Mules, corn cob pipes: Missouri legendary lore
Missouri’s mule and corn cob pipe. Cartoon published in the Chickasha, Oklahoma newspaper, Nov. 5, 1909. Newspapers.com MARY LOU...
3 men, 3 Civil War stories of service to their country
George Hudson Sherwood, Martin Steffan and Charles A. McGlothlin each trained at Camp Butler, near Springfield, Ill., after enlistment...
Scotland County, Mo., family members born performers
Archie Royer and Mystya Steffan (of Memphis, Mo.) was published in the Topeka State Journal, Topeka, Kansas, on March 30, 1907....
During ‘wingwalker’ era, daredevil stunt goes awry
R.W. Shrock 1929 Decatur, Ill., Herald May 7, 1929 genealogybank.com MARY LOU MONTGOMERY On Oct. 5, 1924, veteran pilot Rolland...
Young telegraph operator blamed for fatal rail crash
The St. Louis Post Dispatch published a series of illustrations featuring Clay Brown, the M.K.&T. Railroad telegraph operator at Paris,...