the State Historical Society of Missouri
![Paul Armstrong. [University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs, JWS16554]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-Paul_Armstrong.jpg?h=f2b1f378&itok=NE4bxA2v "Paul Armstrong. [University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs, JWS16554]")
Paul Armstrong, a journalist and playwright, was born in Kidder, a small town in Caldwell…
![Noah Beery Sr. as Captain Wolf Larsen in The Sea Wolf, 1920. [University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs, JWS19510]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-12/1.%20Noah%20Beery%20Sr.jpg?h=c32e8d64&itok=o3e5ABLN "Noah Beery Sr. as Captain Wolf Larsen in The Sea Wolf, 1920. [University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs, JWS19510]")
Noah Beery Sr., a film actor, was born on a Clay County, Missouri, farm several miles…
![Wallace Beery during his time with the Essanay film studio. [New York Public Library Digital Collections, Billy Rose Theatre Collection Photograph File, 81128]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-12/1.%20Wallace%20Beery.jpg?h=62801648&itok=6g7isCTj "Wallace Beery during his time with the Essanay film studio. [New York Public Library Digital Collections, Billy Rose Theatre Collection Photograph File, 81128]")
Standard reference works list film actor Wallace Beery’s birthplace as Kansas City,…
![Peter Hardeman Burnett, circa 1860. [University of California, Berkeley, Bancroft Library]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2024-07/1.-peter-burnett.jpg?h=0350f934&itok=LuqClFeL "Peter Hardeman Burnett, circa 1860. [University of California, Berkeley, Bancroft Library]")
Born on November 15, 1807, in Nashville, Tennessee, Peter Hardeman Burnett was the eldest son of George and…
![Jeffrey Deroine (second from right) with Ioways. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Robert Wright Photograph Collection, P0011]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-Jeffrey_Deroine.jpg?h=05ab4653&itok=58Uzeivu "Jeffrey Deroine (second from right) with Ioways. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Robert Wright Photograph Collection, P0011]")
Born on July 9, 1808, in Mason County, Kentucky, Alexander William Doniphan was the son of…
![Edmond J. Eckel. [Elwood L. McDonald, History of Buchanan County and St. Joseph, Missouri, 1915]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-Edmond_Eckel.jpg?h=bcaf3a14&itok=ehIhMyxo "Edmond J. Eckel. [Elwood L. McDonald, History of Buchanan County and St. Joseph, Missouri, 1915]")
Born on June 22, 1845, in Strasbourg, France, Edmond Jacques Eckel demonstrated an early…
![A publicity photo of Gordon “Wild Bill” Elliott. [Find a Grave / William Bjornstad]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2023-10/1.-gordon-wild-bill-elliott.jpg?h=698ee15c&itok=liAhLhoD "A publicity photo of Gordon “Wild Bill” Elliott. [Find a Grave / William Bjornstad]")
Gordon “Wild Bill” Elliott was one of the film industry’s top moneymakers in westerns…
![Josiah Gregg. [Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 4316.5964]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-04/1.%20Josiah%20Gregg.jpg?h=ae68c2af&itok=CzvoyQ82 "Josiah Gregg. [Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 4316.5964]")
From his father, Wheelwright Harmon Gregg, Josiah Gregg inherited a roving spirit that…