Waymarking in North and West Central Missouri

I made a trip on the 22nd of February to Laclede, Brookfield, Chillicothe, Carrollton, and DeWitt, Mo.  Final numbers appear to be 29 posted waymarks and 48 visits.  Highlights include:

Mormon Marker on a Flagpole in De Witt, Missouri.

I was not aware of the history of the Mormons being run out of this little town.

Laclede Covered Bridge

Only one of four left in Missouri - This is my second one visited!

Woodman marker in the Rose Hill Cemetery

This is one of the more elaborate early tree trunk WoW memorials

I have found.

Sometimes I get lucky - this is a common "slab" Woodman marker I posted.

I always try to check the internet when I get home to find out about the person.

Turns out that Albert Parker was a prominent banker in Brookfield!

Just completed writing up the photos I took on 1/20/14 in and around downtown Kansas City, Mo.  I posted 22 waymarks on 27 photos.  Highlights included a sculpture of a Bison Skeleton, a Giant Needle Sculpture, and a new Center of the Arts that looks like two stainless steel seashells.

Descent of Civilization

This sculpture highlights the loss of Bison from the Plains

The Area around 8th & Broadway was known as the

Garment District - hence this sculpture of needle & thread.

The new Kauffman Center - I saw the "Nutcracker" in  Decemeber

and was on the 8th floor.  I could hear the footfalls of the dancers - AMAZING!!!

Made the first waymarking trip of 2014 to Liberty / Excelsior Springs, Mo. on the 14th of January.  I completed the Liberty Square West Historic District and came up one building shy of completing the Excelsior Springs East Commercial District.  I ended up posting 56 waymarks from 99 pictures.  I also met Kim McElwee from the Downtown Excelsior Partnership.  She was curious as to why a crazy Kansan was taking pictures of the Historic District while his wife took notes.  I explained the concept of waymarking and she seemed interested - hopefully, she can use the resultant waymarks!  Highlights of the trip:

Site of the First Daylight Bank Robbery

On the Liberty Courthouse Square

Cool old Millstones out front of the Bank

From the old Liberty Mill

Excelsior Springs Hall of Waters

Several different Mineral Waters were bottled

and used here back in 30's thru 70's

An old Bank turned into the Excelsior Springs Museum.

I always find it funny when I can claim an

object like stairs as a "Contributing Building" :)

2013's Waymarking Stats

2013 was my best year so far for Waymarking. 

I posted 755 waymarks in 12 states.
I visited 512 waymarks in 10 states.

My state posting breakdown with the top 5 categories were:

Kansas -
300 waymarks in 54 categories

National Register District Contributing Buildings - 131
Dated Buildings - 26
Kansas Historical Markers - 20
National Register Buildings - 17
American Guide Series - 11

Missouri -
380 waymarks in 77 categories

National Register District Contributing Buildings - 164
Dated Buildings - 35
Woodmen of the World - 18
Missouri Historical Markers - 17
National Register Buildings - 13

Nebraska -
11 waymarks in 5 categories

Top category was Grave of a Famous person - 7

Iowa -
9 waymarks in 5 categories

Woodmen of the World - 4

Oklahoma -
4 Waymarks in 3 Categories

Woodmen of the World - 2

Texas -
14 waymarks in 8 categories

Woodmen of the World -7

Arkansas -
2 waymarks in 2 categories

Baptist Churches / Dated Buildings 1 each

Illinois -
3 waymarks in 3 categories

Grave of a Famous Person / Roadside Attraction / Woodman of the world - 1 each

Tennessee -
1 waymark in the Simulcra category

Kentucky -
7 waymarks in 4 categories

Woodmen of the World - 4

South Carolina-
18 waymarks in 9 categories

Grave of a Famous Person - 6

Georgia -
6 waymarks in 5 categories

Non Specific Veteran Memorials - 2

Just finished posting waymarks from a trip to Lawrence, Kansas taken back on June 16th.  I mainly documented the Downtown Historic District.  I was able to get 77 waymarks in 14 different categories from 143 pictures.  Highlights include:

Round Corner Drug - at one time, this was 

the oldest drug store in the State of Kansas.

An old Montgomery Ward Building - 

a great example of Art Deco architecture.

Former Lawrence Masonic Temple

an example of Egyptian Revival architecture.

Watkins Museum - this was a former

Bank and Lawrence City Hall.

Sister Cities Park - 

a little oasis in downtown Lawrence.

Went to Council Bluffs, Ia. and Omaha, Ne, earlier in the month and was able to waymark three separate cemeteries and visit the Omaha Zoo.  I ended with 8 visited and 20 posted waymarks.  The highlights included:

Grenville Dodge Mausoleum

Grenville Dodge was a Civil War General and a major

force in the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad.

John O'Neill (8 March 1834 - 7 January 1878) was an officer in the American Civil War,

 and a member of the Fenian Brotherhood.

 O'Neill is best known for his activities leading the Fenian raids on Canada in 1866 and 1871.

Skip Stephenson was one of the hosts

of "Real People" TV Show.

Gilbert Swanson was the owner of

the company the developed the first frozen TV dinner.

Final Count of Waymarks from my recent trip to Pigeon Forge,TN; Charleston, SC; Chattanooga TN; and Paducah,KY:  32 new waymarks posted - 143 waymarks visited.  Some of my favorites...

Not a scanned postcard...

St. Philip's Church in Charleston- great to explore both inside the  

church and outside in the cemetery!

Gravesite of the "Birdman of Alcatraz"

Located in Metropolis, Il.

Memorial to the members of the Great Train Robbery

Chattanooga National Cemetery

Trail of Tears Fountain - Ross's Landing

Chattanooga, TN.

Point Park on Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga

Closed up tight due to the Government shutdown.

Ft. Sumter - Charleston from Ft. Moultrie

Again, a victim of the Government shutdown

Gravesite of H. L. Hunley Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston

Inventor of the submarine that sunk the USS Housantanic

Rosa Raymond gravesite - Magnolia Cemetery

This is the most fascinating and sad gravesites

I have been.