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LANDING AFTER HOURS: BONNIE AND CLYDE: THIRTEEN DAYS IN JOPLIN, MISSOURI

JEFFERSON LANDING STATE HISTORIC SITE 100 Jefferson St, JEFFERSON CITY, MO, United States

For 12 days in April 1933, Clyde, Buck and Blanche Barrow, Bonnie Parker and W.D. Jones hid out in a two-story garage apartment in Joplin, Missouri. On April 13, their tranquil hideout became the scene of a deadly shootout. Though the Borrow gang escaped, discoveries in the apartment eventually helped lead to the gang's demise. […]

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Event Series BACKYARD CONCERTS: 2024

BACKYARD CONCERTS: 2024

JEFFERSON LANDING STATE HISTORIC SITE 100 Jefferson St, JEFFERSON CITY, MO, United States

Jefferson Landing State Historic Site is excited to invite you to its ninth season of live music on the Lohman Lawn. This year, we're introducing a "new to the Lohman" group to the series and bringing back some old favorites. These are family-friendly, BYOC (bring-your-own-chair) events, so bring your blankets, lawn chairs and picnic suppers […]

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Event Series BACKYARD CONCERTS: 2024

BACKYARD CONCERTS: 2024

JEFFERSON LANDING STATE HISTORIC SITE 100 Jefferson St, JEFFERSON CITY, MO, United States

Jefferson Landing State Historic Site is excited to invite you to its ninth season of live music on the Lohman Lawn. This year, we're introducing a "new to the Lohman" group to the series and bringing back some old favorites. These are family-friendly, BYOC (bring-your-own-chair) events, so bring your blankets, lawn chairs and picnic suppers […]

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Tea at the Landing-Mother’s Day Tea Party

JEFFERSON LANDING STATE HISTORIC SITE 100 Jefferson St, JEFFERSON CITY, MO, United States

Break out your white gloves and fancy hats for an old-fashioned tea party to celebrate Mothers! Enjoy sipping specialty teas and snacking on tea party themed foods while listening to Historic Sity staff speak on the history of Mother's Day and life as a Missouri mother in years gone by. After refreshments-indulge in a game […]

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LANDING AFTER HOURS: 19TH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHY: THE WET-PLATE COLLODION PROCESS

JEFFERSON LANDING STATE HISTORIC SITE 100 Jefferson St, JEFFERSON CITY, MO, United States

Join us at the Landing to learn how the Wet-Plate Collodion process brought photography into the mainstream. Visitors will see examples of photography equipment of the era and learn how it was used to produce glass negatives, ambrotypes and tintypes, including a run-through of the chemistry, materials and processes that made it possible. Guest speaker, […]

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