Missouri State History

 

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There are topics for deep-dive study on each subject at that website.

A Discussion of the Geology & Geography of Missouri

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• Geologic Wonders and Curiosities of Missouri
  Beveridge, Thomas R
  MO Department of Natural Resources
  Rolla, MO
  1980
• Missouri, The Heart of the Nation
  Parrish, William E.;
  Jones, Charles T.;
  Christensen, Lawrence O.
  Harian Davidson Inc.
  Arlington Heights, IL
  1992
• The Biodiversity of Missouri
  Nigh, Timothy A.
  MO Department of Conservation
  Jefferson City, MO
  1992

Missouri's Oldest Cultures

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• Indians and Archaeology of Missouri
  Chapman, Carol Haley
  University of Missouri Press
  Columbia, MO
  1964
• Cat Monsters and Head Pots: The Archaeology of Missouri’s Pemiscot Bayou
  O’Brien, Michael J.
  University of Missouri Press
  Columbia, MO
  1994
• Prehistory of Missouri
  O’Brien, Michael J.; and Wood, Raymond W.
  University of Missouri Press
  Columbia, MO
  1998

Native American & European Cultures

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• A Meeting of Cultures
  Colonial Ste. Genevieve: An Adventure on the Mississippi Frontier
  Patrice Press
  Gerald, Mo.
  1985
• The Story of Old Ste. Genevieve
  Franzwa, Gregory M.
  Patrice Press
  St. Louis, Mo.
  1973

The coming of the Americans, Lewis & Clark, & the Louisiana Purchase, from Ft. Osage

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• The Journals of Lewis and Clark Expedition 
  Moulton, Gary, editor
  University of Nebraska Press
  Lincoln, Neb.
  1988
• The Genesis of Missouri
  Foley, William E.
  University of Missouri Press
  Columbia, Mo.
  1989
• Fort Osage, The Opening of the American West
  Wooldridge, Rhonda
  Independence Press
  Independence, Mo.
  1983
• Undaunted Courage
  Ambrose, Stephen
  Simon & Schuster
  New York, N.Y.
  1996
• Westward with the Dragoons
  Gregg, Kate, editor
  Fulton, Mo.
  1937

Law comes to the frontier at the first State Capital in St. Charles.

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• William Clark: A New Perspective of Missouri Territorial Politics
  Steffen, Jerome 
  Missouri Historical Review
  Columbia, Mo.
  1972
• Three Missouri State and Statehood Founders
  Shoemaker, Floyd
  Missouri Historical Review
  Columbia, Mo.
  1970
• The American Territorial System: Missouri’s Experience
  Foley, William E.
  Missouri Historical Review
  Columbia, Mo.
  1970
• The Admission of Missouri
  March, David
  Missouri Historical Review
  Columbia, Mo.
  1970

A celebration of our immigrant past hosted in Hermann

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• German Settlement in Missouri, New Lands, Old Ways
  Burnett, Robyn and Luebbering, Ken
  University of Missouri Press
  Columbia, Mo.
  1996

• Report on a Journey to the Western States
  of North America
  Duden, Gottfried
  University of Missouri Press
  Columbia, Mo.
  1980

• Hold Dear, As Always, Jetta, A German Immigrant Life in Letters
  Schroeder, Adolf E. and Schultz-Gelsberg, Carla
  University of Missouri Press
  Columbia, Mo.
  1998

Explore the lives of three men as Missourians explore trails west in Arrow Rock

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• Bingham, Fighting Artist
  Larkin, Lew
  Burton
  Kansas City, Mo.
  1954
• The Drawings of George Caleb Bingham
  Bloch, E. Maurice
  University of Missouri Press
  Columbia, Mo.
  1975
• Arrow Rock, Where Wheels Started West
  Hamilton, Jean Tyree
  Guard Printing and Publishing
  Centralia, Mo.
  1963
• The Sante Fe Trail Revisited
  Franzwa, Gregory M.
  Patrice Press
  St. Louis, Mo.
  1989

Explore Missouri Society with Mark Twain in Hannibal

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• The Selected Letters of Mark Twain
  Twain, Mark
  Harper & Row
  New York, N.Y.
  1986
• The Autobiography of Mark Twain
  Neider, Charles, editor
  Harper Perennial
  New York, N.Y.
  1959
• Hannibal Too: Historic Sketches of Hannibal and Its Neighbors
  Hagwood, J. Hurley
  Walsworth Publishing Company
  Marceline, Mo.
  1986

Slavery, Dred Scott & the Old Courthouse

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• Missouri Black Heritage
  Greene, Lorenzo Johnson; Kremer, Gary R.; 
  Holland, Antonio F.
  University of Missouri Press
  Columbia, Mo.
  1993
• No Crystal Stair: The Story of Thirteen African Americans Who Once Called St. Louis Home
  Wright, John A.
  Ferguson-Florissant School District
  Ferguson, Mo.
  1988
• The Dred Scot Case
  The Black Heritage Library Collection
  Ayer Co
  Salem, N.H.
  1991

The Civil War rages at Wilson's Creek

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• In Deadly Earnest 
  Gottschalk, Phil
  Missouri River Press
  Columbia, Mo.
  1991

Women change their roles

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• Woman Suffrage and Politics: The Inner Story of the Suffrage Movement
  Catt, Carrie Chapman
  Scribner
  New York, N.Y.
  1923
• Woman Suffrage and Women’s Rights
  DuBols, Ellen Carol
  New York, University Press
  New York, N.Y.
  1998
• Becoming Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Woman Behind the Legend
  Miller, John E.
  University of Missouri Press
  Columbia, Mo.
  1979
• The Capitol of the Women of America
  Hamilton, Esley
  Preservation Issues
  Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Historic Preservation Program
  Vol. 5, No. 2

Explore our State's Urban Centers

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• JC Nichols and the Shaping of Kansas City
  Worley, William
  University of Missouri Press
  Columbia, Mo.
  1993
• A Legacy of Design: A Historical Survey of the Kansas City, Missouri, Parks and Boulevards System, 1893-1940
  Lee, Janice; Boutros, David; White, Charlotte R.; Wolfenbarger, Deon; editors
  Kansas City Center for Design Education and Research in cooperation with the Western Historical Manuscripts Collection 
  Kansas City, Mo.
  1995
• St. Louis Lost: Uncovering the City’s Lost Architectural Treasures
  Bartley, Mary
  Virginia Publishing
  St. Louis, Mo.
  1998
• What About Kansas City: A Historical Handbook
  DeAngelo, Dory
  Two Lane Press
  Kansas City, Mo.
  1995
• The Eads Bridge
  Scott, Quinta
  University of Missouri Press
  Columbia, Mo.
  1979

Technology at the 1904 World's Fair

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• Louisiana and the Fair: An Exposition of the World, Its People and Their Achievement
  Buel, James
  St. Louis Worlds Publishing Company
  St. Louis, Mo.
  1905
• Remembering the St. Louis World’s Fair
  Witherspoon, Margaret Johnson
  Folkestone Press
  St. Louis, Mo.
  1973.
• The St. Louis World’s Fair of 1904: In Commemoration of the Acquisition of the Louisiana Territory
  Kurtz, Charles M.
  Gottschalk Printing Company
  St. Louis, Mo.
  1904

Explore the Changing Face of Transportation on Old Route 66

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• Route 66: The Mother Road
  Wallis, Michael
  St. Martins Press
  New York, N.Y.
  1990
• Route 66 Remembered
  Witzel, Michael Karl
  Motorbooks International
  Osceola, Wi.
  1996
• Tales From the Coral Court: Photos and Stories from a Lost Route 66 Landmark
  Graham, Shellee
  Virginia Publishing
  St. Louis, Mo.
  2000

A Missourian in the White House

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• Dear Bess: the Letters from Harry to Bess Truman 1910-1959
  Ferrell, Robert, editor
  University of Missouri Press
  Columbia, Mo.
  1983
• Truman 
  McCullough, David
  Simon and Schuster
  New York, N.Y.
  1992

Missourians Stand Up for Their Civil Rights.

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• Missouri Black Heritage   
  Greene, Lorenzo Johnson; Kremer, Gary R.;
  Holland, Antonio F.
  University of Missouri Press
  Columbia, Mo.
  1993
• ‘‘Homeless, Homeless are we’’
  Mitchell, Steve
  Preservation Issues
  Vol. 3, No. 1
  ‘‘Separate ... but Not Equal’’
  Fleming, Beverly
  Preservation Issues
  Vol. 5, No. 1
  Missouri Department of Natural Resources,  Historic Preservation Program
• The Lincoln School News
  Acuff, Freda and Givens, Rev. Wm.
  Vandalia, Mo.
  Vol. 1, No. 1
  1996

The Natural Environment Preserved

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• The First Fifty Years 
  Keefe, James F.
  Missouri Department of Conservation
  Jefferson City, Mo.
  1987

ASSIGNMENT: Service Project with Brother Klein, 2 hours

Students Preserve Cultural Heritage

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