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MO Tourist Attractions
Tourist attractions in MO - Theme Parks, Tours, Museums, National Parks, Historic Sites & More!
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You can find Missouri tourist attractions and activities in all of Missouri's regions: Branson, Cape Girardeau, Columbia, Jefferson City, Joplin, Kansas City, Osage Beach, Saint Robert, Springfield, St Louis and Other.
Featured Missouri Tourist Attractions and Activities
Please visit our Missouri featured listings - Brian Regan at Gillioz Theatre, Monster Jam at Edward Jones Dome, Tim McGraw at Mizzou Sports Arena and St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Memorial Stadium.
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Patee House Museum-Pony Express Headquarters
Built in 1858 as luxurious hotel & PX Headquarters in 1860
Category: Saint Joseph Museum in Missouri
Description of this Missouri Attraction: Opened in 1858 as a luxurious hotel, Patee House is a National Historic Landmark for its role as headquarters for the Pony Express. Russell, Majors and Waddell had their offices here when they started the Pony Express April 3, 1860.
Patee House served as a hotel three times, a girl’s college twice, and a shirt factory for 80 years. It has been a museum of Western history since 1965.
The Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad was the first in the nation to extend as far west as St. Joseph on Feb 14, 1859. The last Hannibal steam locomotive and railway mail car are displayed here.
During the Civil War the U.S. provost marshal’s office was in Patee House. William Seward, President Lincoln’s secretary of state, once spoke to a hostile crowd from the hotel balcony.
By 1865, Confederate leanings left builder John Patee short of cash and he disposed of his $180,000 hotel by lottery. He had to buy the 100 unsold tickets before the lottery could take place, and on April 28, 1865, when the winning ticket was drawn, Mr. Patee won the hotel himself.
Patee House was called World’s Hotel when Jesse James was killed on the hill a block away at 1318 Lafayette street on April 3, 1882. His widow was interviewed by the sheriff here the next morning. The top floor contained Dr. Samuel Richmond’s Epileptic Sanitarium.
The museum includes the “Wild Thing” Carousel, donated by its builder, Bruce White.
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Pony Express National Museum
Original stables & site of the first ride of Pony Express
Category: Saint Joseph Museum in Missouri
Description of this Missouri Attraction: On April 3, 1860, a lone rider left on horseback from the gates of one
of the nation’s most historic landmarks, the Pikes Peak Stables in
St. Joseph, Missouri. Carrying saddlebags filled with our nations hopes and dreams, the riders traveled 2000 miles west to Sacramento, California. These brave young souls raced against nature’s cruel elements and rugged terrain in an attempt to unite a country separated by distance. Today the stables continue to stand as a tribute to the legend and legacy of the Pony Express and its enduring era.
Come and experience the many exciting, educational, state of the art exhibits conveying the need, creation, operation and termination of the Pony Express. Whatever your age, you’re sure to be captivated by the stories and images on an era long passed.
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Bardenheier Wine Cellars
Winery
Category: Richwoods Winery in Missouri
Description of this Missouri Attraction: The History of Bardenheier Wine Cellars
In 1865, John H Bardenheier came to the United States from Oberlahnstein, Germany were he became versed in the distribution end of the wine and liquor business. In 1873, he founded the John Bardenheier Wine and Liquor Company, later known as Bardenheier Wine Cellars. The original site of the company was 212 Market Street in St. Louis MO, behind the Old Cathedral building, approximately under the south leg of the Gateway Arch.
Bardenheier was legislated out of business on Janurary 16, 1919 and forced to close it's doors
January 16, 1920 by the Volstead Act. On December 5th 1933, when repeal became effective, Joseph A Bardenheier Sr., son of the founder, reopened the doors for business. The business, after prohibition, was reopened on Market St. and later moved to 2nd Street in St. Louis. In 1955, they moved to 1019 Skinker Pkwy.
At their peak, Bardenheier's was one of the oldest and largest family owned and operated wineries in the United States. They had about 150 prime distributors in 39 states, with a total sales force of nearly 1300 representatives and brokers. The winery was sold in 1983 and was ultimately closed about 10 years later.
In 2004, Wayne and Kim Evans, daughter of John Bardenhier Jr., reacquired the family name and opened a small winery in Richwoods, Missouri. Inititally, selling Sacramental Wines to a national church supplier and wine in barrels and tank trucks to Food and Pharmaceutical companies as well as other wineries in the Southwest, Midwest, and Northern States and in the Southeast. Bardenheier Wine Cellars introduced their own production at retail in 2006. Wayne Evans is the winemaker and has created a number of popular wines: Old Fashion Concord Grape, Strawberry, three delightful Table Wines in Red, White and Blush, a unique soft red table wine under the banner "Sunset Serenade", and a wonderfully fruity white wine called "Whispering Falls".
2008 will see the introduction of three new wines: Blackberry Cabernet Sauvignon, Strawberry Zinfandel and aged Cream Sherry with an enchanting Almond flavor. This wine will be called Almond Bavarian Cream. Bardenheier Wine Cellars is not yet open for tours, but the tasting room and Restaurant are open every day but Sunday. Come join us and enjoy yourself.
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