Center for Missouri Studies to open Aug. 10, 2019. Open to public 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 605 Elm St., Columbia, Missouri.
Category: Missouri State Historical Society
News: Highlights of Historical Society building and marking ROTC 150th year
May 13, 2019 — New Historical Society building will connect Missourians to a rich past. Source: Columbia Missourian. Summary: The new headquarters for the State Historical Society of Missouri on Elm Street will open this summer. It will be 76,000 feet, double its old home in Ellis Library at MU. The $35 million building includes…
Events: African American newspapers, National Register changes, State preservation conference
Mark your calendar: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 30 — The African American Press in Missouri, a lecture about African American newspapers in Missouri. The presentation will be given by Debra Foster Greene, Lincoln University professor emerita of history. From 1875 to 1970, Missouri had more than 60 black-owned newspapers. The event is free and will…
Political name calling circa 1862
1862 military order requiring people to sign up for military duty or they’d be considered marauders and robbers.
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