the State Historical Society of Missouri
With the exception of two years in the early twentieth century, the state of Missouri has always allowed the…
Sportsmen tourists in flat-bottom boats that became known as “johnboats” are the parents of Ozarks commercial…
the State Historical Society of Missouri
![The Administration Building at the Missouri State Penitentiary, 1955. Missouri carried out executions at the penitentiary’s gas chamber from 1937 until switching to lethal injection in 1989 and moving its death row to the Potosi Correctional Center in Washington County. [Missouri State Archives/Missouri Digital Heritage, Mark Schreiber Collection, MS297_255_009]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2024-06/1.-capital-punishment-in-missouri.jpg?h=436a5d0a&itok=-rpMGoZ7 "The Administration Building at the Missouri State Penitentiary, 1955. Missouri carried out executions at the penitentiary’s gas chamber from 1937 until switching to lethal injection in 1989 and moving its death row to the Potosi Correctional Center in Washington County. [Missouri State Archives/Missouri Digital Heritage, Mark Schreiber Collection, MS297_255_009]")
![Three men fishing on an Ozarks river; one stands in a johnboat named Hildalgo. [State Historical Society of Missouri, State of Missouri Collection, P0018]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2026-06/1.-johnboats.jpg?itok=5zaorYjm "Three men fishing on an Ozarks river; one stands in a johnboat named Hildalgo. [State Historical Society of Missouri, State of Missouri Collection, P0018]")