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In 1882, Reuben Branson opened a general store and post office in the area. [10] Branson was formally incorporated on April 1, 1912, and construction of the Powersite Dam nearby on the White River which would form Lake Taneycomo was completed. In 1894, William Henry Lynch bought Marble Cave (renamed "Marvel Cave") and began charging visitors to ...
St. James was the part-time home of Lucy Wortham James, a wealthy philanthropist who had a love for the area. She was a descendant of Thomas James, a Chillicothe banker who founded the Maramec Iron Works. [7] The James Foundation, a charitable organization she founded, was responsible for the St. James City Park and the James Memorial Library ...
St. James Chapel, also known as the St. James United Methodist Church, is a historic Methodist chapel located at St. James, Phelps County, Missouri. It was built in 1868, and is a one-story red brick building with Gothic Revival and Romanesque Revival style design elements. It measures 40 feet by 60 feet, and has a gable roof.
St. James Winery is located in St. James, Missouri, near mile marker 195 of Interstate 44. The winery distributes 200,000 cases of wine per year in 19 states. The vineyards are composed of 180 acres (73 ha) of Catawba , Vignoles , Chardonel , Concord , Norton , Chambourcin , Seyval and Rougeon grapes .
St. Louis. Chess Capital of the World [24] Gateway to the West [25] Lion of the Valley [26] The Lou [27] Mound City [11] [25] River City [28] Rome of the West [29] There's More Than Meets the Arch [12] Salem – Charcoal Capital of the World [30] Sedalia – The Queen City of the Prairie [31] Springfield. Birthplace of Route 66 [32] Queen City ...
Branson Cross is a large structure in the shape of a cross located in Walnut Shade, Missouri near Branson, Missouri. At 218 feet (66.45m) tall, it is claimed to be the largest cross in North America. [3] The cross is among the ten largest such structures in the world. [4]
Rank City 2023 Estimate 2020 Census Change County 1: Kansas City † 510,704 508,090 +0.51%: Jackson Clay Platte Cass: 2: St. Louis: 281,754 301,578 −6.57%
Voice of Business: The Man Who Transformed the United States Chamber of Commerce (2017), Richard Lesher was president of the US Chamber of Commerce from 1975 to 1997. Werking, Richard Hume. "Bureaucrats, businessmen, and foreign trade: the origins of the United States Chamber of Commerce." Business History Review 52#03 (1978) pp: 321–341.