Northeast Missouri Tourism
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Railroad Days, Bar BQ Contest, & Bluegrass Festival - Pacific, MO
Railroad Days, Bar BQ Contest, & Bluegrass Festival - Pacific, MO This festival is held in August to commemorate the city’s railroad history.
Railroad Days, featuring a railroad theme with exhibits, historic photo exhibition & vendors. The BarBQ contest/Bluegrass Festival is held in the Pacific City Park. Bluegrass Bands play all evening on Friday night and all day Saturday and Sunday into the evening.
Mastodon State Historic Site - Imperial, Mo
Mastodon State Historic Site - Imperial, MO
Archaeological history was made at the site in 1979 when scientists excavated a stone spear point made by hunters of the Clovis culture (14,000 - 10,000 years ago) in direct association with mastodon bones. This was the first solid evidence of the coexistence of people and these giant prehistoric beasts.
Anheuser Museum & Estate - Kimmswick, Mo
Anheuser Museum & Estate - Kimmswick, MO. Fred and Mabel Ruth Anheuser’s ancestral home is located in Kimmwsick.
This historic estate was gifted to Fred and Mabel Ruth in the 1940’s by his father, W. Fred Anheuser. Fred’s great grandfather, Eberhard Anheuser, was the founder of E.Ahneuser Brewing Company. The brewery later became the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company, producer of world famous Budweiser Beer, after Eberhard’s daughter Lillie married Adolphus Busch.
Windsor Harbor Road Bridge - Kimmswick, Mo
Windsor Harbor Road Bridge - Kimmswick, Mo The oldest known wrought iron bridge in Missouri spans the Rock Creek.
Built in 1874, the Keystone Bridge Company constructed this bridge to be placed across the River des Peres at Ivory Avenue. It remained there until 1928 when it was replaced by a new bridge.
Sandy Creek Bridge - Hillsboro, MO
Sandy Creek Bridge - Hillsboro, MO Sandy Creek Bridge was build in 1872 by John Hathaway Morse and was named for the creek it spans.
Springfest - Owensville, MO
Springfest - Owensville, MO is held the middle of April each year.
The Springfest, a celebration of Spring, involves the schools and the entire community. The first 3-day festival was held in 1987 and was dedicated to the memory of Dr. Paul C. Baker (1934-1986) a local physician and community leader who was instrumental in the origination of the Tulip Festival (original name).
Meramec Caverns - Stanton Missouri
Meramec Caverns - Stanton Missouri a complex of mineral formations and color as rare and unique as they are beautiful. These jewels of nature which took thousands of years to grow, are preserved in the spectacular sights of Meramec Caverns.
“Spirit of Freedom” 9-11 Memorial - St. Charles, MO
"Spirit of Freedom" 9-11 Memorial - St. Charles, MO
Thirteen tons of twisted steel from the September 11, 2001 destruction of the World Trade Center in New York dominate this compelling monument in the median at Winghaven Boulevard and Highway 40-61. The memorial was dedicated September 11, 2003.
The Missouri Wing’s Museum of WWII Memorabilia - St. Charles, MO
Wing’s Museum of WWII Memorabilia - St. Charles, MO hosts the aircraft of the CAF of Missouri.
In July of 1980, 25 dedicated World War II aviation enthusiasts formed a squadron of the C.A.F. in St. Louis, Missouri. One year later, the squadron was granted wing status and became the 25th C.A.F. Wing.
First Missouri State Capitol State Historic Site - St. Charles, MO
First Missouri State Capitol State Historic Site - St. Charles, MO
The temporary, but first, site for the state capitol.
Missouri’s first legislators met in the buildings of the First Missouri State Capitol State Historic Site to undertake the task of reorganizing Missouri’s territorial government into a progressive state system. From June 4,1821, to Oct. 1,1826, heated debates of state’s rights and slavery filled the rooms of the temporary Capitol.
