Emily Newell Blair, Missouri’s Suffragette
100 years ago in August, women got the right to vote. This woman helped make that happen.
July 29, 1904
The International Association of Ice Cream Makers credit Syrian immigrant, Ernest Hamwi, with using his wafer-like pastries to hold a scoop of ice cream on this day. Thus, the ice cream cone was born at World's Fair in St. Louis. He called it a World's Fair Cornucopia.
June 30, 1949
The Missouri Waltz was chosen as our state song. It was used as Truman's theme song but it was reported that he had a strong dislike for the tune and the words.
Bur Oak Beauty
Missouri’s champion bur oak is a living landmark that weaves lightning, floods, and generational connections.
The Dooley-Harris Feud
Although the shootout between the Dooley and Harris clans at a Doe Run picnic did occur and was indeed a bloody affair, the causes of the conflict are considerably murkier, go back much further, and have little if anything to do with a carnival-ride flirtation.
Making It to the Middle
Immigrants in our history came for the same reasons they do today, but some things are different.
Five Famous Missouri Feuds
Missouri’s famous feuds comprise bloody chapters in the story of our state.
