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…
![Emil Preetorius. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, Portraits, N13088]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2020-07/Emil-Preetorius.jpg?h=e9c34d74&itok=06wls-8f "Emil Preetorius. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, Portraits, N13088]")
Emil Preetorius was a German-language journalist in St. Louis. Born in Alzey, Rheinhessen, Germany, on March…
![William Marion Reedy in 1904. Photo by J. C. Strauss. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection N35138]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2023-12/1.-william-reedy_0.jpg?h=527257eb&itok=maIZJqYY "William Marion Reedy in 1904. Photo by J. C. Strauss. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection N35138]")
William Marion Reedy discovered, promoted, and nurtured some of America’s most important writers during his almost…
![Dr. Katharine Berry Richardson. [Courtesy of Children’s Mercy Kansas City]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-11/1.%20Katharine%20Berry%20Richardson.jpg?h=b605a0a0&itok=_o9SvyvO "Dr. Katharine Berry Richardson. [Courtesy of Children’s Mercy Kansas City]")
Katharine Berry Richardson founded the highly respected Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas…
![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…
![Theodore Pease Russell. [State Historical Society of Missouri, John Steele McCormick Collection, R0877]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-Theodore-Pease-Russell.jpg?h=db1a3328&itok=6tNlCApu "Theodore Pease Russell. [State Historical Society of Missouri, John Steele McCormick Collection, R0877]")
Born in 1820, Theodore Russell was the third son of Cyrus and Rebecca Russell, who…
![Saukie and Fox on the St. Louis waterfront by Karl Bodmer, 1834. [State Historical Society of Missouri Art Collection, 1958.0010c2]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2024-10/1.-sac-and-fox.jpg?h=aa59a2db&itok=1y6DpE0c "Saukie and Fox on the St. Louis waterfront by Karl Bodmer, 1834. [State Historical Society of Missouri Art Collection, 1958.0010c2]")
The Sac and Fox were not native to Missouri, but were significant in Missouri’s territorial and early…
![Denton Jacques Snider. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 27, 1925]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-06/1.%20Denton%20Jacques%20Snider.jpg?h=f1182d8a&itok=Nm5PmR-N "Denton Jacques Snider. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 27, 1925]")
Denton Jacques Snider, born on January 9, 1841, in Mount Gilead, Ohio, was a literary…
![St. Louis Browns players and owner Donald Lee Barnes celebrate the team’s lone American League pennant in 1944. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, N45028]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-St_Louis_Browns.jpg?h=2409fecb&itok=zmo6EN3t "St. Louis Browns players and owner Donald Lee Barnes celebrate the team’s lone American League pennant in 1944. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, N45028]")
The St. Louis Browns were a professional baseball team that played in the American League…
The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, popularly known as the Frisco, was a regional freight and passenger carrier…