Current River Heritage Museum & Gift Shop Photos The Current River Heritage Museum and Gift Shop located across the street from the Historic Ripley County Court House in downtown Doniphan, Missouri, is your gateway to the history and people who settled the County. Resources for finding local activities and attractions to make your visit to our […]
ARROW ROCK STATE HISTORIC SITE
**To keep up to date with any park changes, alerts and to plan your MISSOURI STATE PARK GETAWAY go to the official Missouri State Park website by clicking HERE.** Stroll through the history of a once-bustling river town that’s now the serene village of Arrow Rock. You’ll walk streets lined with the architecture of the historic “Boone’s Lick […]
BATTLE OF ATHENS STATE HISTORIC SITE
**To keep up to date with any park changes, alerts and to plan your MISSOURI STATE PARK GETAWAY go to the official Missouri State Park website by clicking HERE.** Battle of Athens Historic Site is a place of peace and serenity. Its historic buildings and tree-studded landscape, as well as, one mile of Des Moines River […]
BATTLE OF LEXINGTON STATE HISTORIC SITE
**To keep up to date with any park changes, alerts and to plan your MISSOURI STATE PARK GETAWAY go to the official Missouri State Park website by clicking HERE.** “It is unnecessary to kill off the boys here. Patience will give us what we want.”Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, Sept. 18, 1861 The first year of the […]
BATTLE OF PILOT KNOB STATE HISTORIC SITE
**To keep up to date with any park changes, alerts and to plan your MISSOURI STATE PARK GETAWAY go to the official Missouri State Park website by clicking HERE.** The Confederates under Gen. Sterling Price may have taken the fort, but Union efforts at Fort Davidson in the Battle of Pilot Knob were crucial to blunting […]
BOLLINGER MILL STATE HISTORIC SITE
**To keep up to date with any park changes, alerts and to plan your MISSOURI STATE PARK GETAWAY go to the official Missouri State Park website by clicking HERE.** Travel back to simpler days. Days when business in Missouri was about the rushing of a stream over a dam and bridges were covered. Visitors to Bollinger Mill […]
BOTHWELL LODGE STATE HISTORIC SITE
**To keep up to date with any park changes, alerts and to plan your MISSOURI STATE PARK GETAWAY go to the official Missouri State Park website by clicking HERE.** Bothwell Lodge State Historic Site is one of the best representations of early 20th Century sensibilities in the Midwest. Walk through the 31-room, 12,000-square-foot lodge built atop two […]
BRUCE R. WATKINS CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER
**To keep up to date with any park changes, alerts and to plan your MISSOURI STATE PARK GETAWAY go to the official Missouri State Park website by clicking HERE.** Named in honor of political and social activist Bruce R. Watkins, the center works to commemorate and interpret the African-American diaspora, particularly in Missouri and Kansas City, […]
CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL STATE HISTORIC SITE
**To keep up to date with any park changes, alerts and to plan your MISSOURI STATE PARK GETAWAY go to the official Missouri State Park website by clicking HERE.** Step on to the peaceful grounds of Confederate Memorial State Historic Site and experience where the last voices of the “Lost Cause” lingered. The site was once […]
DEUTSCHHEIM STATE HISTORIC SITE
**To keep up to date with any park changes, alerts and to plan your MISSOURI STATE PARK GETAWAY go to the official Missouri State Park website by clicking HERE.** Deutschheim (Deutsch = German, Heim = home), the name chosen for the state historic site, was a term used by early German writers to describe 1820 to […]
DILLARD MILL STATE HISTORIC SITE
**To keep up to date with any park changes, alerts and to plan your MISSOURI STATE PARK GETAWAY go to the official Missouri State Park website by clicking HERE.** Dillard Mill is one of Missouri’s best-preserved examples of a water-powered gristmill. It sits along the clear-flowing Ozark stream, Huzzah Creek. The red mill is nestled among […]
FELIX VALLE HOUSE STATE HISTORIC SITE
**To keep up to date with any park changes, alerts and to plan your MISSOURI STATE PARK GETAWAY go to the official Missouri State Park website by clicking HERE.** Travel back to Missouri’s early French roots at Felix Vallé House State Historic Site. Felix Vallé House State Historic Site is composed of several buildings that preserve […]
FIRST MISSOURI STATE CAPITOL STATE HISTORIC SITE
**To keep up to date with any park changes, alerts and to plan your MISSOURI STATE PARK GETAWAY go to the official Missouri State Park website by clicking HERE.** Located within a stone’s throw of the Missouri River and Katy Trail State Park, and in the heart of historic St. Charles, First Missouri State Capitol State Historic […]
GEN. JOHN J. PERSHING BOYHOOD HOME STATE HISTORIC SITE
**To keep up to date with any park changes, alerts and to plan your MISSOURI STATE PARK GETAWAY go to the official Missouri State Park website by clicking HERE.** Explore a piece of America’s military history at Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home State Historic Site and learn about the experiences that molded a Laclede country […]
HARRY S TRUMAN BIRTHPLACE STATE HISTORIC SITE
**To keep up to date with any park changes, alerts and to plan your MISSOURI STATE PARK GETAWAY go to the official Missouri State Park website by clicking HERE.** See where “The Buck” started at Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site. Visitors can view the small frame house where the future President was born, and […]
HUNTER-DAWSON STATE HISTORIC SITE
**To keep up to date with any park changes, alerts and to plan your MISSOURI STATE PARK GETAWAY go to the official Missouri State Park website by clicking HERE.** The Hunter-Dawson home illustrates the lifestyle and culture of one particular wealthy southeast Missouri family. The time is prior to the Civil War. However, such houses and […]
JEFFERSON LANDING STATE HISTORIC SITE
**To keep up to date with any park changes, alerts and to plan your MISSOURI STATE PARK GETAWAY go to the official Missouri State Park website by clicking HERE.** After the seat of government moved to the city of Jefferson in 1826, the lower end of Jefferson Street became a lively commercial and transportation hub on […]
MARK TWAIN BIRTHPLACE STATE HISTORIC SITE
**To keep up to date with any park changes, alerts and to plan your MISSOURI STATE PARK GETAWAY go to the official Missouri State Park website by clicking HERE.** Nothing says “Missouri literature” like Mark Twain. And nothing says “Mark Twain was here” like the state historic site that bears his name. Mark Twain Birthplace State […]
MARK TWAIN STATE PARK
**To keep up to date with any park changes, alerts and to plan your MISSOURI STATE PARK GETAWAY go to the official Missouri State Park website by clicking HERE.** Mark Twain State Park was established in the 1920s through the efforts of the Mark Twain Memorial Park Association. It was created in honor of the famous […]
MASTODON STATE HISTORIC SITE
**To keep up to date with any park changes, alerts and to plan your MISSOURI STATE PARK GETAWAY go to the official Missouri State Park website by clicking HERE.** Looking to take a trip to where something big happened? Try Mastodon State Historic Site. The site is the home of the Kimmswick Bone Bed. It is one […]