Person riding a horse in the sunset with old western garb

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.


Osceola on fire man on horse with a gun

The 1861 Jayhawker Raid in Osceola

A jayhawker raid in 1861 lays waste to the town of Osceola.


1970: Paul Stark Jr., a fifth-generation owner, shows off a bumper apple crop in bushel baskets.

Stark Bro’s Nursery & Orchards Co.

Browse through the years at the world's oldest fruit tree nursery.


Bicentennial Series: The Struggle for Statehood

A historian digs a little deeper into our bicentennial date to figure out if we've actually been celebrating our statehood during the wrong month, and year.


From our Archive: The Missouri Murals

Explore Thomas Hart Benton's Missouri Murals.


Stagger Lee

The Real Story Behind That Bad Man “Stagger Lee”

On Christmas Eve, 1895, a shooting occurred in a North St. Louis saloon that was destined to find a prominent—and permanent—place in American oral tradition.


Old newspaper article used in popular missouri magazine

The Quest for Freedom

Upcoming symposium unravels the common history between German immigrants and African American slaves.


Large tree along side the Katy Trail

Katy Trail Landowners: Then and Now

What The Katy Trail can teach about the Rock Island.


An Old-Time Holiday at Hermann Farm

Celebrate Christmas the German way at Hermann Farm.


The Magic Chef Mansion was built by Charles Stockstrom, who came to St. Louis from Germany in 1880. He made a fortune in the Quick Meal Stove Company, later renamed Magic Chef. The company was the largest stove maker in the world at one time. The mansion was completed in 1908 and modeled after the Schloss castle in Germany. The mansion is open for tours. Photo by Michael Daft.

STATE-TISTICS: October 2019

Here's the quick scoop on Germans in Missouri, by the numbers. (Years are numbers, too!)