Saline Township, Cooper County, Missouri

Cave Creek is a stream in Cooper County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Petite Saline Creek. The stream headwaters arise at 38°49′23″N 92°35′27″W at an elevation of 870 feet and approximately one-half mile north of Prairie Home. The stream flows to the north-northwest for about four miles and then turns to the northeast. It continues to the northeast for about three miles to its confluence with the Petite Saline Creek near Gooch Mill. The confluence is at 38°53′45″N 92°34′53″W and an elevation of 577 feet.Cave Creek was named for a cave on a bluff above its course.

Wolf Creek is a stream in Cooper County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Cave Creek. Wolf Creek was named after an early settler with the last name Wolf.

Overton is an unincorporated community in northeast Cooper County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is adjacent to the south edge of the Missouri River floodplain. Missouri Route 98 passes through the community and I-70 passes approximately 1/2 mile to the south. Boonville is eight miles to the west and Wooldridge is four miles to the southeast adjacent to the Cooper-Moniteau county line.

Wooldridge is a village in northeastern Cooper County, Missouri, United States. The population was 61 at the 2010 census.

Prairie Home Township is one of fourteen townships in Cooper County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 554.

Clarks Fork is an unincorporated community in Cooper County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is located on Missouri Route 87 approximately one mile southeast of the stream Clark Fork. Boonville is approximately seven miles to the northwest.

Prairie Home is a town, with legal status as a city, in Cooper County, Missouri, United States. The population was 280 at the 2010 census.

Huntsdale is a village in Boone County, Missouri, United States. It is part of the Columbia, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 31 at the 2010 census. The village was founded on August 1, 1892 and named after William Burch Hunt, a landowner. Huntsdale was first incorporated in 1906, but that status eventually fell into neglect and the last village council election took place in 1929. Due mainly to an influx of residential development in the area, Huntsdale was reincorporated in February 2003 and its first elections were held two months later. A center of activity in Huntsdale was Katfish Katy's, a small trail-side, seasonal restaurant along the Katy Trail State Park, until its closure in 2020.

Petite Saline Creek is a stream in Cooper, Moniteau and Morgan counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Missouri River. The stream source area is along the Morgan-Moniteau county line just north of U.S. Route 50 two miles east of Syracuse and three miles west of Tipton at 38°40′12″N 92°50′18″W and at an elevation of about 920 feet. The stream flows north into Cooper County crossing under and flowing parallel to the west side of Missouri Route 5. The stream turns east again crossing under Route 5 just south of Billingsville. The stream flows generally east passing under Missouri Route 87 southeast of Boonville. The stream continues east to southeast passing under Missouri Route 179 south of Wooldridge. The stream enters the Missouri River bottom just south of Wooldridge in eastern Cooper County and the confluence with the Missouri is in the northern corner of Moniteau County across the river from McBaine at 38°52′35″N 92°28′55″W and an elevation of 564 feet.At what was then called Wilkin's bridge, there was a skirmish during the American Civil War. The skirmish occurred on October 13, 1864, between the troops of the 5th Regiment, Missouri State Militia Cavalry, and the troops of General Fagan, who were guarding the bridge, during Price's Raid.Petite Saline Creek was so named for the salty character of the little creek.Lewis & Clark passed by on June 6, 1804, and made mention of this creek in their journals. ‘Passed the mouth of a creek called ‘saline’ or ‘salt’ creek. This river is about 30 yards wide and has so many licks and salt springs on its banks that water of the creek is brackish. One very large lick is 9 ms up on the left side. The water of this spring is strong. So much so, that it is said one bushel will make 7 pounds of good salt.”

Clark Fork is a stream in Cooper County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Petite Saline Creek. The stream headwaters arise at 38°47′06″N 92°43′39″W at an elevation of approximately 877 feet just south of Missouri Route J and 3.5 miles east of Bunceton. The stream flows to the northeast and north passing under Missouri Route 87 approximately one mile northwest of the community of Clarks Fork. Its confluence with the Petite Saline Creek is at 38°55′21″N 92°40′07″W and an elevation of 597 feet. The confluence is approximately 4.5 miles southeast of Booneville.Clark Fork bears the name of a pioneer settler.

The William B. Hunt House is a historic home just outside Columbia, Missouri, USA, near the town of Huntsdale and the Missouri River. The house was constructed in 1862, and is a two-story, five-bay, frame I-house. It incorporates a two-room log house which dates to about 1832. It features a central two-story portico.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

The Big Tree is a nearly 400-year-old bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) tree near the Missouri River in Boone County, Missouri. It is tied for National Champion, representing the largest tree of its species in the United States. Standing alone in the floodplain of the Missouri River, and near the city of Columbia, Missouri, it is a well-known landmark and has inspired artists, folklorists, photographers, and nature lovers for hundreds of years. The tree stands 27 m (89 ft) high, has a crown 40 m (130 ft) wide, and a trunk 7.5 ft (2.3 m) in diameter.The land on which the tree grows is private, and has been farmed by the Williamson family for six generations, although it is publicly accessible by Bur Oak Road. The Katy Trail State Park, a popular rail trail, is just yards from the tree, making it a common side-trip for cyclists. The small village of McBaine is within sight of the tree, and the village of Huntsdale is nearby. It is part of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. The Big Tree was cloned by scientists at the University of Missouri and many offspring from both clones and acorns are growing in front yards, city parks, and schoolyards around Missouri and beyond.