March 21, 1888
A photographer in Jefferson County was offering to take horseographs or jackotypes. Photographs of fine horses and mules.
March 12, 1849
The Missouri Pacific Railroad was chartered. It was created to "… extend from St. Louis via Jefferson City, to the western boundary of Missouri, and thence to the Pacific Ocean."
February 5, 1911
Missouriís second capitol building in Jefferson City (fourth overall) was burned to the ground due to a lightning strike.
Inside Jefferson City’s Museum of Modern Art
Opened in October 2015, the Jefferson City Museum of Modern Art features the works of Purvis Young, Thornton Dial, and Abdoulaye Diarrassouba, better known as Aboudia. All have earned national and international acclaim for their art, which can be found in some of the country’s most distinguished museums.