the State Historical Society of Missouri
Candace O’Connor is a St. Louis-based freelance writer and editor who has written numerous books on Missouri history.
Articles Authored
On April 14, 1876, the eleventh anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, a handsome…
![Anne Lucas Hunt. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, 1N34182]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2021-09/1-Anne_Lucas_Hunt.jpg?itok=sJBL2Y_R "Anne Lucas Hunt. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, 1N34182]")
We can guess the character of Anne Lucas Hunt by the good she did during her life and by…
![Charles van Ravenswaay. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Charles van Ravenswaay Photograph Collection, P0014-027765]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-09/1.%20Charles%20van%20Ravenswaay.jpg?itok=WL9LttDl "Charles van Ravenswaay. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Charles van Ravenswaay Photograph Collection, P0014-027765]")
Charles van Ravenswaay, an author, horticulturist, and museum director, was most of all…