the State Historical Society of Missouri
![Samuel Hawken. [Missouri Historical Society, Prints and Photographs Division, N38641]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2020-06/William-Henry-Hatch.jpg?h=90cf89e6&itok=nicdSEFZ "Samuel Hawken. [Missouri Historical Society, Prints and Photographs Division, N38641]")
Christian Hawken, a respected gunsmith of Hagerstown, Maryland, taught his six sons and…
![Edward Hempstead. [Louis Houck, A History of Missouri from the Earliest Explorations and Settlements until the Admission of the State into the Union, vol. 3 (Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 1908), p. 2]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2020-07/Edward-Hempstead.jpg?h=327deaef&itok=Zp2ycOli "Edward Hempstead. [Louis Houck, A History of Missouri from the Earliest Explorations and Settlements until the Admission of the State into the Union, vol. 3 (Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 1908), p. 2]")
Edward Hempstead, a prominent early Missouri attorney and politician, was born in New…
![William Jewell. [Walter Williams, ed., A History of Northeast Missouri (Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1913)]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-03/1-William-Jewell_0.jpg?h=38140c0f&itok=swOuvi2T "William Jewell. [Walter Williams, ed., A History of Northeast Missouri (Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1913)]")
In some respects, William Jewell’s story is similar to those of thousands of others who…
![John Mason Peck. [Album of Missouri Baptists (St. Louis: Central Baptist Pub. Co., 1904), p. 2]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2020-07/John-Mason-Peck.jpg?h=ef195d8b&itok=yT860gN7 "John Mason Peck. [Album of Missouri Baptists (St. Louis: Central Baptist Pub. Co., 1904), p. 2]")
John Mason Peck, a pioneer, Baptist missionary, noted preacher, author, and journalist on…
![Manuel Pérez. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Objects Collection, X04268]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2020-07/Manuel-Perez.jpg?h=a9b70126&itok=LZTYu_GW "Manuel Pérez. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Objects Collection, X04268]")
Manuel Pérez, Spanish lieutenant governor in St. Louis from 1787 to 1792, was born in…
Pedro Joseph Piernas, the first Spanish lieutenant governor in St. Louis, occupied that…
The Gentry–Threlkeld–Van Horn Tavern, usually referred to as the Van Horn Tavern, was…