the State Historical Society of Missouri
William E. Foley is professor emeritus of history at the University of Central Missouri.
![James Beckwourth. [Public domain; photographer unknown]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2021-09/1-Beckwourth.jpg?itok=nd2gT6yo "James Beckwourth. [Public domain; photographer unknown]")
James Pierson Beckwith, better known as Jim Beckwourth following the publication of…
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![William C. Carr. Portrait by George Caleb Bingham. [Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, 1970.156]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-02/1.%20William%20C.%20Carr.jpg?itok=7bzcAAp5 "William C. Carr. Portrait by George Caleb Bingham. [Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, 1970.156]")
William C. Carr, one of the first attorneys to practice law in Missouri, was born in…
![Auguste Chouteau. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, 1869-001-0001]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-01/1.%20Auguste%20Chouteau.jpg?itok=dVajW7Da "Auguste Chouteau. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, 1869-001-0001]")
In the early history of St. Louis and its trans-Mississippi hinterlands, Auguste Chouteau…
![Pierre Chouteau Jr. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, 1922-024-0001]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-11/1.-pierre-chouteau-jr.jpg?itok=MkhBphJy "Pierre Chouteau Jr. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, 1922-024-0001]")
Pierre Chouteau Jr., scion of the powerful early St. Louis family and the most influential…
![Portrait of William Clark by Charles Willson Peale, c. 1807–1809. [Courtesy of the Independence National Historical Park]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2020-06/William-Clark-portrait-by-Peale.jpg?itok=0Eite8jK "Portrait of William Clark by Charles Willson Peale, c. 1807–1809. [Courtesy of the Independence National Historical Park]")
William Clark, the celebrated explorer who joined Meriwether Lewis in leading an overland…