Midwest — Site filing

Sites with a file in Missouri

Missouri carries 8 dossiers under this filing — places the record keeps even where the classification stays broad. The documented past sits on one side of each file, the reported present on the other. Claims are logged as claims; the archive does not certify the ground.

8 dossiers0 counties covered100% open to visitorsJefferson Barracks — deepest file

Also filed under site:Hawaii44 Michigan39 Arizona39 Wyoming30 Illinois30 Oregon22 Pennsylvania20 West Virginia20

Other Missouri filings:Historic sites10 Caves5 Cemeteries4 Battlefields4 Houses3

Jefferson Barracks

St. Louis, Missouri

The 1826 post that trained the Civil War’s generals.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Fort Davidson

Pilot Knob, Missouri

September 27, 1864—the fort that swallowed an army at Pilot Knob.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Haun’s Mill

October 30, 1838—the Missouri massacre that drove the Mormons west.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Osage

Sibley, Missouri

Clark’s 1808 factory fort on the Missouri—rebuilt on the bluff.

1 claim · 1 legend→

George Washington Carver National Monument

Diamond, Missouri

The first national monument for an African American—where Carver was born enslaved.

Mark Twain Birthplace

Florida, Missouri

The two-room cabin where Samuel Clemens was born—1835.

Pony Express Stables

St. Joseph, Missouri

The 1859 stables where the mail rode west in ten days.

Liberty Jail

Liberty, Missouri

The 1838-39 dungeon where Joseph Smith was held—"a prison-temple."

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