ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>The Friends of Missouri Town 1855 </TITLE> <meta name="keywords" content="Friends of Missouri Town 1855, Historic site, fundraiser, Lee's Summit MO, re-enacting, pioneer, Historic Woods Chapel Church, Rent Chapel for Weddings, Rent Chapel birthday Party, Woods Chapel Cemetary, 1875, historic landmark, Blue Springs MO, Lake Jacomo, Missouri history, 19th century building, Missouri History, Quilt raffle, Kansas City, Jackson county missouri, Bates City House, Luttrell Cabin, Volunteers, Missouri Town Dancers, Musicians, 19th Century music, "> <meta name="description" content="The Friends of Missouri Town 1855. A non for Profit support group for Missouri Town 1855, we are a volunteer organization> <title>Gradient Example</title> <HTA:APPLICATION ID="objAutoRefresh" APPLICATIONNAME="Gradient Example" SCROLL="auto" SINGLEINSTANCE="yes" > </HEAD> <body> <body STYLE="font:16pt Casablanca Heavy SF, Arial; color:black; filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient (GradientType=0, StartColorStr='#FFFFFF', EndColorStr='#FFFFcc')"> <center><img src='http://64.19.142.13/fomt1855.org/photos/THE%20FRIENDS%20OF%20MO%20TOWN%20BANNER%20new%20banner.jpg' width=1180 height=131></center><p> &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp<img src="http://64.19.142.12/i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk300/KarenCarsonProd/fomtlogo1fromjay-1-2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp<a href="http://s283.photobucket.com/albums/kk300/KarenCarsonProd/?action=view&current=Wagon_at_MOtown-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://64.19.142.11/i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk300/KarenCarsonProd/Wagon_at_MOtown-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp<br> <center><a href="http://s283.photobucket.com/albums/kk300/KarenCarsonProd/?action=view&current=borderhss-1.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://64.19.142.13/i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk300/KarenCarsonProd/borderhss-1.gif" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><a href="http://s283.photobucket.com/albums/kk300/KarenCarsonProd/?action=view&current=mt-montana-z-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://64.19.142.10/i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk300/KarenCarsonProd/mt-montana-z-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><a href="http://s283.photobucket.com/albums/kk300/KarenCarsonProd/?action=view&current=borderhss-1.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://64.19.142.13/i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk300/KarenCarsonProd/borderhss-1.gif" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a></center><p> <br><p><center><a href="http://s283.photobucket.com/albums/kk300/KarenCarsonProd/?action=view&current=e-mail-1-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://64.19.142.11/i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk300/KarenCarsonProd/e-mail-1-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><FONT COLOR="#996633"> <a href="http://www.fomt1855.org/e-mailMessenger.html"><FONT COLOR="#996633">If you are a current Friends member.<p>Sign up now for delivery of the online version of the Missouri Town Messenger</a><p><br></font></center><p><p><P><br> <center> <a href="http://s154.photobucket.com/albums/s259/greeneyes1167/Borders%20and%20Dividers/?action=view&current=blscrollbarsm.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://64.19.142.11/i154.photobucket.com/albums/s259/greeneyes1167/Borders%20and%20Dividers/blscrollbarsm.gif" border="0" alt="Spirals"></a> </center> <H2><FONT COLOR="Black" FONT FACE="Casablanca Heavy SF, Arial"><center>The Friends of Missouri Town 1855 welcome you to our Website!</center></h2><P><h5><p> <FONT COLOR="Black" FONT FACE="Casablanca Heavy SF, Arial"><center> <DIV ALIGN=center>We are happy to share with you a glimps of Western Missouri history at one of the Premiere Living<p> History Villages in the Country.&nbsp&nbspJackson County Parks and Recreation maintains this unique place.<p><p> Located on the banks of Lake Jacomo just south of Blue Springs, MO Missouri Town 1855 is made<p> up of 25 structures of which most are original buildings from the 19th century. Many of these <p> dwellings date from 1820-1860 and their original locations were with-in 75 mile radius of Missouri Town.<p><br><p><p><p><p> The buildings were in danger of disappearing into the landscape forever.<p> Due in part to modern society or neglect.&nbsp&nbsp We are so happy to share with you our heritage<p> and hope you might take the opportunity to join our organization<p> and help continue our mission of preserving the past to serve the people of the present.<br><p><p><p><p><br><p><p><p><p> <p>We hope you enjoy this site and perhaps you may even decide to join us as we continue to<Br><p> keep history alive in Western Missouri. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thanks again for visiting fomt1855.org</DIV></center> </h5></FONT COLOR="Black" FONT FACE="Casablanca Heavy SF, Arial"><br><p><p></H4><p><p> <FONT COLOR="#996633" FONT FACE="Seabird Heavy SF, Arial"><center><center> <center><img src='http://64.19.142.11/fomt1855.org/photos/borderantiqshorter.gif'></center> <br><nobr> <h6><a href="http://www.fomt1855.org/Index.html"><FONT COLOR="#996633"><nobr>Home</nobr></a>&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp</a> <a href="http://www.fomt1855.org/Purposes.html"><FONT COLOR="#996633"><nobr>Purposes</nobr></a>&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp</a> <a href="http://www.fomt1855.org/MissouriTown.html"><FONT COLOR="#996633"><nobr>Missouri Town</nobr></a>&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp</a> <a href="http://www.fomt1855.org/Events.html"><FONT COLOR="#996633"><nobr>Events</nobr></a>&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp</a> <a href="http://www.fomt1855.org/Photos.html"><FONT COLOR="#996633"><nobr>Photos</nobr></a>&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp</a> <a href="http://www.fomt1855.org/Join.html"><FONT COLOR="#996633"><nobr>Join</nobr></a>&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp</a> <a href="http://www.fomt1855.org/Messenger.html"><FONT COLOR="#996633"><nobr>Messenger</nobr></a>&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp</a><p> <a href="http://www.fomt1855.org/Contact.html"><FONT COLOR="#996633"><nobr>Contact</nobr></a>&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp</a> <a href="http://www.fomt1855.org/MTDancers.html"><FONT COLOR="#996633"><nobr>MT Dancers & Musicans</nobr></a>&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp</a> <nobr><a href="http://www.jacksongov.org/content/3279/3838/3863.aspx"><FONT COLOR="#996633" FONT FACE="Seabird Heavy SF, Arial">JCP&R</a href> </nobr>&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp <a href="http://www.fomt1855.org/Links.html"><FONT COLOR="#996633"><nobr>Links</nobr></a>&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp</a> <a href="http://www.fomt1855.org/WCC.html"><FONT COLOR="#996633"><nobr>Woods Chapel Church</nobr></a>&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp</a> <a href="http://villagedancers.org/"><FONT COLOR="#996633"> Village Cloggers</nobr></font></a><br><br><p><p> <p><center><img src='http://64.19.142.11/fomt1855.org/photos/borderantiqshorter.gif'></center><p><p><p><Br><p><p> <center><img src="http://64.19.142.10/www.fomt1855.org/tinc?key=jxmfdvlC"></center> </BODY> </HTML>