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It Happened in Missouri

by Sean McLachlan

Summary

Mound City, the city before St. Louis, Mound City, 1200 --
The teenager who built a city, St. Louis, 1764 --
The Battle of Fort San Carlos, St. Louis, 1780 --
Lewis and Clark brave the Missouri River, Missouri River, 1804 --
Daniel Boone's Missouri misadventure, Missouri River, 1805 --
Founding Fort Osage, Fort Osage, 1808 --
The New Madrid earthquake, New Madrid, 1811 --
A state in the making, Missouri, 1818-1821 --
A German in Missouri, Warren County, 1929 --
A slave sues for his freedom, St. Louis, 1846-1856 --
The Saluda disaster, Lexington, 1852 --
The Pony Express sets out, St. Joseph, 1860 --
The first Civil War shots in Missouri, St. Louis, 1861 --
Black troops show ther mettle, Bates County, 1862 --
General Price's invasion of Missouri, Missouri, 1864 --
Outlaws, lawmen and outlaw lawmen, Joplin, 1872 --
The James Gang robs a train, Gads Hill, 1874 --
Connecting the bootheel to the world, Cape Girardeau, 1880 --
The "Kansas Cyclone" descends on Missouri, St. Louis and Kansas City, 1901 --
Joseph Folk cleans up Missouri, Missouri, 1905 --
The toughest marathon in history, St. Louis, 1904 --
Fire at the Capital! Jefferson City, 1911 --
The golden lane, St. Louis, 1916 --
Springfield and the great streetcar strike, Springfield, 1916 --
Luella St. Clair Moss runs for Congress, Columbia, 1922 --
The Cardinals' first World Series, St. Louis, 1926 --
Breaking the Pendergast Machine, Kansas City, 1939 --
From Missouri to the White House, Missouri, 1948 --
Building the Arch, St. Louis, 1965 --
Missouri : the flood state, Hannibal, 1993 --
Missouri facts and trivia