Nathaniel Leonard. [State Historical Society of Missouri, James M. Denny Photograph Collection (P0809)]

A prominent farmer and stock raiser of Cooper County, Missouri, and the founder of…

Louis Monsees seated on one of his Missouri mules. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Melvin Bradley Papers, C3026]

Louis M. Monsees, a livestock breeder, is recognized for his contributions to the breeding…

Luella St. Clair Moss. [The College Widow, Christian College, 1918]

Luella St. Clair Moss, an educator and community activist, was born in Virden, Illinois, to…

Friedrich Muench. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Warren County Photograph Collection (P1141), 014066]

Friedrich Muench was born on June 25, 1799, the son of a Lutheran pastor in Niedergemuenden…

Carry Nation. [Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ggbain-05640]

Carry Amelia Moore Nation, an internationally known temperance crusader, was born on…

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…

Pippin Place. [State Historical Society of Missouri, John F. Bradbury Jr. Postcard Collection, R1551]

Pippin Place was a legendary Gasconade River resort in the Missouri Ozarks. With the spread of railroads…

Thomas Lawson Price. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Art Collection, 1977.0004]

Thomas Lawson Price was born on January 19, 1809, near Danville, Virginia. Although he was…

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

            John S. Sappington was a…

An early twentieth-century postcard of Stewart Bridge, where a mob killed James T. Scott in the early hours of April 29, 1923. [State Historical Society of Missouri, John W. Coffman Collection of University of Missouri Postcards (P305), 010783-1]

James T. Scott (1885?–1923) was the victim of one of the most…