/tags/missouri-history Missouri History en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Tue, 01 Oct 2024 14:46:18 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-10-01/missouri-comfort-shares-over-70-recipes-that-are-beloved-and-unique-to-the-show-me-state The cookbook celebrates the state’s many ethnicities and cultures and puts it on your plate. Tue, 01 Oct 2024 14:46:18 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-10-01/missouri-comfort-shares-over-70-recipes-that-are-beloved-and-unique-to-the-show-me-state Miya Norfleet /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-08-16/there-are-gaps-in-route-66-history-researchers-want-your-stories-to-fill-them The State Historical Society of Missouri wants your stories, photos and memories of Route 66 to build a collection and public exhibit in 2026. Fri, 16 Aug 2024 21:12:06 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-08-16/there-are-gaps-in-route-66-history-researchers-want-your-stories-to-fill-them Ulaa Kuziez /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-06-27/st-louis-mound-city-osage-cahokia-mounds-native-americans-indigenous-colonization-history-monuments Historian Patricia Cleary’s new book details the history of the more than two dozen mounds that once stood in St. Louis. Thu, 27 Jun 2024 22:50:59 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-06-27/st-louis-mound-city-osage-cahokia-mounds-native-americans-indigenous-colonization-history-monuments Emily Woodbury /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-11-27/new-cartoon-style-book-highlights-what-makes-missouri-weird-and-wonderful A new book presents readers of all ages with a colorful curation of Missouri’s weird and wonderful places, people and historical facts. Mon, 27 Nov 2023 22:00:10 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-11-27/new-cartoon-style-book-highlights-what-makes-missouri-weird-and-wonderful Elaine Cha /culture-history/2023-08-22/pierce-city-missouri-vigil-remembers-3-black-men-killed-during-1901-lynchings A longtime Monett Times newspaper reporter has held the vigil annually for more than 30 years in the southwest Missouri town. Tue, 22 Aug 2023 10:00:00 GMT /culture-history/2023-08-22/pierce-city-missouri-vigil-remembers-3-black-men-killed-during-1901-lynchings Michele Skalicky /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-06-13/the-missouri-man-who-drove-4-300-miles-to-see-115-courthouses Jack Snelling hit the road with a mission: Visit every historic courthouse in Missouri. Tue, 13 Jun 2023 22:34:48 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-06-13/the-missouri-man-who-drove-4-300-miles-to-see-115-courthouses Danny Wicentowski /culture-history/2023-03-01/st-louis-was-once-mound-city-its-native-american-residents-still-feel-erased Left beneath bridges and inside parking garages, Native American memorials in St. Louis draw advocates' ire. Wed, 01 Mar 2023 10:00:00 GMT /culture-history/2023-03-01/st-louis-was-once-mound-city-its-native-american-residents-still-feel-erased Britny Cordera /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-02-09/how-early-german-immigrants-helped-shape-missouri-and-st-louis German immigrants helped shape Missouri’s culture in myriad ways, as detailed in the book “Explore Missouri's German Heritage” and the documentary it inspired. Thu, 09 Feb 2023 23:27:35 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-02-09/how-early-german-immigrants-helped-shape-missouri-and-st-louis Emily Woodbury /culture-history/2022-12-30/new-book-examines-a-white-middle-class-wwi-substitute-for-the-missouri-national-guard The Great War depleted the states’ National Guard troops, sending them overseas. Missouri was one of the states that backfilled the domestic duties with unpaid volunteers. Fri, 30 Dec 2022 13:27:01 GMT /culture-history/2022-12-30/new-book-examines-a-white-middle-class-wwi-substitute-for-the-missouri-national-guard Jonathan Ahl /culture-history/2022-11-30/st-louis-pizza-is-the-style-everyone-loves-to-hate-why-cant-missouri-be-proud-of-that Is there any other regional pizza in the country that elicits as much debate and shame as St. Louis-style? A square-cut, thin-crust pie topped with ooey, gooey Provel cheese, this unconventional pizza is the result of decades of St. Louis ingenuity — and yet, even many locals apologize for their unique creation. Wed, 30 Nov 2022 12:59:51 GMT /culture-history/2022-11-30/st-louis-pizza-is-the-style-everyone-loves-to-hate-why-cant-missouri-be-proud-of-that Jenny Vergara, Mackenzie Martin