Missouri History

One of Mr. Meeks little girls.... An Ozarks Murder Ballad sang by one of the victims.... 1894 saw George and Bill Taylor, attempting to buy silence from the man who knew they had embezzled money from the bank in Linn County, in which they had interests. Mr. Meeks was to testify...See more

September 30, 1911, President Taft opens the Missouri State Fair at Sedalia, Mo.

Students on the last day of school in Dunklin County, Mo. (1942)

1916 poster advertising tourism in Springfield, Missouri.

Downtown Branson, Missouri, back in the 1950s.

Downtown Kansas City, MO (1948) #KansasCity #Missouri #UShistory #historicphotos #history

1911 colorized photo of downtown Kansas City, Missouri.

The Junction of 9th, Delaware, and Main from 1906. Kansas City, Missouri

The Kansas City Market. 1909.

4th and Main in downtown Kansas City, Missouri (1885) #KansasCity #Missouri #UShistory #historicphotos #history

Washington County, Missouri in 1939. It is of a former Tiff miner, now partially blind, with his small son. Notice the home features newsprint wallpaper. A tiff miner is a person who mines barite, or barium sulfite crystals, usually by hand from holes in the ground. Barite is...See more

The steamboat “Scout” on the Osage River near Linn Creek, Missouri. 1910