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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNK6_bloody-hill_Republic-MO.html
Fierce changes and countercharges led to heavy casualties on Bloody Hill. Considering the numbers of troops engaged, it was one of the bloodiest fights in the war.
Union artillery batteries on this hill dueled with opposing batteries in the val…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNK1_guibors-battery_Republic-MO.html
From this spot one can imagine the challenge which faced the Confederate army. Further up the hill in front of you, over 4,000 Union soldiers and 10 pieces of artillery were positioned to repulse any Southern effort to regain the high ground. On a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNJ4_fight-in-rays-cornfield_Brookline-MO.html
John Ray watched the first stage of the Union defeat from the porch behind you. At 6:30 in the morning, August 10, 1861, soldiers appeared in his cornfield. The cornfield is the fenced high ground in front of you, just beyond Ray's springhouse.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNJ3_the-ray-family_Brookline-MO.html
The Ray House is the only park structure on its original site that dates back to the Battle of Wilson's Creek. Postmaster and farmer John Ray built it in the 1850s. For ten years it served as the Wilson's Creek Post Office, a stopping place on the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNIP_ray-springhouse_Brookline-MO.html
In the valley just below is a stone springhouse, part of the historic property of John Ray, whose house stands on the hill above you. The springhouse provided water, and also a cool place to store milk, eggs, butter, vegetables, and other perishab…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNHW_gibsons-mill-site_Brookline-MO.html
In the summer of 1861, the small mill of John Gibson stood here. Although Confederate soldiers camped nearby and Union soldiers forded the stream here, the mill escaped the heavy fighting that raged just downstream.
In 1966 archeologists discov…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNHV_gibsons-house-site_Brookline-MO.html
An archaeological study is a lot like a detective story. In 1966 an archeological investigation uncovered many bits of evidence from the area in front of you - the remnants of John and Martha Gibson's home. Bone handled dinner service, pewter uten…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNHU_signs-from-the-past_Brookline-MO.html
The surrounding young forest can tell us much. Agriculture has long dominated the landscape. Nearby, John Gibson's horsedrawn plow broke ground for an oat field. Later, tractors would shape and alter the countryside. In the course of this evolutio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNHT_way-to-the-mill_Brookline-MO.html
Many before you... have traveled the path to the mill. Although our reasons have changed, the way to the mill has always been popular.
In the days before supermarkets and, pre-packaged "ready-made" foods, families depended on small mills such a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNHS_gibsons-mill_Brookline-MO.html
The mill and house of John Gibson once stood in the valley in front of you along Wilson Creek. On August 9, 1861, the day before the battle the Gibson family and their neighbors found themselves surrounded by more than 12,000 Confederate soldiers …