Missouri

Wanda Tyner is a glass artist who enjoys bringing creativity, color, and beauty into our everyday lives by making wall hangings, sculptures, vases, bowls, tableware, garden art, clocks, and jewelry.

Warrensburg is your destination for several upcoming events brought to you by the Johnson County Historical Society. 

Join the annual 100-mile yard sale on Highway 54 from Camdenton to Nevada on Friday and Saturday, September  2–3, of Labor Day weekend. It begins at 8 am, and the towns participating are Camdenton, Macks Creek, Preston, Hermitage, Wheatland, Weaubleau, Collins, El Dorado Springs, and Nevada, Missouri. 

Missouri authors and books capture our imaginations with this list of recommended reading.

The city of Pacific is incorporated after changing its name from Franklin. With two towns in the state called Franklin, there were issues with mail and train service, as both towns were right along the rails.

You may not know the name, Fred Geary, but this Carroll County artist was a nationally important graphic designer in the first half of the twentieth century. He created an impressive body of fine-art woodcuts and wood engravings that are found in museums and libraries across the United States. 

This date in Missouri history: Missouri native J.C. Penney dies at the age of 91. James Cash Penney was a Missouri business icon who changed the retail industry while also changing millions of lives around the world.

Very few businesses like 1984 still exist compared to the more than ten thousand pinball and video game arcades that were in the United States during the ‘80s. So, playing original pinball and video game machines in Springfield is a rare experience.