While Americans celebrate 250 years of freedom in July, Missouri will reach 205 years of being a state in August. When ...

The 160th anniversary of a Civil War raid into Missouri is being remembered with reenactments, tours, seminars and other events around the state this fall, including an event in Southwest Missouri ...

Dozens of people sat on the edges of their seats Saturday at the Missouri State Archives in Jefferson City as speakers detailed Civil War efforts in Missouri in late 1864. Among the speakers at a ...

If you are researching an ancestor who served in Missouri during the Civil War, plan to check the Missouri Digital Heritage website sponsored by the Missouri secretary of state’s office. The website ...

"In our youths, our hearts were touched with fire." This quote from a speech given by Oliver Wendall Holmes demonstrates the profound effects the Civil War had on our ancestors. Up to 80% of those who ...

At the crossroads of progress and justice, Missouri shaped the path of a divided nation. Crossroads of a Nation, Part II: Rifts, Roads and Civil Rights explores Missouri's journey from Civil War ...

There are an estimated 1,300 American Civil War veterans buried in the United Kingdom. "I, as most people, was a little surprised to find out that there were veterans from the Civil War buried in ...

A piece of local history will be getting more visual in the near future. The Sherwood Rader Farm just north of Joplin will soon be adding on.