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BUSHWHACKER MUSEUM
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Open Monday - Saturday
May - October
10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Phone: (417) 667-9602
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Located in a 1920's Ford Motor Car Garage, Nevada's historic museum features exhibits on the Osage Indians, pioneer families, the Civil War, Camp Clark, the military and houses a replica of Dr. J.T. Hornback's office and home. A recently installed computer networking system allows access to the Bushwhacker Museum's archives and genealogical records, as well as links to Truman Library, Library of Congress, national Archives and Missouri State Historical Society. |
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BUSHWHACKER JAIL MUSEUM
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Open Monday - Saturday
May - October
10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Phone: (417) 667-5841
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For 100 years, spanning the Civil War and the post-war outlaw era, this picturesque stone building was the Vernon County jail. The "cell room of medieval malevolence" remains just as it was when the last prisoners were it in December of 1960. The front rooms were home to the jailer (usually the deputy sheriff) and his family. The Bushwhacker Jail Museum is entered on the National Register of Historic Places. |
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VERNON COUNTY COURTHOUSE AND NEVADA SQUARE
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The Vernon County Courthouse was placed
on the National Register
of Historic Places on
June 27, 1997
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The Vernon County Courthouse was built in 1908 of Carthage limestone. Its style is Romanesque Revival. It was the first courthouse built in Missouri after the Civil War. The three-story building measures 80 by 100 feet and rises 126 feet to the top of its dome.
The original building committee minutes states: "...Vernon County will have, for the money expended, one of the very best, and most substantial, fire proof buildings ever erected in this state."
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HISTORIC EAST END SHOPS
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THE TRAIN ARRIVES, 1999
by Ed Koski
Business U.S. 71 Highway
at Cherry Street.
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The Historic East End offers a unique opportunity to shop where Nevada's train depot once stood. the shops provide a splendid blend of old and new along with the feel of a long-ago, forgotten, slower-paced era.
Mural - From the arrival of the first train in 1870, railroads played a leading part in Nevada's life. At its heyday, 22 passenger trains came and went in a day.
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W.F. NORMAN CORPORATION, "LIVING MUSEUM"
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W. F. NORMAN CORPORATION
Founded in 1898
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Founded in 1898, W.F. Norman Corporation is a "museum in operation." It is the only remaining manufacturer of metal ceilings in the country. The company occupies the same building it moved into at the turn of the century and still makes many of the products it started over 100 years ago.
www.wfnorman.com
Phone (417) 667-5552
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NEVADA VICTORIAN HOME TOUR
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Contact the Nevada/Vernon Chamber of Commerce at
(417) 667-5300
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This historical driving tour of homes and landmarks has informative brochures and audio tapes available and will show you some of the oldest homes and landmarks. We invite you to discover some of Nevada's best-kept historical secrets. Note: Not all buildings included are strictly from the Victorian period, which ended in 1901.
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HISTORIC MURAL PROJECT - EXTERIOR PROJECTS
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THE HOTEL MITCHELL
by Tony Udovich
Corner of Cherry and
Washington streets.
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Opening in 1885, the Mitchell offered quality hospitality, dining, dancing and drink (until Prohibition) and hosted such notables as John L. Sullivan, John Phillip Sousa and Richard Nixon. The building was razed and the mural painted in 1999. The mural is dedicated to the late Wayne Neal, who was Nevada City Manager from 1993 - 1999. |
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DRINK COCA COLA
restored by Ed Koski,
corner of Cherry and
Commercial streets.
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The "Ghost Mural" is an old advertisement for Coca-Cola and the Black Hawk Billiard Hall. |
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THE LONE OSAGE
by Ed Koski
Austin Boulevard
(U.S. 54 Highway)
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The Osage Indians were in Vernon County as early as 1673. |
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VERNON COUNTY VALOR
by
Corner of Cherry and Cedar
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HISTORIC MURAL PROJECT - INTERIOR PROJECTS
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L. F. Richardson Memorial Mural, by Siegfried Reinhardt, City Council Chambers, Ash Street at Austin Boulevard (U.S. 54 Highway). This mural, painted in 1975, is a three-panel depiction of Vernon County history.
Bicentennial Mural, by Bob Schiyer, City/County Community Center, Ash Street at Hunter Street. This mural, painted in 1976, includes three scenes of Osage Indians and daily pioneer life.
Cottey Through the Years, by Bruce Holman, Cottey College's Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts lobby, Austin Boulevard (U.S. 54 Highway) at Tower Street. This mural depicts the story of Cottey College and its students.
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