Sulphur Springs in Jefferson County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Welcome to Sulphur Springs Landing

Site of Missouri Worst Train Wreck Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Thomas Smith, May 8, 2021

1. Site of Missouri Worst Train Wreck Marker

Inscription.
Site of Missouri's worst train wreck
Aug 5 1922
34 died 150+ injured

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Disasters • Railroads & Streetcars. A significant historical date for this entry is August 5, 1922.

Location. 38° 20.206′ N, 90° 22.433′ W. Marker is in Sulphur Springs, Missouri, in Jefferson County. It is on Sulphur Springs Landing just north of Burgess Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6911 Sulphur Springs Landing, Imperial MO 63052, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Missouri River Corridor

and in Greater St. Louis.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as

Paid Advertisement

Click or scan to see
this page online

the crow flies: Kimmswick Historic Flooding (approx. 2 miles away); Windsor Harbor Road Bridge (approx. 2 miles away); El Camino Real (approx. 2.2 miles away); Excavating the Bones (approx. 2.9 miles away); Kimmswick Bone Bed (approx. 2.9 miles away); Quarry Operations (approx. 3 miles away); Bring Us Home (approx. 3 miles away); Flame of Freedom (approx. 3 miles away).

Photographed by Thomas Smith, May 8, 2021

2. Site of Missouri Worst Train Wreck Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 11, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 9, 2021, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. This page has been viewed 1,665 times since then and 123 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 9, 2021, by Thomas Smith of Waterloo, Ill. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.