Brown V Board Of Education National Historic Site
This National Historic Site commemorates the landmark Supreme Court decision aimed at
ending segregation in public schools. The site consists of the Monroe Elementary
School.
Effigy Mounds National Monument
The monument contains 2,526 acres with 195 mounds of which 31 are effigies. The others
are conical, linear and compound. Natural features in the monument include forests, tallgrass
prairies, wetlands and rivers.
Fort Larned National Historic Site
Fort Larned was established in 1859 as a base of military operations against hostile
Indians of the Central Plains, to protect traffic along the Santa Fe Trail and as an agency
for the administration of the Central Plains Indians. With nine restored buildings, it
survives as one of the best examples of Indian Wars period forts.
Fort Scott National Historic Site
All of the sites 20 historic structures, its parade ground, and its five acres of
restored tallgrass prairie bear witness to the era when the United States was forged from a
young divided republic into a united and powerful transcontinental nation.
George Washington Carver National Monument
George Washington Carver's boyhood home consists of rolling hills, woodlands, and
prairies.
Harry S Truman National Historic Site
Harry S Truman National Historic Site includes the Truman Home in Independence, Missouri,
and the Truman Farm Home in Grandview, Missouri. Harry S Truman (1884-1972), 33rd President of
the United States, lived here from 1919 until his death.
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
The Herbert Hoover National Historic Site buildings and grounds are preserved to
commemorate the life of the 31st President of the United States.
Homestead National Monument of America
The Homestead Act of 1862 was one of the most significant events in the westward
expansion of the United States. By granting 160 acres of free land to claimants, it allowed
nearly any man or woman a chance to live the American dream.
Nicodemus National Historic Site
This area preserves, protects and interprets the only remaining western town established by African Americans during the Reconstruction Period following the Civil War.
Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Ozark National Scenic Riverways was created to protect 134 miles of the Current and Jacks Fork Rivers in the Ozark Highlands of southeastern Missouri.
Pipestone National Monument
The story of this stone and the pipes made from it spans four centuries of Plains Indian life. The pipestone here is quarried by anyone of Indian ancestry. An age-old tradition continues in the modern world.
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is a new kind of national park. The preserve protects a nationally significant example of the once vast tallgrass ecosystem.
Wilsons Creek National Battlefield
The battle fought here on August 10, 1861, was the first major Civil War engagement west
of the Mississippi River, and was a Confederate victory. With the exception of the vegetation,
the 1,750 acre battlefield has changed little from its historic setting.
Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge
Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge
Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge
Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge
Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge
Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge
Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge
Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge
Valentine National Wildlife Refuge
Waubay National Wildlife Refuge
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
The Herbert Hoover National Historic Site buildings and grounds are preserved to
commemorate the life of the 31st President of the United States.
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