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The Veterans Memorial, with almost 1000 names of veterans, sits in front of the museum on Smith Street. Four miles west of Cuba on Route 66 is the World's Largest Rocking Chair (former). [21] The chair is 42' high and draws many Route 66 travelers to take photos.
John Wood Brooks is further remembered by the names of four Brookfield streets: John, Wood, Brooks, and Boston streets. [5] A post office called Brookfield has been in operation since 1860. [6] Brookfield was located along the first railroad built across the State of Missouri, completed by the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad on February 13 ...
Ellington is a city in Reynolds County, Missouri, United States. The population was 790 at the 2020 census . [ 4 ] In 1925, the infamous Tri-State Tornado began just northwest of Ellington.
The park contains a statue honoring Missouri's First Senator, Thomas Hart Benton by American sculptor Harriet Hosmer The 29.95-acre (121,200 m 2 ) park was created by city ordinance 2741 in 1838. The park was named in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette (1757–1834), a French statesman who served as a volunteer under General George Washington in ...
Mature trees lining streets throughout the area are predominantly oak, maple, poplar, with birch trees along Francis Park. St. Louis Cardinals Hall-of-Famer Stan Musial lived in St. Louis Hills for much of his baseball career, on Childress Avenue from 1948 to 1955 and Westway Road from 1955 to 1965.
In 1915, the Missouri Daughters of the American Revolution erected a monument near Woodlawn Street in Sikeston to mark this event. [27] In 1929, the Sikeston portion of the street was paved. Today this road is known as U.S. Route 61. The city has a few cobble-stoned streets in its older commercial downtown area.
Macon is in southeastern Macon County. Two US highways cross in the city. U.S. Route 36, passing through the northern side of the city, leads east 62 miles (100 km) to Hannibal and west 33 miles (53 km) to Brookfield, while U.S. Route 63 passes through the city as Missouri Street, leading north 34 miles (55 km) to Kirksville and south 23 miles (37 km) to Moberly.
Caledonia is located at the intersection of Missouri Route 32 and Missouri Route 21. Goose Creek flows through the community and Spring Glen Lake is approximately one mile to the northeast along Goose Creek. [8] According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.16 square miles (0.41 km 2), all land. [9]