Ten Missouri Artworks
As a part of our bicentennial series, we show off ten artworks from Missouri artists that help us understand our state’s history.
Emily Newell Blair, Missouri’s Suffragette
100 years ago in August, women got the right to vote. This woman helped make that happen.
Missouri’s Sacred Sites
What exactly makes a site sacred? Eight locations in Missouri provide answers to that question.
The Missouri Lookout Towers That Helped Fight Forest Fires
Many of the fire towers are being closed, removed, and relocated, so this is a good time to find one to climb for the best views in the state.
The New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812
“The earth, river, etc., torn with furious convulsions, opened in huge trenches. There through a thousand vents sulphurous streams gushed from its very bowels leaving vast and almost unfathomable caverns.”
The Fastest Rider in the West
Neither rain nor snow nor Comanche war parties could stop Francois Aubry, the Missouri speed demon, from delivering the mail in record time. His exploits were the stuff of legend, and the inspiration for the Pony Express.
Stark Bro’s Nursery & Orchards Co.
Browse through the years at the world's oldest fruit tree nursery.
The Struggle for Statehood
A historian digs a little deeper into out bicentennial date to figure out if we've actually been celebrating our statehood during the wrong month, and year.