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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 Battle of Carthage State Historic Site is a state-owned property located in the city of Carthage, Missouri. The 7.4-acre (3.0 ha) site preserves one of the skirmish sites of the Battle of Carthage which took place in 1861 as one of the first battles of the American Civil War . [ 4 ]
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 ...
The battle was a strategic victory by the Missouri State Guard in large part owing to new tactics introduced on the battlefield by independent partisan rangers serving with Captain Jo Shelby. [3] Carthage played a part in determining Missouri's course during the war, as it helped spark recruitment for the Southern regiments.
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.
The Battle of Yellow Creek, also known as Skirmish at Yellow Creek, was an action during the American Civil War, occurring August 13, 1862, along the Yellow Creek in Chariton County, Missouri. [1] [2] The Battle of Yellow Creek followed an earlier battle at Compton's Ferry, on August 11.