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Harry S. Truman’s Brithplace

Lamar, MO Papinville, MO Museum

Four Rivers Conservation

Preserve

Papinville Historic Bridge

Civil War Marker when

Town Burned. Osceola, MO

Battle of Lone Jack

Museum. Lone Jack, MO

Marais des Cygnes

Massacre. Kansas

Burnt Distric

Monument

Harrison, Mo

Trading Post, Kansas

Museum

Carthage, MO

Powers Museum

John Brown State Historic

Site

Linn County Museum

Ft. Scott Museum

Bushwacker Jail & Museum

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