Independence Blast
On August 30, 1904, the Great Olympic Marathon debacle unfolds at the Summer Olympic Games in St. Louis, Mo.
December 13, 1798
This is the birthday of Joseph Rutherford Walker, one of the greatest of all the westward explorers and a Missourian from Independence.
October 28, 1884
Near Independence, Mrs. John Oliver walked into a closet where her husband stored blasting powder. A spark from her pipe ... you can guess the rest.