Land of Her Own: Hannah Williams’ Preemption Claim
The road to getting federal land into private hands through purchase was often complicated in the early 1800s.
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“The Most Efficient Officer…”: William H. McLane in War and in Peace
William H. McLane, born July 6, 1816, was the youngest of six sons of John McLane and Lydia Lawrence McLane.
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Captain Henry Whitener – Early Settler on Upper Castor River
Perhaps the most prominent man and largest landowner from Lincoln County, North Carolina, to move to Missouri in the early 1800s was Captain Henry Whitener.
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“An Exclusive American Community”: Bellevue Valley and Its Settlement
Early settlers in the old lead belt that became Washington and adjacent counties were French until the late 1790s.
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An 1850s Transportation Marvel Across the Bootheel: The Blanton Plank Road
One of the factors that plagued east-west transportation in the Missouri Bootheel was blockage by swamps running mostly north-south.
Behind the big themes, celebrated figures, and dry dates of history are the interesting stories of life in the past and ordinary people. Southeast Missouri has a varied and rich history that you often don’t hear about in history classes. Join Bill Eddleman of the State Historical Society of Missouri to hear about these stories with “Tales from Days Gone By.”
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