Veterans Memorial

Historical marker location:

Liberal, Missouri

( Memorial is at the intersection of NW 40th Road (Missouri Route K) and Denton, on the left when traveling east on NW 40th Road.)

Marker installed: 1976

1776 1976.

The Missouri State Penitentiary, located in Jefferson City, was once the oldest operating prison west of the Mississippi River. It opened in 1836 and closed in 2004.