14 parks in Missouri
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National Historic Trail
Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail
Arizona, Arkansas, California +4
In 1857, businessman and transportation entrepreneur John Butterfield was awarded a contract to establish an overland mail route between the eastern United States an…
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National Historic Trail
California National Historic Trail
California, Colorado, Idaho +7
Follow in the footsteps of over 250,000 emigrants who traveled to the gold fields and rich farmlands of California during the 1840s and 1850s: the greatest mass migr…
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National Park
Gateway Arch National Park
Missouri
Gateway Arch National Park commemorates President Jefferson’s vision of a continental nation, the individuals and cultural groups who helped shape its history, St. L…
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National Monument
George Washington Carver National Monument
Missouri
The young child known as the "Plant Doctor" tended his secret garden while observing the day-to-day operations of a 19th century farm. Nature and nurture ultimately…
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National Historic Site
Harry S Truman National Historic Site
Missouri
President Harry S Truman took America from its traditional isolationism into the age of international involvement. Despite his power, he never forgot where he came f…
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National Historic Trail
Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
Idaho, Illinois, Indiana +13
The Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail winds nearly 4,900 miles through the homelands of more than 60 Tribal nations. It follows the historic outbound and inbou…
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National Historic Trail
Oregon National Historic Trail
Idaho, Kansas, Missouri +4
Imagine yourself an emigrant headed for Oregon: would promises of lush farmlands and a new beginning lure you to leave home and walk for weeks? More than 2,000 miles…
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National Scenic Riverways
Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Missouri
Ozark National Scenic Riverways is the first national park area to protect a river system. The Current and Jacks Fork rivers are two of the finest floating rivers fo…
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National Historic Trail
Pony Express National Historic Trail
California, Colorado, Kansas +5
It is hard to believe that young men once rode horses to carry mail from Missouri to California in the unprecedented time of only 10 days. This relay system along th…
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National Historic Trail
Santa Fe National Historic Trail
Colorado, Kansas, Missouri +2
You can almost hear the whoops and cries of "All's set!" as trail hands hitched their oxen to freight wagons carrying cargo between western Missouri and Santa Fe, Ne…
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National Historical Park
Ste. Geneviève National Historical Park
Missouri
Established by 1750, Ste. Geneviève was the first permanent European settlement in Missouri. Early French Canadian settlers were drawn here by the rich agricultural…
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National Historic Trail
Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail
Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia +6
Remember and commemorate the survival of the Cherokee people, forcefully removed from their homelands in Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee to live in Indian Territory,…
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National Historic Site
Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site
Missouri
Ulysses S. Grant is known as the victorious Civil War general who saved the Union and the 18th President of the United States. He first met Julia Dent, his future wi…
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National Battlefield
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
Missouri
Wilson's Creek was the first major Civil War battle fought west of the Mississippi River, and where the first Union general was killed in action. The costly Southern…
