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]

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]

Ferdinand Rozier was an early resident of historic Ste. Genevieve and…

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…

John S. Sappington. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Thomas Easterly Daguerrotypes Collection, Photographs and Prints Collection, N17356]

            John S. Sappington was a…

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Known as “the pioneer of St. Charles,” François Saucier was born in 1740 in…

Carl O. Sauer. © Chicago Maroon. [University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center, apf7-01181]

Carl Sauer probably had a more profound effect on American geographic thought than any…

Dan Saults. [Courtesy of the Missouri State Archives, RG103, Department of Conservation Photograph Collection]

Charles Daniel Saults was a leading voice in Missouri conservation for forty years. Trained…

John McAllister Schofield. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-53021]

John McAllister Schofield was born in Gerry, Chautauqua County, New York, on September 2,…

Henry Rowe Schoolcraft. [Popular Science Monthly, May 1890]

Henry Rowe Schoolcraft has a deserved reputation as an accomplished scientist-explorer who…