Category: Missouri
Little House on the Prairie
It’s hard to imagine it happened by chance–8 books and a 10 year television series–all based on one young pioneer girl’s memories of growing up…..
The Battle of the Hemp Bales
The bullet holes still scar the inside and outside of this home, a place that was a hospital during a skirmish known as ‘The Battle…
A Nice Place Called Peculiar
Not all of us can live in a normal place. While most of the nation resides in cities that are not that far from average,…
Native American Portraits
What on the surface may appear to be just a bunch of paintings of important Native American leaders, is actually a very rare and well-known…
Visiting St. Joseph, Mo.
We’ve spent a lot of time in historic St. Joseph, Missouri, over the past week. If any of our shows piqued your interested and have…
Fashion from Three Hundred Years Ago
You may believe the fashions of two hundred and three hundred years ago was drab and uninspiring. Come to this museum and you will find…
Adding to the Show-Me State
When the state of Missouri was first established, it was missing what is today its northwest corner of six counties. This was a well-known prairie,…
Civil War Deaths Off the Battlefield
Many soldiers died in the Civil War to things uncommon today. Simple adjustments in sanitation and cleanliness were a big part of that story. Today we take…
Raising the Civil War Death Toll
In recent years, the casualty estimates from the Civil War have been raised. Joe Houts says there’s a good reason for it, and his great-great grandfather’s…
Medicine in the Civil War
Most of us would do good just to know the name of our great, great grandfather. Joe Houts not only knows his name, but could write…
