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The Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site is a state-owned property in Lamar, Barton County, Missouri, maintained by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, preserving the 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story childhood home of Harry S. Truman, the 33rd President of the United States. The future president was born here on May 8, 1884, in the ...
Lamar is located in central Barton County adjacent to a bend in the North Fork Spring River and lies on US Route 160 just east of US Route 71. [ 10 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 5.43 square miles (14.06 km 2 ), of which 5.12 square miles (13.26 km 2 ) is land and 0.31 square miles (0.80 km 2 ) is ...
Lamar Township covers an area of 64.76 square miles (167.7 km 2) and contains one incorporated settlement, Lamar Heights. According to the USGS, it contains four cemeteries: Fair View, Lake, Nigh and Saint Marys. The streams of Dicks Fork, Elm Branch and Pettis Creek run through this township.
Missouri State Penitentiary Warden's House, also known as the Missouri State Penitentiary Director's House, is a historic home located at Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri. It was built in 1888 and updated by architect Morris Frederick Bell in 1907 in the Queen Anne style.
Location of Jackson County in Missouri. ... German Evangelical Pastors' Home Historic District: October 13, 1988 : 1808-1812 W. Walnut and 300-311 19th Terrace
In an effort to regulate abuses in the funeral business, the State of Missouri required vendors of caskets to have a funeral director's license. Martin and other attorneys argued that the government should not prevent the businessman from selling caskets at a discount and helping people avoid inflated costs of purchasing a casket from funeral ...
Barton County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Missouri.As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,637. [1] Its county seat is Lamar. [2] The county was organized in 1855 and named after U.S. Senator David Barton from Missouri.
Truman's farm home in Grandview, Missouri The Harry S. Truman Farm Home is located 15 miles (24 km) away from Independence in Grandview, Missouri . A National Historic Landmark , the farmhouse at 12301 Blue Ridge Blvd. was built in 1894 by Harry Truman's maternal grandmother, and is the centerpiece of a 5.25 acres (2.12 ha) remnant of the ...