Missouri History

The iconic western duel traces its roots to Springfield.

Missouri’s champion bur oak is a living landmark that weaves lightning, floods, and generational connections.

Immigrants in our history came for the same reasons they do today, but some things are different.

Missouri’s famous feuds comprise bloody chapters in the story of our state.

Seventy-five years ago, Winston Churchill introduced the “Iron Curtain” to Fulton and presaged the Cold War.

Missouri’s role in the early civil rights movement.

The late Missouri artist Lowell Davis leaves a legacy near Carthage.