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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 |
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. Hornbeck'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 |
Open Monday -
Saturday
May - October
10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Phone: (417) 667-5841 |
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 the last prisoners 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. |
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 |
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 |
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. |
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) |
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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