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Kimmswick Historical Society
Kimmswick, MO
Update to Hours
The Museum will not be open in January or February. Please visit us when we reopen on Saturday, March 4.
The Museum is open on Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00-4:00, March through December. We can accommodate groups of 10 or more any day of the week.
We hope that the extensive repairs to our Burgess-How Log Cabin House will be completed soon and that we can welcome visitors again this Spring.
We appreciate your support of our efforts to preserve history.
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Burgess-How Log House Restoration Work
The Burgess-How Log Home is closed to visitors because of extensive restoration and preservation work currently underway. We hope to have it open and ready for visitors by the end of October.
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Museum Update
The Historical Society Museum will be closed January and February 2016 so that we may freshen up our exhibits and facility. Please visit us when we reopen on March 5, 2016.
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Luciana Gladney Ross
Without the intervention of Luciana Gladney Ross in the 1970’s, it is doubtful that Kimmswick would be the city it is today.
As a child, Mrs. Ross and her family had a summer home in Kimmswick. People came by train and riverboat to enjoy the many amenities of the popular little town and Montasano Amusement Park. However, as often happens with progress like the automobile and superhighways, riverboats and trains stop coming and small towns are forgotten. When Mrs. visited Kimmswick in the 1970’s and witnessed the decline and destruction that had taken place, she made it her mission to restore and revitalize the town.
Through the generosity of Mrs. Ross and her estate, the Kimmswick Historical Society has been able to acquire, restore, and maintain several structures in Kimmswick, and we will be forever grateful for the support she gave us.
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We’re still working on it!
Welcome to the new official online home of Kimmswick Historical Society. Check back often as we are still building the site and will be updating frequently.
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