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Bolivar, Missouri Dunnegan Memorial Park
Your final stop on this tour of beautiful and historic Bolivar is none other than our biggest and oldest park: Dunnegan Memorial Park. You are visiting at a special time – this year, 2023, marks the 100th anniversary of the park. The city is…
Bolivar, Missouri Southwest Baptist University
Bolivar has been home to a nationally renowned university for over 140 years. Southwest Baptist University (SBU) was founded in 1878 in Lebanon, Missouri, before being chartered the next year by the State of Missouri and moved to Bolivar. The early…
Bolivar Missouri Statue of Simon Bolivar
The City of Bolivar is a storied town with a rich history. Some of this history hails from the namesake of the town, Simon Bolivar. Bolivar was also recognized as the village name due to the heroics of General Simon Bolivar in South America. The…
Bolivar Missouri Depot
Railroads were the bloodline of commerce and industry in both cities and towns in the 1800s and 1900s. They were a fast and effective way to haul people, goods, and information from one side of the nation to the other. Depots and stations were…
Bolivar Missouri Public Library
The name Andrew Carnegie likely rings a few bells for the average and expert tourist or historian. In 1889, Carnegie wrote an article in which he stated that “in bestowing charity, the main consideration should be to help those who help themselves.”…
Bolivar Missouri First National Bank
Your next stop on this tour of Bolivar is the First National Bank. Located near the County Courthouse at 103 East Broadway, the building was added to the National Registry of Historic Places in 2013 because, per their application, the “property…
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Missouri's Little Dixie African American History Tour
As William Clark put it back in 1804, the location where Arrow Rock would eventually be founded would be a "handsome spot for a town." In 1829, sitting on the bluff of the Missouri River, the town of Arrow Rock was born. Migration to the…
Missouri's Little Dixie African American History Tour
Prairie Park, also known as the William B. Sappington Plantation, is located off Route TT southwest of Arrow Rock, Missouri. The main house is a Greek Revival style mansion including a roof observation deck often utilized by white overseers to watch…
Missouri's Little Dixie African American History Tour
Oak Grove, also known as the George A. Murrell House, is located in Saline County, Missouri, just outside the city of Napton. It is a traditional home in the Greek Revival style, constructed in 1854. The outbuildings that once surrounded the house,…
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Concordia and Emma Missouri Historical Tour
8 Locations ~ Curated by University of Central Missouri Department of History, Researched and written by C. J. Gifford, MA in History student and uploaded to Historic Missouri by Glyne Gee, MA in History student. Funding support from the Missouri Humanities CouncilBolivar Missouri Historical Tour
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8 Locations ~ Curated by University of Central Missouri Department of History with funding from the Missouri Humanities CouncilChillicothe Missouri Historical Highlights Tour
10 Locations ~ Curated by University of Central Missouri Department of History by MA in History student Glyne Gee with funding support from the Missouri Humanities CouncilSedalia Missouri Historical Highlights Tour
10 Locations ~ Curated by University of Central Missouri Department of History, Glyne Gee, with funding support from the Missouri Humanities CouncilHistoric Missouri
A project by University of Central Missouri History ProgramHistoric Missouri is a free mobile app that provides users easy access to information about the important places, people, and stories that are unique to Missouri. Developed by the faculty and students in the History Program at the University of Central Missouri, the mobile application provides interpretive and curated narrative tours about Missouri’s history. Each point on the map includes historical information about that site and features historic images from Missouri’s archival institutions like the State Historical Society of Missouri and the Missouri State Archives.
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