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Missouri State Veterans Cemetery – Fort Leonard Wood
As decades pass and time marches on, the need for newer cemeteries to honor veterans has grown. For the Missouri Veterans Commission, that need came to a head in 1996, when, after persistent lobbying, the State Veterans Cemetery Program was signed…
Fort Riley Post Cemetery
Fort Riley Post Cemetery, like many military cemeteries before it, began with the fort that gives it its name. The site began in 1853, with the establishment of the fort in the plains of Kansas as a hub to protect the heavily trafficked westward…
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…
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Historic Pertle Springs Warrensburg Missouri The Cottages
James H. Christopher, developer of Pertle Springs, acquired some unoccupied housing lots on the north side of the park in 1885 that he sold to several individuals, who built their own cottages near Pertle Springs and then rented them out to…
Sedalia Missouri German Evangelical Church
The German Evangelical Church of the West was formed on October 15, 1840, in Gravois, Missouri. It united the various German church denominations of Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, and Indiana. In 1866, the organization changed its name to the German…
Missouri's Little Dixie African American History Tour
Each of the places along this historic tour takes one through the important locations of African American history as this group progressed from enslaved people into 'freedom' in Saline County, Missouri. As you will see, when slavery…
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Chillicothe 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 CouncilMissouri and Kansas National Cemeteries Tour
8 Locations ~ Curated by University of Central Missouri Department of History, MA in History student, Lex Alexander, and funded by the Veterans Administration Veterans Legacy Grant ProgramSweet Springs Missouri Tour
9 Locations ~ Curated by University of Central Missouri Department of History, MA in History student, T. J. Banholzer, with funding from the Missouri Humanities CouncilHistoric Pertle Springs Resort Warrensburg Missouri Tour
9 Locations ~ Curated by University of Central Missouri Department of History with funding support from the Missouri Humanities CouncilConcordia 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 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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