Show-Me State Caves: 5 of our favorites
With more than 6,400 recorded caves, including twenty show caves that are open to the public for guided tours, enthusiasts around the United States…
February 24, 1859
The border war with Kansas was in full swing and the Missouri Legislature appropriated $30,000, almost a million dollars in today's money, to…
February 22, 1853
Eliot Seminary (now Washington University) was chartered in St. Louis on this date.
February 16, 1999
Police arrested several dozen people and maced many more when Fat Tuesday crowds got out of hand in St. Louis's Soulard Neighborhood.
February 14, 1789
Colonel George Morgan and seventy colonists established the city of New Madrid on this date.
February 11, 1856
The United States Supreme Court began hearing arguments in the landmark Dred Scott case.
The Birdman of Salem
Artist David Plank can’t remember a time when he wasn’t drawn to birds. While his boyhood friends were busy kicking soccer balls and hitting…
