Mission The mission of the Boone County Historical Society is to collect, study, and preserve artifacts, to recognize historic sites, and to interpret and disseminate information pertaining to the history of Boone County, for the education and enjoyment of the county's residents and the general public. It is our goal to regularly mount exhibits in the Walters-Boone County Historical Museum,...
The Boone County Historical Society was formally organized in 1963. The Society opened its first museum facility on July 3, 1976, when it formally dedicated the Maplewood house. This Italianate house was built in 1877 as part of the farmstead of the Lenoir and Nifong families, which is now known as Nifong Park. In cooperation with the City of Columbia, which owns the house and park, and other...