In the late nineteenth century, cycling became a popular American pastime. The League of American Wheelmen, a…
Jane Ace, a radio actress whose birth name was Jane Epstein and who was known professionally as Jane Sherwood, was…
Zoë Byrd Akins was born on October 30, 1886, in Humansville, Missouri, the second of three children of Thomas…
On April 14, 1876, the eleventh anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, a handsome…
Forrest C. “Phog” Allen, whose foghorn voice earned him his nickname, was a masterful,…
Thomas Allen was among the most prominent and powerful individuals who led St. Louis in its transition from…
Paul Armstrong, a journalist and playwright, was born in Kidder, a small town in Caldwell…
Arthur Aull, who edited the Lamar Democrat from 1900 until his death in…
The Baby Tooth Survey was formed in 1958 by the Committee of Nuclear Information, a grassroots organization that…
Twice elected mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, and known as “Chief” to tens of thousands of…
David Barton was born near Greenville, North Carolina, now in eastern Tennessee, on…
By popular consensus, Tom Bass was one of the most skillful and popular horsemen of his era. At the time of his…
The Battle of Wilson’s Creek or Oak Hills in southwestern Greene County on August 10, 1861, is Missouri’s best-…
J. Christian Bay was born to Lars and Doris Christiansen Bay on October 12, 1871, in…
James Pierson Beckwith, better known as Jim Beckwourth following the publication of…
Pitching immortal Satchel Paige, noted for his tall tales as much as his pitching, claimed that James “Cool Papa”…
The Ben Bolt Theatre was a spectacular building that stood for half a century as a notable…
Big Soldier, a Little Osage war leader, was probably born in 1773 in a village near the…
Frederic L. Billon’s amateur antiquarian pursuits in the mid-nineteenth century resulted in…
Kenneth Brown Billups Sr. was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 14, 1918, the son of…
An early pioneer-farming expert and author, Morris Birkbeck exerted an enormous influence…
The builder and commandant of Fort Bellefontaine, General Daniel Bissell served with…
One of the key St. Louis businessmen and philanthropists of his generation in St. Louis,…
Writer, suffragist, national Democratic Party political leader, and feminist, Emily Newell Blair was born in Joplin…
Among the early artists to explore the trans-Mississippi River frontier, Karl Bodmer’s stay…