the State Historical Society of Missouri
![Thomas Caute Reynolds. [<em>The Civil Government of the United States and the State of Missouri</em>, 1897]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2024-03/1.-thomas-caute-reynolds.jpg?h=b8c0628d&itok=IcKo6dOh "Thomas Caute Reynolds. [<em>The Civil Government of the United States and the State of Missouri</em>, 1897]")
Elected lieutenant governor of Missouri in 1860, Thomas Caute Reynolds worked diligently to separate Missouri…
![Dr. Katharine Berry Richardson. [Courtesy of Children’s Mercy Kansas City]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-11/1.%20Katharine%20Berry%20Richardson.jpg?h=b605a0a0&itok=_o9SvyvO "Dr. Katharine Berry Richardson. [Courtesy of Children’s Mercy Kansas City]")
Katharine Berry Richardson founded the highly respected Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas…
![Sidney Rigdon. [Courtesy of the Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-06/1.%20Sidney%20Rigdon.jpg?h=efaab4c8&itok=q4aZq9Vt "Sidney Rigdon. [Courtesy of the Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints]")
Born on February 17, 1793, on a farm near St. Clair Township, in Allegheny County,…
![Peter Rindisbacher, portrait by George Markham. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Objects Collection, 1985-101-0001]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-06/1.%20Peter%20Rindisbacher.jpg?h=e326f017&itok=qbsrCHhJ "Peter Rindisbacher, portrait by George Markham. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Objects Collection, 1985-101-0001]")
Peter Rindisbacher’s paintings and watercolors are among the earliest images of the indigenous peoples and…
![Joseph Robidoux. [State Historical Society of Missouri Image Collections]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-Joseph_Robidoux.jpg?h=8367ab58&itok=FkZ-VAhs "Joseph Robidoux. [State Historical Society of Missouri Image Collections]")
Joseph Robidoux III, the eldest son of a large family, was born in St. Louis on August 10,…
![Hugh Robinson. [Courtesy of DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2023-11/1.-hugh-robinson.jpg?h=b8180e52&itok=v3Xdo6Gp "Hugh Robinson. [Courtesy of DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University]")
Hugh Armstrong Robinson, a member of the distinguished Early Birds…
![Charles G. Ross. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-hec-20327]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-Charles-Ross.jpg?h=6924a192&itok=0AxT_vHV "Charles G. Ross. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-hec-20327]")
Born in Independence, Missouri, on November 9, 1885, Charles G. Ross attended…
![Nellie Tayloe Ross. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ggbain-29524]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-Nellie-Tayloe-Ross.jpg?h=efb5bc87&itok=My8xv_Wc "Nellie Tayloe Ross. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ggbain-29524]")
Nellie Tayloe Ross was the first woman in the United States to serve as a state governor…
![Ferdinand Rozier. [Mary Rozier Sharp, Between the Gabouri, 1981]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-Ferdinand-Rozier.jpg?h=fbd899b5&itok=vyvUpIp6 "Ferdinand Rozier. [Mary Rozier Sharp, Between the Gabouri, 1981]")
Ferdinand Rozier was an early resident of historic Ste. Genevieve and…
![Theodore Pease Russell. [State Historical Society of Missouri, John Steele McCormick Collection, R0877]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-Theodore-Pease-Russell.jpg?h=db1a3328&itok=6tNlCApu "Theodore Pease Russell. [State Historical Society of Missouri, John Steele McCormick Collection, R0877]")
Born in 1820, Theodore Russell was the third son of Cyrus and Rebecca Russell, who…