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Independence [1] is a city in Missouri. It is the hometown of former U.S. President Harry S. Truman.

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• Interstate 70 is the main drag in and out of town.

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• Amtrak, 600 S Grand Ave, 1-800-USA-RAIL, [2]

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• National Frontier Trails Museum, 318 W. Pacific, +1 816 325-7575, [3]. Memorabilia of the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California trails.
• Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum, 500 W. U.S. Highway 24, +1 816 268-8200 or +1 800 833-1225 (toll-free), [4]. Great artifacts and a fun midwestern perspective on the thirty-third President of the United States.
• Harry S. Truman Home National Historic Site, 223 N. Main St, +1 816" 254-9929, [5], The Independence home of the Nation's 33rd President, completed in 1885 and ready to visit.
• Harry S. Truman Courtroom & Office, Located in the Old Courthouse, (816) 252-7454, [6] Harry first elected office was as the Jackson County Judge. During his term he worked here in the historic downtown courthouse.
• Community of Christ World Headquarters, [7], 1001 W Walnut St, (816) 521-3045, Absolutely beautiful dome and spiral buildings, tours and history exhibits, and a children's peace museum dot this huge area.
• Mormon Visitors' Center, 937 W Walnut, (816) 836-3466, [8] Newly remodeled, the wonderful garden grounds and museum tell the history of the Mormons' persecution and journey west.

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• 1859 Jail, Marshal's Home and Museum, 217 N. Main St, (816) 252-1892, [9], Once it held women and children during the infamous Order #11, then it held Frank James whose brother is the most known and feared outlaw from the wild west. If these walls could talk what stories they would tell. But that can't show a tour is the best way around.
• Bingham-Waggoner Estate, 313 W Pacific, (816) 461-3491, [10],

Once home to famous artist George Caleb Bingham, the home is directly across the street from the National Frontier Trails Museum.

• Vaile Victorian Mansion, 1500 N Liberty, (816) 325-7430, [11], A great example of Victorian articheture, the home includes 31 rooms, 9 marble firplaces, and colorful ceiling paintings.

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