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William Marion Reedy discovered, promoted, and nurtured some of America’s most important writers during his almost thirty years as the owner and editor of Reedy's Mirror.

Marianne Billeron Vallé was born in Kaskaskia around 1729, the daughter of Marie-Claire Catoire and Léonard Billeron dit La

Marie-Claire Catoire Billeron’s name first appears in North America on the passenger list of a French flûte or cargo ship named La Baleine (the Whale).

Hugh Armstrong Robinson, a member of the distinguished Early Birds of Aviation organization, was a pilot, inventor

Pierre Chouteau Jr., scion of the powerful early St.

Curtis Fletcher Marbut revolutionized American thinking in soil science and had an international influence on the study of the geography of soils.

Progenitor of two of Missouri’s most prominent banking families, William T. Kemper also headed companies involved in grain and railroad transportation.

Important in the history of business in Missouri, Albert Bond Lambert made even larger contributions to the development of aviation.