Hailing from Lebanon, Mo., William Tecumseh Vernon was an American educator, minister and bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E.) who served as president of the A.M.E.-sponsored Western University in Quindaro, Kansas. He also served as Register of the United States Treasury from 1906 to 1911. In 1920, Reverend Vernon was consecrated a Bishop …
Laclede County, located in south-central Missouri, was established on this date in 1849.
The pandemic spawned many “in-your-car” drive-by holiday light displays. And while many of these “drive-by” displays still happen each season, there’s one that will drive by you instead! Check out this unusual and fun event, in its second year.
A promo published in the Lebanon Rustic newspaper on this date in 1926 stated that Red Arrow Stores was giving away a free live baby! The ad, from the Red Arrow Club, stated the baby was not an orphan, but that its parents were were unable to properly support it. The attention-grabbing ad was followed …
Join Host Meredith Hoenes for Part 2 as she guides visitors down Route 66 in Missouri from Lebanon to Joplin. Discover a drive-in theater, where Bonnie and Clyde hid out, some great eats, and a ghost town that came to life.
Missouri Life Magazine’s Big BAM (Bicycle Across Missouri) will ride across Route 66 in June. The upcoming annual six-day recreational ride across our state will be hosted by the following towns: Joplin, Willard, Lebanon, Waynesville, Rolla, Cuba, and Eureka.
The 2022 edition of Missouri Life magazine’s Big BAM (Bicycle Across Missouri) will take place along Route 66 from June 12-18,starting in Joplin and ending in Eureka. More than 100 cyclists have already registered for the adventure.
The Lebanon Rustic Republican reported that President William McKinley had received a barrel of big red apples from Absalom Nelson of Lebanon.
Ride America’s historic Route 66 across Missouri in June 2022! You’ll ride along historic sites and iconic points of interest as you meander from Joplin to Eureka. You will experience the beautiful scenic Ozarks and pastoral countryside as well as passing along wineries and breweries and true Americana at its best!
Celebrate Missouri’s bicentennial all year long.
Pick a starting point and explore all of the antiques southwest Missouri has to offer.
Put your fishing skills to the test at the lodge at Bennet Spring State Park, which adds an element of DIY to fresh trout.
Liz began her operation with just a few alpacas, and for good reason. Alpacas were $20,000 to $30,000 each during those early years, according to Liz, and the females only have one offspring, called a cria, each year. From those small beginnings, Liz built a herd that, at its largest, numbered 142.
Missouri became the first state to award a contract under the new Interstate Highway law. The first contract was for work on Interstate 44 in Laclede County. Lebanon had the dubious honor of being the first town in Missouri by-passed by an Interstate highway.
The final Missouri section of pavement was complete and Route 66 is opened between Rolla and Lebanon.
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