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Knob Noster State Park Recreational Demonstration Area Storygraph
The National Park Service's Recreational Demonstration Area storygraph was completed in the 1930s and offers an idyllic view of what an organized group camp or demonstration area might have looked like.
While the foreground in this drawing…
Knob Noster State Park Camp Bobwhite Historic and New Pool
Camp Bobwhite has offered a swimming pool since the camp opened to the public in the 1940s. Long before the use of air conditioning, swimming pools offered a fun place to cool off during the summer months and campers looked forward to pool time.…
Knob Noster State Park WPA Bridge on Entrance Road
The National Park Service placed the Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Bridge, or Knob Noster State Park Bridge on Entrance Road, in the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The Works Progress Administration and the National Park…
Knob Noster State Park Camp Shawnee
The National Park Service added the Shawnee Organized Group Camp to the National Register of Historic Places as a Historic District in 1985. The Works Progress Administration constructed the camp as part an effort to create recreational…
Knob Noster State Park Camp Bobwhite Director's Cabin
The Works Progress Administration constructed the original Camp Bobwhite Director's Cabin in the late 1930s. Its exterior has changed little over the past several decades. As you can see from the earliest image, the park's road ended at a…
Knob Noster State Park Camp Activities
One of the primary objectives of the creation of the Monteserrat Recreational Demonstration area that later became Knob Noster State Park in 1946 was to get individuals to engage with recreation and the outdoors.
The campers who stayed at either…
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Harry Truman Returns to Jackson County Missouri as President Grandview visit
Harry Truman never missed an opportunity to visit with his mother when he came back to Jackson County. While his jaunt to Grandview was quick after the Memorial Building press conference, he was clearly pleased to see her. They probably met at her…
Knob Noster State Park Camp Bob White
Originally, the National Park Service (NPS) planned five organized group camps at Knob Noster State Park; however, over the course of the park's planning and development period, the NPS and Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers created…
Knob Noster State Park Camp Shawnee
The National Park Service added the Shawnee Organized Group Camp to the National Register of Historic Places as a Historic District in 1985. The Works Progress Administration constructed the camp as part an effort to create recreational…
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Knob Noster State Park History Camp Bobwhite and Camp Shawnee
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11 Locations ~ Curated by University of Central Missouri History Program UCM Public History Students, Graduate Students Paxton Stover and Paul AtwoodHarry 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 TaylorHistoric 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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