Historical Marker
Lightburne Hall
Historical marker location:
301 North Water Street, Liberty, Missouri
( Marker is on North Water Street, 0.1 miles north of East Mississippi Street, on the right when traveling north.)
Clay County Historical Society Historic Landmark.
The University of Missouri, located in Columbia, was the first public university west of the Mississippi River. It was founded in 1839 and has a long history of academic and athletic excellence.