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Missouri University ofScience and Technology. Missouri University of Science and Technology ( Missouri S&T or S&T) is a public research university in Rolla, Missouri. It is a member institution of the University of Missouri System. Most of its 6,456 students (2023) [8] study engineering, business, sciences, and mathematics.
Mark Twain National Forest ( MTNF) is a U.S. National Forest located in the southern half of Missouri, composed of nine disconnected parcels. MTNF was established on September 11, 1939. It is named for author Mark Twain, a Missouri native. The MTNF covers 3,068,800 acres (12,419 km 2) of which 1,506,100 acres (6,095 km 2) is public owned ...
Rolla (/ ˈ r ɒ l ə /) is a city in, and the county seat of, Phelps County, Missouri, United States. Its population in the 2020 United States Census was 19,943. [5] It is approximately midway between St. Louis and Springfield along I-44 .
Meramec Caverns. / 38.24127°N 91.09237°W / 38.24127; -91.09237. Meramec Caverns is the collective name for a 4.6-mile (7.4 km) cavern system in the Ozarks, near Stanton, Missouri. [1] The caverns were formed from the erosion of large limestone deposits over millions of years. Pre-Columbian Native American artifacts have been found in ...
Website. www .phelpscounty .org. Old county courthouse, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Phelps County is a county in the central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 44,638. The largest city and county seat is Rolla. [1] The county was organized on November 13, 1857 ...
UTC-5 (CT) Old Mines ( French: La Vieille Mine) is the name of an unincorporated community and surrounding area in southeast Missouri that were settled by French colonists in the early 18th century when the area was part of the Illinois Country of New France. [1] The early settlers came to mine for lead, and their descendants still inhabit the ...
03000717 [1] Added to NRHP. August 4, 2003. Rolla Ranger Station Historic District is a historic ranger station and national historic district located at Mark Twain National Forest near Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri. The station includes five frame and limestone buildings constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during 1937 and 1938.
When the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy opened at Rolla in 1871, its first class had 21 male and six female students. Well into the 20th century, the women who attended the school were given an arts and music program that was little better than a high school education.