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Missouri History
The first Europeans to reach the area that is today
Missouri, were
Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet who explored
the Mississippi River in canoes in 1673. The area was
claimed for France, as part of the Louisiana Territory in 1682 by
Robert Cavalier.
In the early 18th century, European immigrants accompanied by black slaves
began to arrive in the area. The French constructed a fort,
Fort Orleans in 1724 on Missouri River.
Spain gained control of the region in 1762 by the Treaty of Fontainebleau,
but did not assume control until 1770. The territory was however returned
to France in 1800, who then sold it the United States
in 1803 as part of the Louisiana Purchase.
In 1804, the Lewis and Clark Expedition set out to map the region, and
in 1805 the Louisiana Territory was organized. When
Louisiana became a state in 1812,
the remaing Louisiana Territory was renamed the Missouri Territory.
In 1818, Missouri requested admission
to the Union as a slave state. This was a difficult political problem
because of the delicate balance between free and slave states. However
the 1820 Missouri Compromise allowed Missouri's admission along with
Maine's (the latter as a free state),
and Missouri was admitted to the Union in 1821.
When Missouri was admitted to the Union,
its western border was a straight line, however
in 1836, additional land was acquired from Native American tribes
(the Platte Purchase) which added additional land to the Northwest corner
of the state.
Joseph Smith, Jr. leader of the LDS ("Mormons") claimed to
have received a revelation that western Missouri would become Zion, a
place of gathering. Many Mormons came to the area, but were resented
by other state's existing inhabitants who, unlike the Mormons, were
slaveholders. There was considerable friction during this time, including
violence and Smith being jailed, and in 1839 Smith and the LDS moved to
Illinois.
In 1848, when the California Gold
Rush begun, Missouri became an important departure point to the West,
gaining the nickname "Gateway to the West".
At the start of the American Civil War (1861), Missouri voted against
seceding from the Union. However, there sympathies for both sides within
the state, and secessionists did try to form their own state government.
There were many battles in the state, and in 1865 Missouri
abolished slavery, doing so before the US adopted the 13th Amendment
(abolishing slavery throughout the United States of America).
By Bill Earngey
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By H. Dwight Weaver
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Missouri boasts more than six thousand caves in an unbelievable variety of sizes, lengths, and shapes. This grand tour sheds light on the historical significance of caves, corrects misinformation about them, and describes how people have used and abused them. Weaver tells how caves have enriched our knowledge of extinct animals and early Native Americans. Caves were used for burial sites and moonshine stills, as hideouts for Civil War soldiers and outlaws, and even as venues for underground dance parties in the late nineteenth century. Weaver also relates the history of Missouri's show caves and the resulting expansion in tourism. The book covers all counties with recorded caves and includes photos from the author's collection. |
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By Michael C. O'Laughlin
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The first book ever published on the Irish in Missouri (1984) now updated to the 21st century. 75 illustrations, maps, photographs, extracts and sketches, sewn binding, 264 pages, and full color cover.
The Murphy Wagon, Genealogy, Politics, The Kerry Patch and more. The story of the Irish in Missouri from the 1700s to the great famine of the 1840s to the 21st century. It is the story of the Irish in America as never told before !
Full chapters on the following topics are included: Kansas City; St. Louis; St. Joseph & Buchanaan County; The Famine Irish; The St. Patricks Day Parades; The Irish Wilderness and Iron Mountain Railroad; and Irish Immigration and distribution, with statistics. A premier work on the Irish in America, by the most published author in the field. Table of Contents Part One 1770 - 1884. Irish Settlers in the Spanish Regime... Indian Mounds and Tara Hills. Immigration...Religious Ties and Conflicts... West vs. East ... The First Irish-American Settlement in the Bois Brule Bottom. Part Two 1804 - 1900. The First Irish Americans Pioneer Journalists ... Mexican War ... Steamboat Irish ... Indian War ...The Famine Irish ... Murphy s Wagon replaced by the Railroad ... Slavery ... Civil War Irish. Part Three Irish Immigration and Distribution Irish Settlements in Missouri ... City vs. Farm .. Population by County ... Irish Settlements ...O Fallon Missouri ... Donnybrook ... Moving on from Missouri Part Four The Irish in the Cities. Saint Louis... Brady & McKnight ... O Connor... Mullanphy .. The Kerry Patch ... Kansas City.... First Newspaper ...Father Bernard Donnelly ... The first Irish in Kansas City ...The History of the St. Patricks Day Parade ... The Shamrock Society ... A.O.H. St. Joseph and Buchanan County... On the overland trail Part Five The Irish Wilderness Settlement Rev. J.J. Hogan ... Lifestyle ... Chillicothe ... Brookfield ... Ripley and Oregon Counties ... Iron Mountain Railroad. Part Six My Irish American Heritage. The Sullivans, Donahues, Buckleys, Irish American Development. List of Illustrations Alexander Doniphan Alexander McNair Alexander O'Reilly, commander Archbishop Kenrick Barney Carney married Arrah Wanna 'Bess' Donahue Brownes Irish Market Clanna Eireann Clanna Eireann Dancers Cole Camp Parade Dance & Pipe Champions Dennis Sullivan Donnybrook Dred Scott First Brick House First Cultural Center First Government House Founding Patrons of Irish Center Fr. Bernard Donnelly, Kansas City Friends of Irish Freedom Certificate God in the Hills Hogan (Catholic) Hogan (Methodist) IACC Grand Opening Irish Music in 1915 Irish Newspapers (The Shamrock, Irish Focus, Irish Life) Irish Patch, Kansas City Irish Roots Cafe Iron Mountain Workers J. Murphy & Sons Wagon reciept James McDonough John B. Sullivan John Mullanphy, first Millionaire John O'Fallon John T. Buckley Joseph Charless Joseph Charless, Jr The Murphy Wagon Kansas Public Ledger Kate 'Smith' on Trial Kerry Patch (recent) Kerry Patch Map Kerry Patch Resident Mary Ellen Sullivan Michael Sullivan, Railroad worker Missouri Gazette 1818 Missouri Preachers Missouri Republican Building St. Patricks Day Parade Festivities Patrick Griffen of the Irish Wilderness Phelim O'Toole, St. Louis Hero Prominent Celtic Americans Railroad Line on the map Sacred Indian Mound Scartaglen, the band St. Louis & San Fran RR |
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By Paul C. Nagel
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Missourians could hardly have made a more appropriate decision than to name their capital after Thomas Jefferson. A meeting place of major rivers, Missouri became a gateway to the beckoning West opened up to Americans by Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase. In the era of overland traders and steamboat pilots, of Thomas Hart Benton and Mark Twain, life in Missouri was strongly flavored by the Jeffersonian spirit--expressed in a suspicion of large cities, a belief that mankind flourished best in a rural setting, a faith in the free individual as the guardian of liberty, and a steady insistence that the powers granted to government must be limited. The Civil War and the century that followed it brought Missouri a time of tribulation. Machines mastered nature, and new forces prepared the way for a society of giant cities, business goliaths, and expanding government. Skeptical Missourians nonetheless challenged Americans to rediscover their heritage, and into the era of Harry Truman they stood fast by their "Show Me" attitude, questioning much of what passed for progress in the fast-changing nation. Missouri is still profoundly shaped by its cherished Jeffersonian legacy, Nagel argues. St. Louis and Kansas City, major metropolitan areas on the east and the west, vie for power with the state's rural areas in a continuing struggle between city and country. First published in 1977 as part of the Norton bicentennial series on The States and the Nation, a project of the American Association for State and Local History, Missouri appears now for the first time in paperback. |
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By Margot Ford McMillen
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By Lawrence H. Larsen
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A History of Missouri: Volume VI is the final volume of A History of Missouri. Beginning at the close of the Truman presidency and ending in 2003, the two hundredth anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase agreement and of the organization of the Lewis and Clark expedition, Volume VI explains how modern Missouri bridged the years between the mid-twentieth century and the new millennium. |
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