I can still picture waking up on a morning in early summer, spending the whole night before packing and triple checking my checklist to make sure I had all the things I would need on the adventure...
I can still picture waking up on a morning in early summer, spending the whole night before packing and triple checking my checklist to make sure I had all the things I would need on the adventure...
Olivia Apartments Hotel In 1906 a building permit was issued in Joplin for the “Olivia Apartment Hotel” for $150,000. The genius behind one of the first luxury apartments in the Joplin...
Emerson Elementary School began (and ended) as a neighborhood school built in 1930. It was almost visually identical to Columbia Elementary, Alcott Elementary, West Central Elementary, and the...
The Union Depot of Joplin was designed by prominent Kansas City architect Louis Curtiss. The construction of the larger than most train station began in April of 1910 and took a little over a year to...
Dating back to March 29, 1947, when Vice-Admiral G.D. Murray was sent to Joplin to select the site of a brand new Naval Reserve Training Center. Soon thereafter construction began but took almost two...
Redings Mill Pool The magical property nowadays known as Ardes Villa wasn’t always called this and some might not know the property is actually about a century old. Starting out as the Redings...
This once-grand home, known as the Hoffmeister Mansion in later years, has surmounted to nothing but memories and dust for those who often drove by it going between Joplin and Webb City. Thought to...
Swimmin’ Hole Water Park The sun comes up over the Joplin horizon, water is turned on and just for a bit the running water from the splash pads and waterslides along with the morning birds are...
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