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From Punjaub to Lawrenceton – A Community Changes its Name
The present-day community of Lawrenceton is about 15 miles west of Ste. Genevieve. It is unincorporated, but in its heyday, it had a post office between 1867 and 1941. The initial town, Punjaub,…
Through the Slip of a Pen: The Ordeal of Moses Pendergrass
The wheels of justice operate in most cases—but often slowly. A tale from St. Francois County illustrates exactly how slowly.
All Covered with Heavy Timber: The Vanished Forest of the Southeast Lowlands
In 1869, the lawyer and future railroad entrepreneur and historian Louis Houck rode the court circuit to Kennett with other lawyers and court officials. Upon reaching a point south of Bloomfield, as…
When the Bubble Burst: The Panic of 1837 in Eastern Missouri
Economic conditions boomed in Missouri and the country in 1835. The cotton market and prices increased throughout the South, resulting in increased land purchases and growing demand for enslaved…
William A. Bacon’s Service in Southeast Missouri and on the Plains
On a summer’s day in July 1926, a reporter for the Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian noticed an old man sitting in Courthouse Park across the street from the newspaper. The reporter greeted the…
"A Place Where People Are Uplifted Spiritually" — The Tale of Epworth Among the Hills
The area around Arcadia in Iron County first became known to many young people of the mid and late 20th Century as a place to go to summer camp. Many of these camps were church camps and remain,…
A Merry Christmas in 1872: Reports from Southeast Missouri Towns
Not that long ago, a frequent practice of local newspapers was to have a representative of communities in their circulation area report on happenings in those smaller towns. Some of the reports give…
Pilot Training in the Bootheel: The Malden Army Airfield
When the U. S. declared war on Japan and Germany at the end of 1941, mobilization of the armed forces began immediately. An acute need for fighter pilots required that training had to begin as soon…
Nearly 100 Years of Brewing in Old Appleton
One of the longest-running local breweries in southeast Missouri, Old Appleton Brewery, started with a German immigrant, Caspar Ludwig.
St. Francois County’s Oldest Settlement: Big River Mills
One of the first American settlements in the Ste. Genevieve District was at a cluster of land grants on the west side of Rivere Grande, or Big River, in present-day St. Francois County.
The Unquiet Grave of Nathan Watson
Among all the stories in Southeast Missouri history that have sparked tales of ghosts and hauntings is one that should have but has not.
The Bowie Family in Southeast Missouri – Before the Bowie Knife
Few people realize that the family of James, or Jim, Bowie, who made the Bowie Knife famous and later died at The Alamo, spent time in Southeast Missouri at the beginning of the 19th Century.
Samuel Scism: A Stoddard County Unionist’s Civil War Tale
Samuel Scism’s story is a common one among Civil War soldiers who survived prison camps. Vegetables in their diets might have prevented many cases of chronic dysentery. The state of medical care of…
Disaster in Chicopee: The Burning of the Jesse Gunn Store
The quiet of the early evening of March 26, 1912, Chicopee on the Current River in Carter County would soon be broken by a catastrophe.
The Many Moves of Aaron Pinson Jr.
Sometimes we underestimate the mobility of the early generations of European settlers in what became the U. S.
A Biological Storm: Passenger Pigeons in Eastern Missouri
A traveler from southeastern New York, Christian Schultz, descended the Ohio River in 1807. He stopped at the mouth of the Ohio River on the Missouri side on October 24, 1807, and noticed a strange…
The Tangled Web of Clacy T. Kinder
The morning of November 15, 1923, was out of the ordinary at the Bank of Patterson in Wayne County. The cashier, Clacy T. Kinder, failed to appear.
The St. Michael Flood of 1814
Heavy rains fell in late spring and early summer of 1814 in the eastern part of Missouri Territory.
The Grassy Towersite and Fire Towers in Southeast Missouri’s Past
A short drive down County Road 508 in Bollinger County leads to the quiet site of the former location of the Grassy Towersite.
Taking the Waters: “The Wonders of Lithium Have Not Half Been Told”
In early 1882, three would-be entrepreneurs from Illinois, Dr. Henry Clay Fish, Richard P. Dobbs and James G. Christian, tested the waters of several springs in Perry County.
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