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Site Name Battle Of Westport Street Address c/o Monnett Battle of Westport Fund, Inc., of the CWRT of Kansas City, 23414 West 54th Street City / State / Zip Shawnee KS, Phone number 816-356-1113 Web Page www.mocivilwar.org   Admission Fee Free. Hours Daily from dawn to dusk. Visitor services Information, tours. Regular Events None.     Directions From I-70 take I-435 south, then west; or take I-470 west to I-435. Exit State Line Road north. Proceed north to 43rd Avenue. Travel east on 43rd Avenue to Westport Road and Tour Stop 1, at the northeast corner of Westport Road and Broadway.
Site Description
The Battle of Westport, fought October 21-23, was the largest battle west of the Mississippi River and the decisive battle of Confederate Gen. Stirling Price's 1864 Missouri campaign. Directions guide the visitor to the first of twenty-five narrative markers on a 32-mile, self-guided automobile tour and a self-guided walking tour of Byram's Ford and the Big Blue Battlefield. Each marker provides directions to the next stop on the tour. A written brochure is available from the address above. Tour brochures are also available at Wornall House Museum, 146 West Terrace; and Harris Kearney House, 4000 Baltimore.

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