Aug
24
In Price's footsteps: Battle of Lexington State Historic Site
By Tom Uhlenbrock
Missouri State Parks
The town of Lexington in
northwest Missouri
wears its Civil War battle scars proudly.
The stately Lafayette County Courthouse on the town square
has an inscription pointing to where a cannonball is buried in a column, a
relic of the Battle of Lexington fought in September of 1861.
Visitors to the Oliver Anderson house, the centerpiece of
the Battle of Lexington State Historic Site, can see the holes in the red-brick
walls left my musket and... Read more »
Aug
2
CCC Strong: Historic 1930s structures in our state parks
By Tom Uhlenbrock
Missouri State Parks
DE SOTO, Mo. – Ancient Indian
rock carvings are the highlight of Washington
State Park. But a more
recent form of stone artistry also is on display.
The stonemasons of the all-black Company 1743 of the
Civilian Conservation Corps worked in the park between 1934 and 1939, leaving
behind an impressive legacy of rustic stone architecture.
Although the Great Depression, which began with the stock
market crash of 1929, was an era of hard times and... Read more »
