All Tours: 16

Warrensburg Historical Highlights Tour

11 Locations ~ Curated by University of Central Missouri History Program UCM Public History Students, Graduate Students Paxton Stover and Paul Atwood
This Warrensburg Historical Highlights tour features some of the prominent historic sites in Warrensburg, Missouri.

Knob 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 Missouri
The tour describes the history surrounding the founding of Monseratt Recreational Demonstration Area that later came to known as Knob Noster State Park in 1946 and discusses the importance of Camp Bobwhite and Camp Shawnee as part of the recreational…

Blind Boone in Warrensburg Missouri

10 Locations ~ Curated by University of Central Missouri Department of History
Rachel Boone brought her infant son John William "Willie" "Blind" Boone to Warrensburg, Missouri in 1864 shortly after he was born in Miami, Missouri. He lost his eyesight as an infant, but he expressed an early interest in music and residents of…

Sedalia Missouri Historical Highlights Tour

10 Locations ~ Curated by University of Central Missouri Department of History, Glyne Gee, with funding support from the Missouri Humanities Council
The city that became Sedalia was founded on land originally inhabited by the Osage Nation. After the United States removed the Osage from Missouri in 1825, white settlers became the predominate inhabitants including, George R. Smith, who founded…

Historic Pertle Springs Resort Warrensburg Missouri Tour

9 Locations ~ Curated by University of Central Missouri Department of History with funding support from the Missouri Humanities Council
J. H. Christopher purchased the land just one and half miles south of Warrensburg in 1884 that came to be known as Pertle Springs. The faith leaders of the community approached Christopher in 1886 and asked if he would support bringing Sam Jones and…

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 Council
This tour features some of the historic properties in Chillicothe, Missouri, researched and written by University of Central Missouri's MA in History Student, Glyne Gee.

Missouri's Little Dixie African American Historical Highlights Tour

9 Locations ~ Curated by University of Central Missouri Department of History, Kayla Gorrell, with funding support from the Missouri Humanities Council
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…

Marble Hill Missouri Tour

10 Locations ~ Curated by Researched, written, and added to Historic Missouri by MA in History student Anna Furney with funding support from the Missouri Humanities Council
In southeast Missouri lies Bollinger County -- 618 square miles of Ozark Highlands once occupied by the Shawnee, Delaware, and Osage indigenous nations. The county was named after George F. Bollinger, the leader of a group of Swiss-German pioneers…

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 Council
Located 60 miles east of Kansas City and 20 miles north of Knob Noster, immigrants from the southern Hanover region of Germany platted Concordia in 1868.Prior to 1868, a Lutheran community began to gather in the German community of Freedom Township,…

Sweet 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 Council
The city of Sweet Springs was known for its natural springs that were considered a health remedy for various illnesses. It became a destination location due to the 'sweet springs' and the health resort that was established in 1881. Many…

Lamar Missouri Historical Tour

9 Locations ~ Curated by University of Central Missouri Department of History, Anna Furney, with funding from the Missouri Humanities Council
In the southwest corner of Missouri, bordering Kansas, lies Barton County. The county was created out of land from Jasper County in December 1855. Its namesake is for David Barton, who had served as presiding president of the Missouri Constitutional…

Missouri 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 Program
This tour features brief histories of the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri; Jefferson City National Cemetery in Jefferson City, Missouri; the Springfield National Cemetery in Springfield, Missouri, and the Union Confederate…

Kansas City Missouri's 18th and Vine Tour

9 Locations ~ Curated by University of Central Missouri Department of History with funding from the Missouri Humanities Council
Before the Civil War in 1860, the population of Kansas City was 4,418, which included 190 enslaved residents. Once freed, blacks were forced into segregated areas in the city. Between 1860 and 1870 many former slaves came to the city looking for work…

Pleasant Hill Missouri Historical Highlights Tour

8 Locations ~ Curated by University of Central Missouri Department of History with funding from the Missouri Humanities Council
In 2005 the National Park Service placed the "Pleasant Hill Downtown Historic District" on the National Register of Historic Places. The nomination noted:"This collection of buildings documents the evolution of....Pleasant Hill's central…

Bolivar Missouri Historical Tour

9 Locations ~ Curated by University of Central Missouri Department of History, R. Tyler Habiger, MA in History program
Bolivar, Missouri, is an idyllic city in the middle of Missouri. Filled with rich history and preservation of its landmarks and buildings, it has been careful to maintain and identify buildings and places which remind present and future citizens of…