Don Corrigan, columnist for the Kirkwood-Webster Times and the South County Times, has a front page story this week (September 3) in both papers. See the Kirkwood-Webster Times article by following this link: http://www.websterkirkwoodtimes.com/Articles-i-2010-09-03-170651.113118_Missouris_Civil_War.html.
The Times newspapers cover a large territory in St. Louis County. As Corrigan writes, it is time for the St. Louis area [...]
WHEN: Monday, August 30, 2010
WHERE: On the radio, 90.7 FM
Greg Wolk will appear on KWMU’s “St. Louis on the Air”, with Don Marsh. The live broadcast is at 11:00 a.m., and the segment will be rebroadcast at 10 p.m. Consult KWMU’s website at www.kwmu.org for additional information, including call-in instructions.
The Baker Plantation House in Danville, Missouri is to auction on October 18, 2010. The property is available for viewing by interested parties on September 18, from 1:30 to 3:30 in the afternoon. The House is located on the north outer road of Interstate 70, near the Danville exit (Exit 170).
This is a spectacular example [...]
The notorious Sam Hildebrand of St. Francois County, Missouri, was wounded quite severely in 1869. As a result, he hid out in the town of Big River Mills, where he dictated a memoir of his Civil War escapades. The memoir, referred to as his Autobiography but also known as his “Confessions”, is on book shelves [...]
The 37th Illinois Volunteer Infantry took part in Fremont’s 1861 campaign, as well as the Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove campaigns. John Charles Black of Danville, Illinois, would ultimately be the 37th’s colonel. His younger brother, Captain William Black (right), won the Congressional Medal of Honor for actions at Pea Ridge. John Charles received the [...]
Mark Twain
Posts and comments in this category are for our northern neighbors who might otherwise seek a Civil War adventure in Tennessee.
For travelers from Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas – and let’s not leave out Indiana and Wisconsin – Missouri is the Civil War destination that offers the best bang for the buck if you plan [...]
Lear is a name that is known to Marion County, Missouri. It is a name known to much of the world, in fact, because a man born in Hannibal in 1902 gave us first the car radio, the 8-track, and then the Lear Jet. He held over 150 U.S. Patents. His name was William Powell [...]
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