Big Soldier, a Little Osage war leader, was probably born in 1773 in a village near the…
An early pioneer-farming expert and author, Morris Birkbeck exerted an enormous influence…
Among the early artists to explore the trans-Mississippi River frontier, Karl Bodmer’s stay…
Born in Lexington, Kentucky, on December 14, 1792, Lilburn W. Boggs became one of the most…
Born in Ste. Genevieve on April 9, 1818, as a descendant of early French…
Carl Haley Chapman has appropriately been called the dean of Missouri archaeology, a title…
William Clark, the celebrated explorer who joined Meriwether Lewis …
Following the death of Clermont (Gra-Mon or “Arrow-Going-Home”) in 1796, his son, also…
The founder of the Consumers Cooperative Association (CCA) and the original field man for…
Born in Quitman, Missouri, on August 20, 1884, the only child of dry-goods operator John…