Independence MO Fun Facts

Independence is known as the “Queen City of the Trails”[8] because it was a point of departure for the California, Oregon, and Santa Fe Trails. Independence was also the hometown of U.S. President Harry S. Truman; the Truman Presidential Library and Museum is located in the city, and Truman and First Lady Bess Truman are buried here. The city is also sacred to many Latter Day Saints, with Joseph Smith’s 1831 Temple Lot being located here, as well as the headquarters of several Latter Day Saint factions.

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