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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GR8_laurel-hill-cemetery_Weston-MO.html
The Waggoner Family
Known as a gentle man of large stature, Martin Richard Waggoner arrived in Weston in 1898 and opened a jewelry store before he went on to manage Kelly, a saloon in the St. George Hotel. Martin married Emma Quinley of Weston and…
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The Magers Family
Heinrich D. Magers, who died in 1851, and his wife, Louisa, who preceded him in death in 1848, were both born in Germany and started their family in Hanover. They immigrated to America shortly after and traveled west to settle in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GR6_laurel-hill-cemetery_Weston-MO.html
In the 1850s, one-third of Weston population was African-American. As you look down this hillside and up towards the back fence of the cemetery, you see the area that was set aside for those individuals, free or slave, of African-American heritage…
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Confederate Soldiers
In this area, along the front fence line, five Confederates are buried. They died of wounds shortly after a skirmish near Weston. Union troops were encamped in the northern part of the cemetery, the confederates were buried un…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GR4_laurel-hill-cemetery_Weston-MO.html
Around 1838, the city founding father acquired a half-acre of land and established the City Cemetery to serve as a final resting place for the residents of Weston. By 1853, the area was becoming too crowded, and business man Theodore F. Warner don…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GN5_benjamin-wood-house_Weston-MO.html
Two story 3 brick thick Federal style with flanking chimneys. 6 fireplaces. Original pine floors & woodwork. Restored 1990, by Mr. & Mrs. Glen Payne.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GN3_timeline-of-weston-history_Weston-MO.html
Panel 1
1837 Weston is established by Joseph Moore taking a land claim and building the first cabin at present intersection of Market and Main
1837 Salem Christian Church is founded. Building constructed in 1841
1838 General Bela Hughes purchases …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E9M_renner-village-site_Riverside-MO.html
This area was frequented by prehistoric people as early as 5000 B.C.. This site is best known as the regional center of aboriginal population in Hopewell times, A.D. 1-500, and occupied throughout the Woodland Culture into Middle Mississippian tim…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM197X_platte-county_Dearborn-MO.html
[Front]Platte is one of 6 counties formed from the U.S. Government's 1836 Platte Purchase in which Iowa, Sac, Fox, and small bands of other Indian tribes gave up over 2 million acres of land for $7,500 and other benefits. The Purchase was annexed …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18VL_attack-on-the-paw-paw-fort_Parkville-MO.html
Northwest Missouri TinderboxConflict and uncertainty were widespread in northwest Missouri in the summer of 1864. Federal forces struggled in a heavy-handed manner to control areas much too large for their capabilities. Raiders from Kansas, includ…