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The 1838 Mormon War, also known as the Missouri Mormon War, was a conflict between Mormons and their neighbors in Missouri.Early in the third decade of the nineteenth century, members of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saint) began to migrate into Jackson County, Missouri.
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.
United States vs. Missouri (Confederate) Confederate victory 2nd Boonville: September 13, 1861 Boonville: American Civil War Boonville Home Guardsmen-140, Missouri State Guard-800 United States vs. Missouri (Confederate) Union victory 1st Lexington: September 13–20, 1861 Lexington: American Civil War Lexington Garrison-3,500 Missouri State ...
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.
The Mathew H. Ritchey House and 25 acres of battlefields of the First Battle of Newtonia and Second Battle of Newtonia including the Old Newtonia Cemetery in Newtonia, Missouri, about 45 miles away, were added to Wilson's Creek National Battlefield in 2022 by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, despite National Park Service opposition ...
The Chariton River is a 218-mile-long (351 km) [3] tributary to the Missouri River in southeast Iowa and northeast Missouri. The river forms in southeastern Clarke County, Iowa . It is dammed at 11,000-acre (45 km 2 ) Rathbun Reservoir in Appanoose County, Iowa and then flows 30 miles (48 km) before entering Missouri where it forms the boundary ...
Pilot Knob is located in the Arcadia Valley of Iron County, Missouri, between the towns of Ironton and Pilot Knob.Pilot Knob, so named because of its distinctive shape and prominent position, [2] reaches an elevation of 1,470 feet (450 m) [3] rising 581 feet (177 m) [4] above the Arcadia Valley floor and has a large deposit of iron ore in its upper regions.