JEFFERSON LANDING STATE HISTORIC SITE

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. […]

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 […]

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, […]