"action before Westport". His book of that title was published in 1964 for the battle's centennial. Dr. Monnett's enthusiasm led to the eventual creation of an automobile tour of the widely dispersed battle sites. By 1979, the founders of the Monnett Fund had successfully raised funds to erect permanent markers at 25 sites, and had created a self-guided automobile tour. These markers included a monument located at the meadow site, and several wayside markers on nearby Bloody Hill. The battlefield was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989, after the Fund acquired of the Westport battlefield, including the site of Byram's Ford itself. Title was transferred to the Kansas City Parks Department in April 1995, and archaeological surveys in 1996 revealed artifacts from the battle in and around the Byram's Ford area. Notes References Castel, Albert E. General Sterling Price and the Civil War in the West. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1993. . Kirkman, Paul. The Battle of Westport: Missouri's Great Confederate Raid. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2011. . Lause, Mark J. "Battle of Westport," p. 2093, In Heidler, David S. and Heidler, Jeanne T., eds., Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social and Military History. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2000. . Combines into one volume the original 5 volume work published by ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, California in 2000. Lause, Mark A. Price's Lost Campaign: The 1864 Invasion of Missouri. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 2011. . Lee, Fred L. The Battle of Westport, October 21–23, 1864. Westport Historical Society, 1996. . Sinisi, Kyle S. The Last Hurrah: Sterling Price's Missouri Expedition of 1864. Rowman & Littlefield, 2015. External links National Park Service battle description Howard N. Monnett: Action Before Westport, 1864. Westport Historical Society, 1995 (1964) Fred L. Lee: The Battle of Westport, October 21–23, 1864. Westport Historical Society, 1996 (1976) (battlefield tour guide). Battle of Westport Visitor Center Westport Westport Westport Westport Westport Westport Westport October 1864 events