the State Historical Society of Missouri
Rose Philippine Duchesne, a French pioneer missionary on the American frontier, was born on…
Established in 1808 under the superintendence of William Clark, Fort Osage served as a US military outpost and a…
The Louisiana Purchase, an 1803 land deal between the United States and France, doubled the size of the United…
During the early hours of December 16, 1811, a series of violent shakes roused inhabitants of the mid-Mississippi…