Crowder State Park Vehicle Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

From the record

One of 7 National Register listings published here for Grundy County · listed in 1985 · category: Structure.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
Address. MO 128, Trenton, 64683
When was it listed? March 1985
Category. structure
Also known as. ECW Architecture in Missouri State Parks 1933-1942 TR
Township. Madison township
Architectural style. rustic architecture
National Register reference number. 85000505 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Madison township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From The History of Grundy County, Missouri, published 1881 - Madison Township

Saved Theie Scalps

And right here we will mention a little incident of how the prospect that tomahawks and scalping-knives might be doing their bloody work, was felt by at least one family. There is no question that the settlers felt a cold chill pass up and down their spinal columns at the first news, and just here is where it caught Mr.

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The ground it stands on

20,975 words

The chapter on Madison Township in The History of Grundy County, Missouri, published 1881 names Trenton. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

Madison is on the west side of the county, is hounded on the north hy Taylor and Harrison townships; on the east by Thompson River and Trenton township ; on the south by Jetferson, and on the west by the Daviess county line. Her southern line is five miles north of the southern boundary of tlie county. Madison township has twenty-two thousand four hundred and nineteen and one-fourth acres of land, very nearly equally divided between timber and prairie. That portion lying on the bordei- of Thompson River is somewhat rough and broken, but plenty of good building stone will be found there. This is, however, but a small, very small, portion of the township. The land, like all of Grundy county is rich and fertile, and while not considered the richest in soil in the county, there is nothing to complain of

Passage source: The History of Grundy County, Missouri, published 1881.

The first deatli in Madison township, if not, as has been heretofore stated, an old lady who died at Dr. Wm. P. Thompson's, was a Mrs. Martin Wynn, who died early in tlie year 1837, and was buried at Trenton, or rather, in those days, Lomax Store.

Passage source: The History of Grundy County, Missouri, published 1881.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Madison Township - 20,975 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Crowder State Park Vehicle Bridge: 28 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Thompson - Weldon Sand Pit / Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Cole Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Harrison Twp Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Grundy County

Storms near this property

60 of 113 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trenton, the town this property stands in, in 113 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 52 hail, 47 thunderstorm wind, 11 flash flood, 2 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
May 2004	Hail	Trenton	$300,000	There was extensive damage to roofs and cars. Power lines were also reported down.
August 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Trenton	$50,000	Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Trenton	$10,000	Tree landed on house.
November 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Trenton	$5,000	A large portion of a shingled roof was blown off along Route W.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Trenton	$3,000	Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 80 mph. Power lines were snapped and an outbuilding was destroyed.
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Trenton	$3,000	Ham radio reported 3/4 inch hail and wind gusts to 80 mph. Trees up to 2 feet in diameter blown down.
August 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Trenton	$2,000	A tree and a power pole was snapped. The damage was confined to a 3 block radius.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Trenton	$2,000	Shingles off roofs and pine trees uprooted.
April 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Trenton	$1,000	Broadcast media reported windows blown out of a garage.
September 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Trenton	$1,000	Power lines down throughout town.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Trenton	-	Downed wires and power outages near and south of Trenton.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Trenton	-	Radio station in Trenton reports 70 mph wind gusts.
April 2024	Hail	Trenton	-	Quarter sized hail was reported just southeast of Trenton.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Trenton	-	Estimated gusts up to 60 mph with power outages reported in Trenton.
March 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Trenton	-	A tree and powerlines were knocked down.
May 2023	Tornado (EF0)	Trenton	-	A storm chaser in Trenton caught a brief tornado on video. This tornado did some visible damage to a local church, but that damage was mostly superficial as the brick facade crumbled off the face of the building. No injuries were reported.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Trenton	-	Tree branches downed in Trenton.
August 2023	Hail	Trenton	-	Quarter sized hail was reported southwest of Trenton.
August 2023	Hail	Trenton	-	Quarter sized hail was reported southwest of Trenton.
May 2023	Hail	Trenton	-	Golf ball size hail was reported in Trenton.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Trenton	-	Half of a large tree was blown down near Trenton.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Trenton	-	Numerous trees were down across Trenton after 60 to 70 mph wind went through the city.
December 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Trenton	-	Numerous trees and powerlines were blown down in Trenton. A roof was also blown off of a structure.
May 2020	Flash Flood	Trenton	-	Highway W was impassible due to high water coming off Wolf Creek.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Trenton	-	Several structures were damaged near Trenton. Several power lines were also down.
May 2019	Flash Flood	Trenton	-	Water was flowing over several roads in Trenton.
July 2017	Flash Flood	Trenton	-	Ellison and 4th Street were covered in running water in Trenton.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Trenton	-	There were several reports of trees and power poles down across Trenton.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Trenton	-	A tree was blocking Crowder Road at Mable Street.
August 2016	Flash Flood	Trenton	-	Several feet of water was covering intersections in Trenton that normally do not flood.
August 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Trenton	-	A tree of unknown size or condition snapped in half and fell on some power lines in Trenton.
May 2014	Hail	Trenton	-	Softball sized hail was reported near Crowder State Park. Power lines were also reported down in West Trenton at 5:15 PM.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Trenton	-	A large tree limb was reported snapped and laying across Lulu St. in Trenton.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Trenton	-	A large tree was snapped and laying across Crowder Road, near Trenton.
June 2011	Flash Flood	Trenton	-	One to two feet of water, was reported flowing over Highway W.
June 2008	Flash Flood	Trenton	-	A significant amount of water was flowing over Route 6, to the west of Trenton.
May 2007	Flash Flood	Trenton	-	Several roads have water flowing over them due to the heavy rains.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Trenton	-	Tree blown over onto Highway 6.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Trenton	-	Several trees blown down near County Road P and Highway 6 junction.
May 2004	Tornado (F0)	Trenton	-	Brief tornado touchdown near 146/128 interchange.
August 2004	Flash Flood	Trenton	-	Water is up to 2 feet deep across County Road F.
August 2004	Flash Flood	Trenton	-	Several creeks out of their banks near the municipal airport and Crowder State Park.
June 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Trenton	-	Tree 5 to 10 inches in diameter blown down.
April 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Trenton	-	Broadcast media reported large trees down.
April 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Trenton	-	Public reported large trees down on highway 6.
May 2001	Flash Flood	Trenton	-	Law enforcement reported 1.5 feet of water over highway 65.
June 2001	Hail	Trenton	-	Ham radio operator reported thunderstorm wind gusts to 57 knots and hail to one inch.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Trenton	-	Two large trees were downed in Trenton.
September 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Trenton	-	Amateur radio operators reported downed trees near the intersection of Y and O Highways northeast of Trenton.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Trenton	-	Numerous 4-8 inch diameter tree limbs and one tree were downed on the southwest side of Trenton.
June 1998	Flood	Trenton	-	Up to 3.5 inches of rain fell during thunderstorms over Grundy County. Several intersections were reported flooded in Trenton.
July 1995	Hail	Trenton	-	The Grundy County Sheriff Department reported dime-size hail near Trenton.
July 1995	Hail	Trenton	-	Golf ball-size hail was reported 12 miles west of Trenton.
July 1995	Hail	Trenton	-	Golf ball-size hail was reported 15 miles Northeast of Trenton.
March 2023	Hail	Trenton	-	no account filed
March 2022	Hail	Trenton	-	no account filed
June 2019	Hail	Trenton	-	no account filed
August 2019	Hail	Trenton	-	no account filed
September 2019	Hail	Trenton	-	no account filed
April 2017	Hail	Trenton	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grundy County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
George Wolz House	2.4 miles	2018
Plaza Hotel	2.7 miles	2001
St. Philip's Episcopal Church	2.8 miles	1979
Jewett Norris Library	3.2 miles	1984
Trenton High School	3.4 miles	2010
WPA Stock Barn and Pavilion	3.5 miles	1994

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 85000505 in Record Group 79.
Grundy County	All 7 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.