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Bothwell Lodge State Historic Site East Wing
The site began in 1896 with the purchase of the original 55 acres by Mr. John Homer Bothwell. In 1897, a seven-room “English style” stone cottage was constructed for John Bothwell and his friends and family to use as a warm weather retreat. In…
Chillicothe Missouri Stone Music Hall Store
Spencer A. Stone was born on April 1, 1853 in Connorsville, Wabash County, Indiana to Kentucky native Spencer A. Stone Sr. and his wife Miss Ellen Daily. The death of his parents at an early age, left him an orphan. When he was fifteen years old, he…
Chillicothe Missouri Jenkins Hay Rake & Stacker Co.
Marion R. Jenkins was born in Audrain county on August 15, 1854. His parents Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jenkins lived on a farm in Browning, Missouri of Linn County. After quitting the farm, M. R. Jenkins became the owner of the Jenkins Hay Rake &…
Chillicothe Missouri State Industrial Home for Girls
The State Industrial Home For Girls was approved by the Thirty-Fourth General Assembly of Missouri on March 30, 1887. Based on a cottage management plan and a domestic industry instruction program required by law, $50,000 was appropriated and the…
Chillicothe Missouri Luella Theatre
The Luella Theatre was the first opera house in Chillicothe, Missouri, to serve the patrons of the city for not only entertainment but as a place for social organization gatherings for important events in the late nineteenth century. In January…
Chillicothe Missouri Federal Building
The Federal Building and Post Office jointly located in one building on the corner of Locust and Clay streets in Chillicothe, Missouri, was constructed in a grand rectangular size, with three-floor levels in the Beaux-Arts architectural style, which…
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Chillicothe Missouri Jenkins Hay Rake & Stacker Co.
Marion R. Jenkins was born in Audrain county on August 15, 1854. His parents Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jenkins lived on a farm in Browning, Missouri of Linn County. After quitting the farm, M. R. Jenkins became the owner of the Jenkins Hay Rake &…
Harry Truman Returns to Jackson County Missouri as President Fairfax Airport Kansas City, Kansas
The President's plane landed at the Fairfax Airport in Kansas City, Kansas, around 1:30 C.S.T. on June 27, 1945. He had just returned from San Francisco where he had signed the United Nations Charter that committed the United States to support…
Warrensburg, Missouri
Martin Warren, who was originally from Kentucky, established a blacksmith business at the northeast corner of present day College Avenue and East Gay Street sometime in 1833. He also established his residence there and it soon came to be known as…
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11 Locations ~ Curated by University of Central Missouri History Program UCM Public History Students, Graduate Students Paxton Stover and Paul AtwoodKnob Noster State Park History Camp Bobwhite and Camp Shawnee
11 Locations ~ Curated by Missouri State Parks and the History Program at the University of Central MissouriHarry Truman Returns to Jackson County Missouri for the First Time as President June 1945
12 Locations ~ Curated by University of Central Missouri History Program Dr. Jon TaylorBlind Boone in Warrensburg Missouri
10 Locations ~ Curated by University of Central Missouri Department of HistoryHistoric 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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