State turns over Frontier Trails Museum to Independence

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(AP) – The state of Missouri has turned over ownership of the
National Frontier Trails Museum to the city of Independence.Gov. Eric Greitens this week signed a bill transferring ownership.
Independence has operated the museum since it opened 27 years ago but it
belonged to the state.

The Independence Examiner reports City Manager Zach Walker says the building
needs structural repairs. Other renovations and a possible expansion also are
being discussed.

The museum chronicles the Santa Fe, Oregon and California trails in the
decades before the Civil War. It also highlights the Mormon Trail and the Lewis
and Clark journey of 1804-06.

Independence officials pushed for the change during the last legislative
session, saying the city couldn’t be expected to spend money to update a museum
it didn’t own.

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