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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 Union Covered Bridge State Historic Site is a Missouri State Historic Site in Monroe County, Missouri. The covered bridge is a Burr-arch truss structure built in 1871 over the Elk Fork of the Salt River. It was almost lost to neglect in the 1960s, but was added to the state park system in 1967, the same year it was damaged by a flood.
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.
Local history: The Visitors Center, in a historic Route 66 building, has exhibits on the Mother Road in the state of Missouri. Ruth W. Towne Museum: Kirksville: Adair: Northeast: History: website, museum and visitor center of Truman State University, exhibits about the history of the university Saxon Lutheran Memorial: Frohna: Perry: Southeast ...
However, then-Missouri governor Claiborne F. Jackson, a supporter of the Confederate States of America, refused to distribute the call and prepared, instead, to use the Missouri State Guard to seize a United States government arsenal in St. Louis, Missouri. In response, Union general Nathaniel Lyon moved aggressively against the pro-Confederate ...
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.
East Central College was founded in 1968 to serve the educational needs of the people in east central Missouri. In that same year 114 acres (46.1 ha) were purchased for what is now the main campus. [3] Classes began in rented facilities at the Union Memorial Auditorium in September 1969 with enrollment of 476 students the first semester.