March 25, 1905
A teachers training college was founded at Maryville. Today it is called Northwest Missouri State University.
March 24, 1911
Legislation was signed and bond issues awarded on this day for the building of our present Capitol Building.
March 23, 1873
Joplin was incorporated on this day by the state, but it had already been there for a long and colorful time.
March 22, 1940
Henry Perry died in Kansas City and turned his legendary barbecue restaurant over to Charlie Bryant.
March 21, 1888
A photographer in Jefferson County was offering to take horseographs or jackotypes. Photographs of fine horses and mules.
March 20, 1944
Spring Training began for the St. Louis Browns. And yes, they did go south for the training—to Cape Girardeau.
March 19, 1687
The French explorer Robert de La Salle, who expeditioned in Missouri and the Mississippi Valley, was murdered on this date by mutineers.
March 18, 1925
The “Tri-State Tornado” struck Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. It killed 695 people and injured more than 2,000.
March 15, 1893
Work was completed on the KATY railroad between St. Charles and New Franklin. Now it is a beautiful bicycle trail all across the state.
