The Miller county Museum

The Miller county Museum situated in the building of oldLocation of Miller County
anchor mill has many excellent examples of, NativeMiller County lies in the south central Missouri, in the
American heritage, local folk life and early homenorthern foothills of the Ozark Plateau. Although both
accessories as well as the, agriculture of a bygoneareal and quadrilateral centers of the state are located
era, day to day machines, crafts, and schoolsin the northeastern part of the country, the distance of
The museum and building serve as a monument forthe Low a Missouri boundary is county; the distance to
the proud culture of the Miller county people. As athe lowas Missouri boundary is considerably greater
museum of folk life, it generate an exact sight of thethan the distance to the Arkansas Missouri line. There
society of central Missouri, its, agriculture, churches,are about six tiers of counties to the northern
schools, crafts, early home accessories machine andboundary of the state, but only five can be counted of
Indian that were standing alone to Miller county History.the county, is about 160 miles due south of the
The miller county museum is now the shelter of 2northern boundary of the state and about 120 miles
genuine wood houses both took off from their realnorth of the southern. The distance from Tuscumbia to
models in Glaize Township and assembled on thethe eastern and western boundaries of the state is
museum lands. One of the houses was built by Johnalmost the same.
Williams in the late 1850s for a slave woman and herMiller County is bounded on the west by Morgan and
child. Peter Button Lupardus built the Lupardus logCamden, on the south by Camden and Pulaski, on the
home in the 1880´s for his family.east by Maris and Osage and on the north by Cole
Inside the museumand Moniteau counties. It contains about 590 square
One of the more prominent displays in the museummiles of land, being the fifty seventh in rank among the
features an old handmade quilt located in the upper114 counties of the state in regard to area.
level of the new addition on the south end. The quilt isSame spirit of hospitality
displayed inside a large glass cabinet especiallyIn the identical attitude of neighborliness that the Osage
designed for its viewing.Indians granted to the early leaders of Miller County,
Museum has many quilts on display in the museum butthe Historical society welcomes you to tour their
this one has special significance. It's a Victorian quiltfacilities. The miller county museum is open mid May
made prior of 1899 as a fundraiser by the ladies forthrough mid September, Monday, Wednesday, and
the Iberia Methodist church in which more than 300Friday.
names are embroidered on the quilt.