March 16, 1875
The W. J. Lewis a stern-wheeled mountain boat sank just north of the mouth of the Missouri.
March 15, 1931
The final Missouri section of pavement was complete and Route 66 is opened between Rolla and Lebanon.
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 establish a military post on the western border to keep the Jayhawks out.
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.
