Mary Margaret McBride (1899–1976)
Described as neurotic and ample, Mary Margaret McBride became a great success on network radio while disclosing to the world her insecurity and guilt.
The Missouria
When French explorer Robert La Salle passed by the mouth of the Missouri River in 1682, he wrote that on its banks were “a great number of large villages of many different nations.” The two dominant nations at that time in what is now the state of
Michael Dickey
Marlin Perkins (1905–1986)
Marlin Perkins served as director at three zoos during his career: the Zoological Gardens in Buffalo, New York; the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago; and the St. Louis Zoo.
Maxine J. Christensen
David Rowland Francis (1850–1927)
Mayor of St. Louis, governor of Missouri, secretary of the interior, president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and ambassador to Russia, David R.
Arthur Holly Compton (1892–1962)
Arthur Holly Compton earned international recognition for his research in X-rays, sharing the 1927 Nobel Prize for physics with British scientist Charles T. R. Wilson.
William Marion Reedy (1862–1920)
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.
the State Historical Society of Missouri