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Poplar Heights Farm is a living history farm and nature conservancy in Bates County, Missouri.  The farm supports and conducts programs to preserve the area’s past and offer educational opportunities to the region.

A ten year program is currently under way to restore the 1870’s farm itself.  The family house, barns and extensive landscaping will be restored to their 1880’s look.  When complete, the farm will offer a museum of period antiques and fine art, programs, displays, demonstrations and a computerized research library for the history of Bates County.

Grand Opening August 14 - 15, 2010 Thousands of visitors from throughout the country enjoyed the Grand Opening of Poplar Heights Farm to the public.   Click the button on the left to join the Poplar Heights Farm Facebook group and view pictures of the event. If you participated, feel free to add your own pictures and comments.   Thank you to all who participated in making this event such a huge success!

While the structures are being restored, the farm fields are also being developed to promote native Missouri plants and wildlife and will include a series of walking trails.

Poplar Heights Farm has also opened a Family History Center at its offices in nearby Butler, Missouri.  The center offers genealogy records, plat books, cemetery records, historic photos and maps, and a wealth of other material to assist in researching and understanding early life in the region.

In addition, the farm sponsors an ongoing series of research studies and educational programs.  The report on one of these studies, Early Stone Cutters of Western Missouri, can be viewed by clicking here or by us

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