Cowboy Up
Over the past seven decades, the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo has become a must-see showcase. As a Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) Top 40 rodeo, it draws some of the most star-studded names in rodeo and music.
Building the Bootheel
At Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site in New Madrid, visitors can explore a grand Southern mansion while learning about the families who shaped the development of Missouri's southeastern lowlands for a century and a half.
Bootheel Confidential: A Guide to Missouri’s Southland
The Bootheel is influenced more by Memphis than by St. Louis, and the area definitely is a member in good standing of the Old South. Stuck like a hatchet in the forehead of Arkansas, the Bootheel and its people, for the most part, feel alienated from the rest of Missouri.
March 3, 1794
Today's date is the birthday of John Hardeman Walker who got the Bootheel added to Missouri.