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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]
Boone's Lick State Historic Site is located in Missouri, United States, four miles east of Arrow Rock. [4] The park was established in 1960 around one of the saltwater springs that was used in the early 19th century.
The Red Crown Tavern and Red Crown Tourist Court in Platte County, Missouri was the site of the July 20, 1933, gun battle between lawmen and outlaws Bonnie and Clyde and three members of their The outlaws made their escape, and were tracked down and cornered four days later near Dexter, Iowa and engaged by another posse.
The park is located near Republic, Missouri, which is southwest of Springfield in Greene County, Missouri. [3] The American Battlefield Trust and its partners have acquired and preserved 278 acres (1.13 km 2) of the battlefield, most of which has been sold to the National Park Service and incorporated into the park. [15]
This list of African American Historic Places in Missouri is based on a book by the National Park Service, The Preservation Press, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers.
The Battle of Crooked River was a skirmish that occurred on October 25, 1838, and was a major escalator of the 1838 Mormon War.A Mormon rescue party, led by David W. Patten, formed to free three Mormon captives taken from Caldwell County the day prior, clashed with a Ray County militia company commanded by Samuel Bogart southeast of Elmira, Missouri.
Following two intermediate owners, the land was sold for $400 to Judge Lucius Salisbury in 1856. He had surveyors lay out the town plat in 1857, and the town was founded on April 1, 1867. Salisbury has had a post office since 1863, when Judge Salisbury opened it in his home. He also ran the stagecoach stop from his business, known as "Stop-A ...
The Lake of the Ozarks is located on the Ozark Plateau, with Bagnell Dam lying at an elevation of 659 feet (201 m) above sea level. [6] [17] It lies in central Missouri on the Salem Plateau of the Ozarks. [18] The lake extends across four Missouri counties, from Benton County in the west through Camden and Morgan Counties to Miller County in ...