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Prosperity is an unincorporated community in Jasper County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is northeast of Joplin and just southeast of Webb City, sitting east of Missouri State Highway 249. History. Prosperity started as one of the lead and zinc mining camps in the tri-state mining district of southwestern Missouri.
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- A Celebrated Trail
- The Road to Here
- Economic Impact
- Rock Island Connection
- Continuing Challenges
- Model For Others
Passing through some of Missouri’s most scenic areas, it makes sense that the Katy Trail would be a popular pathway with tourists and locals. The eastern portion follows the Missouri River for 165 miles, where scenic farmland, fertile floodplains and other distinctive topographic features showcase the area’s natural history. Along certain sections,...
The Katy Trail’s name comes from the rail line that once ran along its path—the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (MKT), first nicknamed the “K-T.” The company incorporated in 1870, bought the Southern Branch of the Union Pacific Railway that year and then began expanding from the nearly 200 miles of track in Kansas acquired as part of the deal. Over ...
In 2012, Missouri State Parksconducted a study to determine the economic impact of Katy Trail State Park based on user spending and found the trail had a direct impact of $18.5 million per year. Roughly three dozen towns along the trail welcome trail users to their restaurants, shops, bed-and-breakfast inns and other businesses, and thousands of tr...
While the Katy Trail is groundbreaking enough on its own, the in-progress Rock Island Trail is poised to connect with it and give Missouri a rail-trail system unlike any other in North America. The Rock Island line’s history stretches back to 1847, when the Rock Island and La Salle Railroad Co. incorporated in Illinois. During the mid-1960s, the co...
Like many rail-trail projects, the Katy Trail had early opponents among rural residents who thought the trail would bring crime and other problems to their homes, farms and communities. But the economic benefits brought by the Katy combined with the near-absence of any mischief has changed people’s minds. “There was a lot of social upheaval and opp...
As one of the nation’s earliest railbanking projects, the Katy Trail has been studied extensively by rail-trail proponents around the country who wish to repeat its success. Recently, a group from the Arkansas Parks and Tourism Department came to visit the Katy Trail as they consider an 87-mile rail-trail project of their own along the Mississippi ...
Prosperity Map. The neighborhood of Prosperity is located in Jasper County in the State of Missouri. Find directions to Prosperity, browse local businesses, landmarks, get current traffic estimates, road conditions, and more.
- Joplin, 64801, MO
Sep 13, 2021 · JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Americans for Prosperity-Missouri (AFP-MO) today announced the release of its 2021 Legislative Scorecard. The scorecard serves as a report for Missourians to track their legislators’ actions on critical votes to bring greater transparency and citizen engagement into the legislative process.
Apr 12, 2024 · Jeremy Cady is the State Director for Americans for Prosperity – Missouri. He advocates for smart policy reform and frameworks that encourage innovation and free market values.
Jul 29, 2020 · With our economy and thousands of Missourian families struggling, we need policy champions at the state capitol who will ensure our government stays within its means – as every Missouri family is forced to do – and help keep more money in our pockets.
