Gert Goebel came to Missouri in 1834 as an eighteen-year-old German immigrant, settling in…
At the time of the Louisiana Purchase, Charles Gratiot’s outspoken support for the incoming…
From his father, Wheelwright Harmon Gregg, Josiah Gregg inherited a roving spirit that…
John Hardeman, best remembered for the botanical showplace he created on the banks of the…
Christian Hawken, a respected gunsmith of Hagerstown, Maryland, taught his six sons and…
Edward Hempstead, a prominent early Missouri attorney and politician, was born in New…
Andrew Henry, a mountain man whose innovations revolutionized the modi operandi of the…
Wilson Price Hunt was born to a prosperous merchant family in Asbury, New Jersey, on March…
In some respects, William Jewell’s story is similar to those of thousands of others who…
William Keil was born on March 6, 1811, or 1812, in Bleicherode, Erfurt, Prussia. His…