Back when bananas were big business, the Frisco railroad would speed them and other produce to their destinations in record time. Find out how carefully the bananas were packed and shipped from the Gulf coast.
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Frisco Bananas
Back when bananas were big business, the Frisco railroad would speed them and other produce to their destinations in record time. Find out how carefully the bananas were packed and shipped from the Gulf coast.
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1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry
1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry was one of the earliest African-American regiments organized during the American Civil War. Five hundred slaves liberated from Missouri formed its core.
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'Black Families of the Ozarks'
"Black Families of the Ozarks", a compilation of materials documenting the long history of black families in the Ozarks, is now available online. More...
Exemption in the Civil War
A newspaper's tongue-in-cheek advice on how to get out of war service in 1862. Wonder if it worked?
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The Pythian Home of Missouri
The Pythian Home of Missouri, an article found by one of our patrons, describes the future Pythian Castle, whose contract was awarded to a Bethany, Mo. company in 1911.
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