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Union is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Missouri, United States. [8] It is located on the Bourbeuse River , 50 miles (80 km) southwest of St. Louis . The population was 12,348 at the 2020 census .
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of March 13, 2009 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
The Society engages in a number of outreach programs to bring Missouri's history to the public. Such programs are the Missouri History in Performance theatre, the Missouri History Speakers' Bureau, and the Missouri Conference on History. The collection of the Society, concerning pamphlets, books, and state publications, is over 460,000 items.
The battle site was established as Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Park on April 22, 1960, [10] and was re-designated a National Battlefield on December 16, 1970. [11] The battlefield was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. [12]
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Missouri History museum entrance in 2023. The Missouri History Museum in Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri, showcases Missouri history. It is operated by the Missouri Historical Society, which was founded in 1866. Museum admission is free through a public subsidy by the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District.
Union Depot, c. 1880. On April 8, 1878, Union Depot opened on a narrow triangle of land in Kansas City, Missouri, between Union Avenue and the railroad tracks of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad in what became West Bottoms. [4] [5] Nicknamed the "Jackson County Insane Asylum" by those who thought it was too large.