John Hardeman, best remembered for the botanical showplace he created on the banks of the…
Born in Tarrytown, New York, on May 28, 1875, William Hirth moved to Missouri with his…
By the middle of 1940, Europe was engulfed in war. On September 16, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed legislation…
George Husmann was born on November 4, 1827, in Meyenburg, Prussia, the son of J. H. Martin and Louise…
Hancock Lee Jackson was born in Madison County, Kentucky, on May 12, 1796. He married…
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Known during his lifetime as the “King of Ragtime Writers,” Scott Joplin was an African…
Frederick Thomas Kemper was an educator and the founder of Kemper Military School and…
Abiel Leonard, a lawyer, jurist, and political leader, was born in Windsor, Vermont, on May…
A prominent farmer and stock raiser of Cooper County, Missouri, and the founder of…