the State Historical Society of Missouri
![The O’Joe Club in Noel, Missouri. [Courtesy of Dorene Stiles and Noel Centennial, 1887–1987]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2026-01/1.-ojoe-club.jpg?itok=-TEcfm4d "The O’Joe Club in Noel, Missouri. [Courtesy of Dorene Stiles and Noel Centennial, 1887–1987]")
The O’Joe Club in Noel, Missouri, was one of the first commercial resorts in the Ozarks. Although it was not…
![Marlin Perkins holding a bison calf. [Marlin Perkins Papers (S0516), State Historical Society of Missouri]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2024-02/1.-marlin-perkins.jpg?h=340ad325&itok=fjnCeB_T "Marlin Perkins holding a bison calf. [Marlin Perkins Papers (S0516), State Historical Society of Missouri]")
Marlin Perkins served as director at three zoos during his career: the Zoological Gardens in Buffalo, New York; the…
![Red’s Giant Hamburg sometime after it closed in December 1984. [State Historical Society of Missouri, David Eslick Photograph Collection, SP0088, 1976-2001]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2024-03/1.-reds-giant-hamburg.jpg?h=cb1fa88b&itok=MzxABlva "Red’s Giant Hamburg sometime after it closed in December 1984. [State Historical Society of Missouri, David Eslick Photograph Collection, SP0088, 1976-2001]")
The original Red’s Giant Hamburg on Route 66 in Springfield, Missouri, was a legendary roadside spot for…
![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…
![Henry Rowe Schoolcraft. [Popular Science Monthly, May 1890]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-03/1-Henry-Rowe-Schoolcraft.jpg?h=604cd0e2&itok=nO__aAnQ "Henry Rowe Schoolcraft. [Popular Science Monthly, May 1890]")
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft has a deserved reputation as an accomplished scientist-explorer who…
![Mathias Splitlog (Dyut-Ru-Tu-Re), Washington, DC, 1896. [Smithsonian Institution, NAA.PhotoLot.176, Item BAE GN 00976A, photo by William Dinwiddie]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2026-04/1.%20Mathias%20Splitlog.jpg?h=ab7009da&itok=bgQTiSF4 "Mathias Splitlog (Dyut-Ru-Tu-Re), Washington, DC, 1896. [Smithsonian Institution, NAA.PhotoLot.176, Item BAE GN 00976A, photo by William Dinwiddie]")
The life of Mathias Splitlog is a classic story of a man who went from rags to riches. The son of a French…
The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, popularly known as the Frisco, was a regional freight and passenger carrier…
![Andrew Jackson Henderson, a member of the Stone Prairie Home Guard, pictured later in the war after he joined Company G of the Fifteenth Missouri Cavalry Volunteers. He also served in Company L of the Seventy-Sixth Enrolled Missouri Militia. [Courtesy of Jeremiah Buntin and Kimberly Harper]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2024-04/1.-stone-prairie-home-guard.jpg?h=ecda3842&itok=l8eN27Wm "Andrew Jackson Henderson, a member of the Stone Prairie Home Guard, pictured later in the war after he joined Company G of the Fifteenth Missouri Cavalry Volunteers. He also served in Company L of the Seventy-Sixth Enrolled Missouri Militia. [Courtesy of Jeremiah Buntin and Kimberly Harper]")
The Stone Prairie Home Guard (SPHG) was the first Union military organization active in Barry…
![Silas Turnbo. [Courtesy of the Springfield–Greene County Library District]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-07/1.%20Silas%20C.%20Turnbo.jpg?h=2741bb13&itok=Ot1erhP8 "Silas Turnbo. [Courtesy of the Springfield–Greene County Library District]")
Silas C. Turnbo collected stories from Ozarkers in the upper White River country of…
![Lucile Morris Upton. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Missouri Press Portraits, P1196-018227]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2026-05/1.-lucile-morris-upton.jpg?itok=h1uYGQwA "Lucile Morris Upton. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Missouri Press Portraits, P1196-018227]")
Family stories and tales of the place where she grew up propelled Lucile Morris Upton into a lifelong…