the State Historical Society of Missouri
By popular consensus, Tom Bass was one of the most skillful and popular horsemen of his era. At the time of his…
![Gert Goebel. [Courtesy of Edith Moore]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2020-06/Gert-Goebel.jpg?itok=qQF_4_in "Gert Goebel. [Courtesy of Edith Moore]")
Gert Goebel came to Missouri in 1834 as an eighteen-year-old German immigrant, settling in…
John Hardeman, best remembered for the botanical showplace he created on the banks of the…
![An early edition of the Missouri Intelligencer and Boon’s Lick Advertiser, August 20, 1819. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Newspaper Collection]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2020-07/Nathaniel-Patten-Boon%27s-Lick-Advertiser.jpg?itok=VICNuBv5 "An early edition of the Missouri Intelligencer and Boon’s Lick Advertiser, August 20, 1819. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Newspaper Collection]")
Nathaniel Patten Jr. could be characterized as Missouri’s quintessential pioneer country…
The Gentry–Threlkeld–Van Horn Tavern, usually referred to as the Van Horn Tavern, was…