World Wars Era (1914–1945)

The House of Lords was a three-story brick building in Joplin that housed a saloon and restaurant, gaming…

Jessie Housley was a successful Missouri artist and educator in the mid-twentieth century. She…

David Franklin Houston distinguished himself in three careers: academic, political, and business. A political…

Rupert Hughes, a versatile popular writer, was born in Lancaster, Missouri, on January 31,…

Fannie Hurst, the daughter of Rose Koppel and Samuel Hurst, was born at the home of her maternal grandparents…

The Ioways did not live in what is now Missouri for much of the historical era.…

Sportsmen tourists in flat-bottom boats that became known as “johnboats” are the parents of Ozarks commercial…

Alonzo “Lonnie” Johnson was an extraordinarily gifted blues guitarist and talented singer who pioneered a…

St. Louis writer and naturalist Josephine Johnson became the youngest winner of the Pulitzer Prize in fiction…

Jolly Mill, a grist mill and whiskey distillery, was built in the late 1840s on Capps Creek in…