Southwest Baptist University Bolivar, Missouri

ID: 923 ~ Source: Bolivar Campus. SBU University Relations. Southwest Baptist University https://www.sbuniv.edu/ ~ Creator: University of Central Missouri Department of History, R. Tyler Habiger ~ Date: c. 2022

This file appears in: Bolivar, Missouri Southwest Baptist University

Southwest Baptist University Bolivar, Missouri — Bolivar Campus. SBU University Relations.

SBU’s main quad, Bolivar Campus, c. 2022.

This file appears in: Bolivar, Missouri Southwest Baptist University

Bolivar, Missouri Southwest Baptist University

By University of Central Missouri Department of History, R. Tyler Habiger

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…