the State Historical Society of Missouri
![Jeffrey Deroine (second from right) with Ioways. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Robert Wright Photograph Collection, P0011]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-Jeffrey_Deroine.jpg?h=05ab4653&itok=58Uzeivu "Jeffrey Deroine (second from right) with Ioways. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Robert Wright Photograph Collection, P0011]")
Jeffrey Deroine (pronounced Der-oh-NAY…
![1. This watercolor portrait of Henry Dodge was painted by George Catlin during the Dodge-Leavenworth Expedition of 1834. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, 1962-192-0001]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-03/1.%20Henry%20Dodge.jpg?h=300a9ea0&itok=b4wr44H6 "1. This watercolor portrait of Henry Dodge was painted by George Catlin during the Dodge-Leavenworth Expedition of 1834. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, 1962-192-0001]")
Henry Dodge served his nation in a long and prosperous life on the nineteenth-century…
Born on July 9, 1808, in Mason County, Kentucky, Alexander William Doniphan was the son of…
![Louis William DuBourg. [Georgetown University Archives, Booth Family Center for Special Collections, Washington, DC]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-Louis_William_Dubourg.jpg?h=8feb261c&itok=WJ_eksKM "Louis William DuBourg. [Georgetown University Archives, Booth Family Center for Special Collections, Washington, DC]")
William DuBourg was a formidable force for Catholicism and for education in the early republican period of…
Rose Philippine Duchesne, a French pioneer missionary on the American frontier, was born on…
![Daniel Dunklin. [State Historical Society of Missouri, P1042-018634]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-Daniel_Dunklin_P1042-018634.jpg?h=990748b5&itok=uTgjNMck "Daniel Dunklin. [State Historical Society of Missouri, P1042-018634]")
Missouri’s fifth governor, Daniel Dunklin, was born on January 14, 1790, in the Greenville…
![Paul Follenius. [State Historical Society of Missouri, William G. Bek Photograph Collection, P0586]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2023-04/1.%20Paul%20Follenius.jpg?h=9fce5577&itok=_Vv-bUxU "Paul Follenius. [State Historical Society of Missouri, William G. Bek Photograph Collection, P0586]")
![Carte-de-viste of Hamilton Rowan Gamble. [US National Park Service, Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, WICR 11505]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2023-10/1.-hamilton-gamble.jpg?h=2fb71d81&itok=51aoXoVC "Carte-de-viste of Hamilton Rowan Gamble. [US National Park Service, Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, WICR 11505]")
Born on November 29, 1798, Hamilton R. Gamble was the youngest son of Joseph and Anne…
![The editorial room of the Westliche Post, circa 1870. The paper’s prominent figures included Carl Schurz (fourth from left, seated at table), Emil Preetorius (sixth from left), and Joseph Pulitzer (not pictured). [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, N01710]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2026-01/1.-german-press-in-missouri.jpg?h=afc47d21&itok=XA2t2vBK "The editorial room of the Westliche Post, circa 1870. The paper’s prominent figures included Carl Schurz (fourth from left, seated at table), Emil Preetorius (sixth from left), and Joseph Pulitzer (not pictured). [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, N01710]")
Of all the ethnic groups to settle in Missouri, none embraced the press more vigorously than the Germans.…
![Westport Landing by pioneer and watercolor artist W. H. Jackson. [William Henry Jackson, Scotts Bluff National Monument, SCBL 19]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-03/1.%20William%20Gilliss.jpg?h=ca4d8aa0&itok=xYuqqVSr "Westport Landing by pioneer and watercolor artist W. H. Jackson. [William Henry Jackson, Scotts Bluff National Monument, SCBL 19]")
Later in life William Gilliss would be a successful trader, real estate speculator, and…