seat of government and . . . — — Map (db m128582) HM
On North Main Street at East Houston Street (Farm to Market Road 2799), on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
Communication, transportation, supply and military center in Civil War Texas. Voted 315 to 25 in favor of secession. Crossed by Texas troops in the 1862-64 Louisiana campaigns to prevent split of the South and invasion of Texas. Confederate Army . . . — — Map (db m128547) HM
Near Second Street, 0.2 miles north of West Houston (County Road 2799), on the left when traveling north.
Jasper Collegiate Institute, first local center for higher leaning, opened 1851; partially tax-supported, coeducational. First president was noted East Texas educator Marcus Montrose, graduate, Edinburgh University. After losses caused by Civil . . . — — Map (db m201864) HM
On U.S. 190 at Steer Stadium Road (County Road 293), on the right when traveling west on U.S. 190.
In a time of segregated activities including sports, logging contractor Elmer Simmons organized the Jasper Steers, an African American baseball team. Simmons bought all bleachers, lighting, dressing rooms and concession stands from a defunct . . . — — Map (db m128585) HM
Important river navigation point, 1830-1860. Established by John Bevil in whose honor the municipality was first named in 1834 with Bevilport as seat of justice. A mail station in 1835. County seat of Jasper County, 1836-1837. Incorporated . . . — — Map (db m136970) HM
On U.S. 96 at Brewster Road (County Highway 301), on the right when traveling north on U.S. 96.
Stephen Williams was born in North Carolina and was the fourth child of blacksmith Richard Williams, Jr. In 1778, he enlisted for the first of what would be many times in the armed forces. Enlisting three times in the United States Army, Williams . . . — — Map (db m136731) HM
On U.S. 96 near Brewster Road (County Highway 301).
Born in North Carolina 1764 Fought at Camden, Brier Creek and Eutaw Springs in the Revolutionary War and the capture of San Antonio, 1835 in the Texas Revolution. — — Map (db m136728) HM
On North Main Street north of East Milam Street, on the right when traveling north.
This church was organized on December 23, 1855, with 15 members. The establishment of the fellowship was directed by a Presbytery consisting of ministers John Bean, William Blackshear, E. S. Phelps, and W. W. Maund. The first service was conducted . . . — — Map (db m136891) HM
On North Main Street south of Verna Street, on the right when traveling south.
Salesman J. T. Waggoner, Jr. (1860-1942) and his wife Sadie (Scarborough) (1870-1955) built this residence in 1927. It is closely associated with Mrs. Waggoner, a civic leader and longtime Jasper County school teacher affectionately known as "Miss . . . — — Map (db m201888) HM
On State Highway 96 north of Farm to Market Road 1005, on the right when traveling south.
Local tradition and Baptist church records indicate that the Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church was organized in 1852 with the Rev. John Bean as first pastor. The first church building on this site is thought to have been a small log house. On . . . — — Map (db m136878) HM
On North Elizabeth Avenue north of East Main Street, on the left when traveling north.
This site became the center of spiritual and cultural activity in the Kirbyville area in 1898, when John Henry Kirby gave two town lots to the Baptist church for the erection of a sanctuary. the building was shared with the Methodist congregation . . . — — Map (db m136880) HM
On East Main Street at South Kaysee Avenue, on the right on East Main Street.
Named for John Henry Kirby, attorney, railroad builder, and timber, lumber, and oil king. With R. P. Allen, Kirby founded the town when their railroad-- Gulf, Beaumont, & Kansas City-- reached this point. Since 1904 city has also been terminus . . . — — Map (db m201865) HM
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