the State Historical Society of Missouri
William E. Foley is professor emeritus of history at the University of Central Missouri.
Articles Authored
![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…
![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…
![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 …
Established in 1808 under the superintendence of William Clark, Fort Osage served as a US military outpost and a…
![Charles Gratiot. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, N12406]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-03/1.%20Charles%20Gratiot.jpg?itok=xSv7pFoH "Charles Gratiot. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, N12406]")
At the time of the Louisiana Purchase, Charles Gratiot’s outspoken support for the incoming…