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National Historical Parks, some National Historic Sites, some National Monuments, and certain other areas in the National Park system are highly protected historic landmarks of national importance, often listed before the inauguration of the NHL program in 1960 and not later named NHLs. There are five of these areas in Missouri.
The Common Field Archaeological Site, designated by the Smithsonian trinomial 23-SG-100, is a prehistoric archaeological site near Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. Located in the bottom lands along the Mississippi River , it encompasses the remains of a Native American platform mound.
The site is located on a high sand terrace above the Des Moines River floodplain off Clark County Road 188 two miles south-southeast of St. Francisville, Missouri. [6] [7] [8] A walking trail of one and a quarter miles has interpretive signage, the remains of a typical Illinois Tribe–style long house, an oxbow lake, and an example of an Illinois round house. [9]
The Utz Site is located in central Missouri, north of the city of Marshall and south of Miami. It is roughly 200 acres (81 ha) in size. It is roughly 200 acres (81 ha) in size. A small portion is in an outlying part of Van Meter State Park , whose main feature is the so-called Old Fort ; [ 3 ] the rest is on private land. [ 4 ]
The Gumbo Point Site is a Native American archaeological site in Saline County, Missouri, located near the Missouri River north of the city of Malta Bend. The site was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1969.
Graham Cave is a Native American archeological site near Mineola, Missouri in Montgomery County in the hills above the Loutre River. [3] It is located in the 356 acre Graham Cave State Park. The entrance of the sandstone cave forms a broad arch 120 feet (37 m) wide and 16 feet (5 m) high.
Van Meter State Park is a public recreation area on the Missouri River in Saline County, Missouri.The state park consists of 1,105 acres (447 ha) of hills, ravines, fresh water marsh, fens, and bottomland and upland forests in an area known as The Pinnacles The park has several archaeological sites, a cultural center, and facilities for camping, hiking, and fishing.
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]