the State Historical Society of Missouri
![Samuel Hawken. [Missouri Historical Society, Prints and Photographs Division, N38641]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2020-06/William-Henry-Hatch.jpg?h=90cf89e6&itok=nicdSEFZ "Samuel Hawken. [Missouri Historical Society, Prints and Photographs Division, N38641]")
Christian Hawken, a respected gunsmith of Hagerstown, Maryland, taught his six sons and…
![Phoebe Apperson Hearst. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Ralph Gregory Photographs Collection (P0604), P0604-10921]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2020-07/Phoebe-Apperson-Hearst.jpg?h=1b8b84bf&itok=qbqmm_sb "Phoebe Apperson Hearst. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Ralph Gregory Photographs Collection (P0604), P0604-10921]")
When she was a little girl in pigtails, Phoebe Elizabeth Apperson sometimes rode on the…
![Edward Hempstead. [Louis Houck, A History of Missouri from the Earliest Explorations and Settlements until the Admission of the State into the Union, vol. 3 (Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 1908), p. 2]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2020-07/Edward-Hempstead.jpg?h=327deaef&itok=Zp2ycOli "Edward Hempstead. [Louis Houck, A History of Missouri from the Earliest Explorations and Settlements until the Admission of the State into the Union, vol. 3 (Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 1908), p. 2]")
Edward Hempstead, a prominent early Missouri attorney and politician, was born in New…
![Henry S. Geyer. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Prints and Photographs Collection, P0004-002099]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-03/1.%20Henry%20S.%20Geyer.jpg?h=0152cff4&itok=dDPS5Fld "Henry S. Geyer. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Prints and Photographs Collection, P0004-002099]")
Henry S. Geyer was born in Frederick, Maryland, on December 9, 1790. He received a private…
Andrew Henry, a mountain man whose innovations revolutionized the modi operandi of the American fur business…
![William Hirth. [Boone County Historical Society, Henry Holborn Studio Photography Collection]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-04/1.%20William%20Hirth.jpg?h=e5a74f32&itok=MB2afVqJ "William Hirth. [Boone County Historical Society, Henry Holborn Studio Photography Collection]")
Born in Tarrytown, New York, on May 28, 1875, William Hirth moved to Missouri with his…
![Harold L. Holliday Sr. [Official Manual of the State of Missouri, 1969–1970]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2024-08/1.-harold-holliday-sr.jpg?h=26649f55&itok=SKI26BWb "Harold L. Holliday Sr. [Official Manual of the State of Missouri, 1969–1970]")
Harold L. Holliday devoted his career to advancing the cause of civil rights in Missouri. He spent twenty-…
Born on April 27, 1896, at Winters, Texas, Rogers Hornsby began his professional baseball…
![Jessie Housley. [Your St. Louis and Mine, 1937]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2025-03/1.-jessie-housley.jpg?h=a66815ff&itok=k5kgpxeq "Jessie Housley. [Your St. Louis and Mine, 1937]")
Jessie Housley was a successful Missouri artist and educator in the mid-twentieth century. She…
![David Franklin Houston in 1921. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-nclc-05268]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2024-08/1.-david-franklin-houston.jpg?h=ebcc97d7&itok=fYwNV0Mm "David Franklin Houston in 1921. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-nclc-05268]")
David Franklin Houston distinguished himself in three careers: academic, political, and business. A political…
![Rupert Hughes and his second wife, Adelaide Manola Mould Bissell. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ggbain-32320]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-04/1.%20Rupert%20Hughes.jpg?h=70a94650&itok=RrY2h_E1 "Rupert Hughes and his second wife, Adelaide Manola Mould Bissell. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ggbain-32320]")
Rupert Hughes, a versatile popular writer, was born in Lancaster, Missouri, on January 31,…
![Anne Lucas Hunt. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, 1N34182]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-Anne_Lucas_Hunt.jpg?h=770b1454&itok=1XAuxNpB "Anne Lucas Hunt. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, 1N34182]")
We can guess the character of Anne Lucas Hunt by the good she did during her life and by the legacies she…
![Wilson Price Hunt. Pastel portrait drawing by O. L. Erickson. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Prints and Photographs Collection, 1903-005-0011]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-04/1.%20Wilson%20Price%20Hunt.jpg?h=a3802cc1&itok=Pin3RoIR "Wilson Price Hunt. Pastel portrait drawing by O. L. Erickson. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Prints and Photographs Collection, 1903-005-0011]")
Wilson Price Hunt was born to a prosperous merchant family in Asbury, New Jersey, on March 20, 1783. As a…
![Fannie Hurst. [New York Public Library Digital Collections, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, TH-22169]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-Fannie_Hurst.jpg?h=bd99ae02&itok=_VJZe3C7 "Fannie Hurst. [New York Public Library Digital Collections, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, TH-22169]")
Fannie Hurst, the daughter of Rose Koppel and Samuel Hurst, was born at the home of her maternal grandparents…
![George Husmann. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Men in Agriculture Portraits Collection, P1201-011356]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-04/2.%20George%20Husmann.jpg?h=516a5cf9&itok=daCK-kpR "George Husmann. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Men in Agriculture Portraits Collection, P1201-011356]")
George Husmann was born on November 4, 1827, in Meyenburg, Prussia, the son of J. H. Martin and Louise…
![Francis White Cloud. Portrait by George Catlin, circa 1844–1845. [Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2020-06/Francis-White-Cloud.jpg?h=46afd397&itok=EItLaSEK "Francis White Cloud. Portrait by George Catlin, circa 1844–1845. [Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art]")
The Ioways did not live in what is now Missouri for much of the historical era.…
![Claiborne Fox Jackson. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, N21069]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-07/1.%20Claiborne%20Fox%20Jackson.jpg?h=8ea2713e&itok=ZPN0hAT_ "Claiborne Fox Jackson. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, N21069]")
Claiborne Fox Jackson was born in rural Fleming County, in northeastern Kentucky, on April…
![Hancock Lee Jackson. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Missouri Governors Portraits Collection, P1091-018866]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-04/1.%20Hancock%20Lee%20Jackson.jpg?h=27de5bd5&itok=9JgOLUvD "Hancock Lee Jackson. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Missouri Governors Portraits Collection, P1091-018866]")
Hancock Lee Jackson was born in Madison County, Kentucky, on May 12, 1796. He married…
![Herman Jaeger. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Southwest Missouri Region Photograph Collection, P1110]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-Herman_Jaeger.jpg?h=edea59cd&itok=ZIxcaUYw "Herman Jaeger. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Southwest Missouri Region Photograph Collection, P1110]")
Herman Jaeger was born in Brugg, Switzerland, on March 23, 1844, the sixth of seven…
![Thomas James (right) and family. [State Historical Society of Missouri, James Memorial Library Photograph Collection, R1480]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2024-07/1.-thomas-james.jpg?h=3521e68b&itok=FOTxPwy5 "Thomas James (right) and family. [State Historical Society of Missouri, James Memorial Library Photograph Collection, R1480]")
Thomas James spent little of his life in Missouri, but he significantly influenced the state. With a strong…
![William Jewell. [Walter Williams, ed., A History of Northeast Missouri (Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1913)]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-03/1-William-Jewell_0.jpg?h=38140c0f&itok=swOuvi2T "William Jewell. [Walter Williams, ed., A History of Northeast Missouri (Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1913)]")
In some respects, William Jewell’s story is similar to those of thousands of others who…
![Lonnie Johnson performing in 1965 at the Folk Festival Show, Palisades Amusement Park, New Jersey. [Cornell University Library, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Amsterdam News Photograph Archive, #8084]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-Alonzo_Johnson.jpg?h=28015916&itok=kGea3NPZ "Lonnie Johnson performing in 1965 at the Folk Festival Show, Palisades Amusement Park, New Jersey. [Cornell University Library, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Amsterdam News Photograph Archive, #8084]")
Alonzo “Lonnie” Johnson was an extraordinarily gifted blues guitarist and talented singer who pioneered a…
![Jolly Mill circa 2022. [Photo by Ross Brown]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2024-03/1.-jolly-mill.jpg?h=7e5f5b54&itok=YZl1LG4V "Jolly Mill circa 2022. [Photo by Ross Brown]")
Jolly Mill, a grist mill and whiskey distillery, was built in the late 1840s on Capps Creek in…
![John Rice Jones. [Columbia Missouri Herald: Twenty-Fifth Anniversary, 1895]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2024-06/1.-john-rice-jones.jpg?h=6234be0d&itok=zgUYOJ_3 "John Rice Jones. [Columbia Missouri Herald: Twenty-Fifth Anniversary, 1895]")
John Rice Jones, a pioneering jurist renowned for his erudition, was one of the principal framers of Missouri…
![Joseph James Jones, circa 1937. [Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Art, Forbes Watson Papers, 1840–1967, 2976]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-Joseph_Jones.jpg?h=41bf56ee&itok=KEJRPQoc "Joseph James Jones, circa 1937. [Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Art, Forbes Watson Papers, 1840–1967, 2976]")
The biography of Joseph James Jones is both the story of the life of an American artist and…