the State Historical Society of Missouri
![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…
![Charles Gratiot. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, N12406]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-03/1.%20Charles%20Gratiot.jpg?h=da3dda78&itok=P4mvgJCd "Charles Gratiot. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, N12406]")
At the time of the Louisiana Purchase, Charles Gratiot’s outspoken support for the incoming…
![Phoebe Apperson Hearst. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Ralph Gregory Photographs Collection (P0604), P0604-10921]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2020-07/Phoebe-Apperson-Hearst.jpg?h=1b8b84bf&itok=qbqmm_sb "Phoebe Apperson Hearst. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Ralph Gregory Photographs Collection (P0604), P0604-10921]")
When she was a little girl in pigtails, Phoebe Elizabeth Apperson sometimes rode on the…
![Louis Houck visiting one of his rail lines. [Southeast Missouri State University, Special Collections]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2026-01/1.-louis-houck.jpg?h=64cd13ab&itok=N9mOp8Ap "Louis Houck visiting one of his rail lines. [Southeast Missouri State University, Special Collections]")
Often credited as being the “Father of Southeast Missouri,” Louis Houck was a lawyer, journalist,…
![Anne Lucas Hunt. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, 1N34182]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-Anne_Lucas_Hunt.jpg?h=770b1454&itok=1XAuxNpB "Anne Lucas Hunt. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, 1N34182]")
We can guess the character of Anne Lucas Hunt by the good she did during her life and by the legacies she…
![Wilson Price Hunt. Pastel portrait drawing by O. L. Erickson. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Prints and Photographs Collection, 1903-005-0011]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-04/1.%20Wilson%20Price%20Hunt.jpg?h=a3802cc1&itok=Pin3RoIR "Wilson Price Hunt. Pastel portrait drawing by O. L. Erickson. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Prints and Photographs Collection, 1903-005-0011]")
Wilson Price Hunt was born to a prosperous merchant family in Asbury, New Jersey, on March 20, 1783. As a…
![Thomas James (right) and family. [State Historical Society of Missouri, James Memorial Library Photograph Collection, R1480]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2024-07/1.-thomas-james.jpg?h=3521e68b&itok=FOTxPwy5 "Thomas James (right) and family. [State Historical Society of Missouri, James Memorial Library Photograph Collection, R1480]")
Thomas James spent little of his life in Missouri, but he significantly influenced the state. With a strong…
![William T. Kemper in 1902. [Political History of Jackson County: Biographical Sketches of the Men Who Have Helped to Make It (1902)]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2023-11/1.-william-t.-kemper.jpg?h=e68902a0&itok=dLv2-_ZK "William T. Kemper in 1902. [Political History of Jackson County: Biographical Sketches of the Men Who Have Helped to Make It (1902)]")
Progenitor of two of Missouri’s most prominent banking families, William T. Kemper also…
![Albert Bond Lambert with Orville Wright in St. Louis, circa 1910. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, P0059-00002]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2023-10/1.-lambert-with-orville-wright-p0059-00002-mhs-stl.jpg?h=8899aa07&itok=Th08gJ4r "Albert Bond Lambert with Orville Wright in St. Louis, circa 1910. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, P0059-00002]")
Important in the history of business in Missouri, Albert Bond Lambert made even larger…
The Lemp Brewery in St. Louis was established by Johann Adam Lemp in the early…