William E. Foley is professor emeritus of history at the University of Central Missouri.

Articles Authored

James Beckwourth. [Public domain; photographer unknown]
James Pierson Beckwourth (Beckwith) (1798–1866)

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]
William C. Carr (1783–1851)

William C. Carr, one of the first attorneys to practice law in Missouri, was born in…

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Auguste Chouteau. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, 1869-001-0001]
Auguste Chouteau (1749?–1829)

In the early history of St. Louis and its trans-­Mississippi hinterlands, Auguste Chouteau…

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Portrait of William Clark by Charles Willson Peale, c. 1807–1809. [Courtesy of the Independence National Historical Park]
William Clark (1770–1838)

William Clark, the celebrated explorer who joined Meriwether Lewis …

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Franscisco Cruzat served two terms as lieutenant governor of Upper Louisiana in New Spain. [Alcée Fortier, A History of Louisiana, 1904]
Francisco Cruzat (1739–1790)

Francisco Cruzat, the only Spanish lieutenant governor of Upper Louisiana to occupy that…

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