the State Historical Society of Missouri
Kimberly Harper is an editor at the State Historical Society of Missouri.
In the late nineteenth century, cycling became a popular American pastime. The League of American Wheelmen, a…
Articles Authored
![J. Christian Bay. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Jens Christian Bay Portraits, P0206-027598]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2021-09/1-J_Christian_Bay.jpg?itok=nldBRJET "J. Christian Bay. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Jens Christian Bay Portraits, P0206-027598]")
J. Christian Bay was born to Lars and Doris Christiansen Bay on October 12, 1871, in…
![Robert P. W. Boatright, standing center with his hands in his pockets, with others gathered before a footrace at an unknown location circa 1900. [Sioux City (IA) Journal, June 4, 1911]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-10/1.-robert-boatright_0.jpg?itok=zrdrIaZl "Robert P. W. Boatright, standing center with his hands in his pockets, with others gathered before a footrace at an unknown location circa 1900. [Sioux City (IA) Journal, June 4, 1911]")
Robert P. W. Boatright, hailed as the “dean of confidence men” by scholar David Maurer, was born in 1859 in…
Perl D. Decker was an attorney who served three terms from 1913 to 1919 as a US congressman from Jasper County,…
![This steamboat once graced northern Indian Creek in McDonald County, Missouri. [Courtesy of Ric Akehurst]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2026-01/1.-indian-springs.jpg?itok=P_4FSwrP "This steamboat once graced northern Indian Creek in McDonald County, Missouri. [Courtesy of Ric Akehurst]")