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Pierce City, Missouri

  • Military Memorials

    Military Memorials

    For those interested in military machinery, the following memorials can be seen on a short day trip to the following cites around the Pierce City area.

    Pierce City, MO - M4 Sherman Tank Military Memorials

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Harold Bell Wright, 1872 - 1944

Harold Bell Wright was born in Rome, NY in 1872

Pierce City, MO Famous People

St. Patrick's Church

Catholicism in Peirce City is as old as the town itself when in 1870 the Frisco railroad laid the first tracks through here going west to Kansas. Many of the railroaders were Irish Catholics.

Pierce City, MO Historic Churches

St. Mary's Catholic Church

Up to 1883 all Catholics in the area belonged to St. Patrick's Church which was organized in 1871. But owing to the increased immigration of the Germans and Poles, some of these members requested Bishop Hogan for a parish of their own. The first St. Mary'

Pierce City, MO Historic Churches

Harold Bell Wright/Pierce City Museum

When the First Christian Church (aka Pierce City Christian Church) in Pierce City closed, its board decided to give the building to the community for a library. The building served as Pierce City's public library from 1933-2000

Pierce City, MO Museums

Opera House (no longer standing)

THIS BUILDING WAS DEMOLISHED AFTER SUSTAINING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN THE MAY 4, 2003, TORNADO.

The Raupp Opera House was completed in 1886 and occupied the full third floor of the Opera Building on Commercial;

Pierce City, MO Opera Houses

Things to do near Pierce City, MO

Farmers Market

Produce, plants, home-baked goods and crafts created or grown in four-county area are sold....

Talbot Wildlife Area

The Conversation Department regulates this land of nearly 5000 acres to maintain and protect riparian habitat along Spring...