by admin | Aug 15, 2005 | Uncategorized
The man from Washington was visiting with the president-elect on a secret mission. The country was falling apart. War was imminent. The president was powerless to keep it from happening in the final days of his administration. Would the president-elect approve a...
by admin | Aug 5, 2005 | Uncategorized
This battle rates only a few words in the history books of Missouri and hardly any at all in overall Civil War histories. It was the northernmost skirmish west of the Mississippi during that war. However, some of the men who fought in the battle of Athens are...
by admin | Jul 15, 2005 | Uncategorized
The smoke-belching sidewheeler which had been working its way upstream for the last two days nosed into the landing on the riverfront. It was Saturday and although the community appeared quiet on the surface, it was in confusion and turmoil. About three days earlier...
by admin | Jul 14, 2005 | Uncategorized
Anyone who thinks physical size indicates the size of a person is a fool. One man’s life was involved in the history of our state for only five months. But his forceful actions kept Missouri in the Union and determined Union domination of our state throughout...
by admin | Jun 2, 2005 | Uncategorized
It was a long time after the Civil War ended before some devout Southerners surrendered. Among them was a group of soldiers under General Joseph O. Shelby – remnants of a proud group of Missourians who called themselves “The Iron Brigade.” The...
