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Apotheosis of Saint Louis

Plaque accompanying the statue of Saint Louis outside of the St. Louis Art Museum. submitted by: Sam Davis

Plaque accompanying the statue of Saint Louis outside of the St. Louis Art Museum. submitted by: Sam Davis

  • saint louis
  • st. louis
  • apotheosis
  • art hill
  • st. louis art museum

A Slave Plantation

Submitted by Ed Brimer

Submitted by Ed Brimer

    On "Grant's Trail" Through History

    This plaque is at the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site in Grantwood Village, MO, a close-by suburb of St. Louis. It honors the homestead that is still intact that President Grant lived...

    This plaque is at the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site in Grantwood Village, MO, a close-by suburb of St. Louis. It honors the homestead that is still intact that President Grant lived...

      Annie Wittenmter

      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,...

      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,...

      • iowa
      • keokuk
      • civil war
      • women

      Charlotta Gordon Pyles

      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...

      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...

      • iowa
      • native american
      • abolition

      J.C. Hubinger

      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...

      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...

      • iowa
      • keokuk
      • industry

      Chief Keokuk

      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...

      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...

      • iowa
      • keokuk
      • native american

      Elsa Maxwell

      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...

      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...

      • iowa
      • keokuk
      • entertainment

      Conrad Nagel

      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....

      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....

      • iowa
      • keokuk
      • entertainment

      The Hughes Family

      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...

      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....

      • iowa
      • keokuk
      • industrialists

      Home of Eugene V. Debs

      Debs (1855-1926) was leading pioneer in industrial unionism, social reformer, and peace advocate. Founded American Railway Union, 1893; cofounded American Socialist Party, 1900; and ran five times...

      Debs (1855-1926) was leading pioneer in industrial unionism, social reformer, and peace advocate. Founded American Railway Union, 1893; cofounded American Socialist Party, 1900; and ran five...

      • terre haute
      • indiana
      • eugene v. debs
      • museum
      • socialism
      • railway
      • union

      Keokuk Armory Explosion Memorial

      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.

      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.

      • iowa
      • keokuk
      • disaster
      • square dance

      Owensboro Sassafras Tree

      Plaque describes what may be possibly the oldest Sassafras tree on the planet.

      Plaque describes what may be possibly the oldest Sassafras tree on the planet.

      • sassafras tree

      Pogue's Run

      Pogue's Run Tunnel Pogue's Run once flowed through downtown Indianapolis above the ground. In 1914, the city built a box culvert to bury the stream from New York Street to the White River. This...

      Pogue's Run Tunnel Pogue's Run once flowed through downtown Indianapolis above the ground. In 1914, the city built a box culvert to bury the stream from New York Street to the White River....

        Ernest Hemingway’s Birthplace

        Birthplace of Ernest Hemingway July 21, 1899 The historical society of Oak Park and River Forest 1974

        Birthplace of Ernest Hemingway July 21, 1899 The historical society of Oak Park and River Forest 1974

          Mannheim Community

          Mannheim Community: Once a busy commercial area.Railroad Station 1872Post Office 1874St. Paul’s Church 1903First Bridge built 1914

          Mannheim Community: Once a busy commercial area.Railroad Station 1872Post Office 1874St. Paul’s Church 1903First Bridge built 1914

          • mannheim
          • metra

          Kinzie Street Bridge

          ON THE AFTERNOON OF AUG. 8. 2004, AT THIS VERY LOCATION, THE DAVE MATTHEWS BAND TOUR BUS EMPTIED THE SEPTIC TANK OVER THE CHICAGO RIVER, DRENCHING PASSENGERS ON A BOAT TOUR WITH 800 POUNDS OF...

          ON THE AFTERNOON OF AUG. 8. 2004, AT THIS VERY LOCATION, THE DAVE MATTHEWS BAND TOUR BUS EMPTIED THE SEPTIC TANK OVER THE CHICAGO RIVER, DRENCHING PASSENGERS ON A BOAT TOUR WITH 800 POUNDS OF...

          • dave matthews
          • band
          • music
          • chicago
          • illinois
          • bridge
          • feces
          • human feces
          • tour bus
          • tour boat
          • human feces ...

          Father Thomas Munster

          A plaque accompanying a statue of Thomas Munster, a Vincentian priest.Transcription: Father Thomas Munster, 1922-2007, Vincentian PriestBorn, Raised and Lived in SheffieldA Founder and Past...

          A plaque accompanying a statue of Thomas Munster, a Vincentian priest.Transcription: Father Thomas Munster, 1922-2007, Vincentian PriestBorn, Raised and Lived in SheffieldA Founder and Past...

          • catholic
          • catholic history
          • chicago
          • depaul university
          • vincentians

          DePaul Academy

          This is a plaque commemorating DePaul Academy, an all-boys high school that ran from 1898 until 1968 on the site of what's now Byrne Hall at DePaul University. The academy was a feeder school for...

          This is a plaque commemorating DePaul Academy, an all-boys high school that ran from 1898 until 1968 on the site of what's now Byrne Hall at DePaul University. The academy was a feeder school...

          • catholic
          • catholic history
          • chicago
          • depaul university
          • vincentians