El Dorado Springs in Cedar County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Missouri Bicentennial Wagon
1776 - 1976
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 8, 2011
1. Missouri Bicentennial Wagon Marker
This wagon represented the State of Missouri in the 1976 Bicentennial Wagon Train Pilgrimage to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
Asst. Wagon Master, Jack Nolan
Outriders, Georgia Williams
Dixie Nolan-Peak and Kennard Ward
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the The Spirit of 76, Americas Bicentennial Celebration series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1976.
Location. 37° 51.975′ N, 94° 1.338′ W. Marker is in El Dorado Springs, Missouri, in Cedar County. It is on Main Street (Missouri Route 82) 0.3 miles north of U.S. 54, on the left when traveling north. Marker is in Carter Memorial Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: El Dorado Springs MO 64744, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Southwest Missouri. It is also in the American Ozarks, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, and in the Corn Belt. 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Former School Districts in El Dorado Springs R-2 (approx. Ό mile away); Grindstone Wash Basin (approx. 0.7 miles away); City Park Dedication (approx. 0.7 miles away); El Dorado Spring (approx. 0.7 miles away); Roy Bandy and Eddy Wilson (approx. 0.7 miles away); Nathaniel H. and Waldo P. Cruce
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Also see . . . Bicentennial Wagon Train. King of Prussia Historical Society website entry (Submitted on March 23, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 8, 2011
2. Missouri Bicentennial Wagon and Marker
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 8, 2011
3. Missouri Bicentennial Wagon Cover
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 8, 2011
4. Missouri Bicentennial Wagon Crew
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 8, 2011
5. Missouri Bicentennial Wagon Crew
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 8, 2011
6. Missouri Bicentennial Wagon
Credits. This page was last revised on March 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 12, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,070 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on July 12, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
