Historically, Missouri played a leading role as a gateway to the West, St. Joseph being the eastern starting point of the Pony Express, while the much-traveled Santa Fe eastern terminus was Franklin in 1921, Missouri; by 1832, Independence, Missouri; and by 1845, Kansas City, Missouri. Inde...
Even though Juneteenth is not a federal holiday, states of Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklah...
Oh yes, that is so true about researching. Gosh, I started doing the family research in the early 2000’s, but I had two other books I wanted to write, so I put off the historical research and things like census records and the details of what life was like in Utah, Wyoming, Misso...
1600–1046 bce); in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri.(more) The 3rd and 2nd millennia were marked by the appearance of increasing warfare, complex urban settlements, intense status differentiation, and administrative and religious hierarchies that legitimated and controlled the...
Royal Lee presents some of his foundational views about vitamins—facts that might go a long way toward righting the field of diet and health today were they more widely known. First, he points out, the effects of vitamins vary so immensely between species that it is completely nonsensical ...
Questions about Jocelyn’s Story Were there any historical facts that you discovered in your research that made you change something in your story? Yes! I didn’t realize when I first came up with the idea for this story that the eugenics movement was in full swing during this time period...
1958 - The former Brooklyn Dodgers play for the first time as the Los Angeles Dodgers, becoming the first Major League Baseball team west of Missouri. 1958 - USC establishes the first schools in the United States for Cinema-Television, Gerontology and Urban Planning & Development. The cinema-te...
Did you know that January 31 is known as Gorilla Suit Day? Here you'll learn some interesting facts & events that happened on this day throughout history.
Life in Ancient Judea | Facts, Housing & Social Structure Ancient Kingdom of Israel | History, Timeline & Map Start today. Try it now Praxis Middle School Social Studies (5089) Study Guide and Test Prep 61 chapters | 534 lessons Ch 1. About the Praxis Tests Ch 2. Praxis Middle ...
Congress established Maine as the 23rd state under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and Long its first governor.. This arrangement allowed Maine to join the Union as a free state, with Missouri entering a year later as a slave state, thereby preserving the numerical balance between free and ...