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Three Creeks Conservation Area

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owners Hank Waters and Vicki Russell donated 207 acres adjacent to the park for the construction of a nature school. The school will be a cooperative effort between
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and the Missouri Department of Conservation. Much of the land around and in Three Creeks was purchased and farmed by African-Americans after the
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Sneed, Jones Francis, (1991) "The Bottom of Heaven: A Social and Cultural History of African Americans in Three Creeks, Boone County, Missouri"
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features including caves, springs, and sinkholes. It is located south of
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The area is part of the Bonne Femme Watershed Project.
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Map showing the location of Three Creeks Conservation Area
Map showing the location of Three Creeks Conservation Area
Boone
Missouri
38°50′29.19″N 92°17′17.87″W / 38.8414417°N 92.2882972°W / 38.8414417; -92.2882972
Three Creeks Conservation Area
Boone County, Missouri
Ozark
karst
Columbia, Missouri
Rock Bridge Memorial State Park
Turkey Creek
Bass Creek
Bonne Femme Creek
Missouri Department of Conservation
Columbia Daily Tribune
Columbia Public Schools
American Civil War
Three Creeks Township, Boone County, Missouri
Gans Creek Recreation Area
"Three Creeks Conservation Area"
Missouri Department of Conservation
Archived
"Three Creeks CA"
Missouri Department of Conservation
Archived
"Get up and go: Three Creeks Conservation Area"


"Columbia nature school to be placed next to Three Creeks Conservation Area"

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