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Rolla (/ ˈ r ɒ l ə /) is a city in, and the county seat of, Phelps County, Missouri, United States. [4] Its population in the 2020 United States Census was 19,943. [ 5 ] It is approximately midway between St. Louis and Springfield along I-44 .
The Phelps County Focus traces its history back to several Rolla newspapers that date back to the 1870s. [1] Edward W. Sowers and two others bought the weekly Rolla New Era in 1942. Sowers later acquired full ownership and changed the paper's name to the Rolla Daily News. He worked as publisher until his death in 1982. [2]
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Old town Rolla was located along Main Street near the Courthouse. The business district moved to Pine Street in the late 19th century. Following the Union defeat at Wilson's Creek on August 10, 1861, the Union Army fell back to Rolla and began building an earthen fort on a hill alongside present Highway 63 about a mile from the Courthouse.
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Ozark Actors Theatre was founded in 1987 by pianist Gail Andrews-Hintz and founding artistic director F. Reed Brown, [1] [2] with the help of actress Cindy Beger and her friend Kathy Pukas.
Among the high school's predecessor buildings was the Rolla Building that opened in 1871. It was shared with the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy in its first year of existence. The college bought the building for $25,000 in 1875 and it remains in use as the school's mathematics library after being extensively renovated.