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Joseph Robidoux Iii, The 1780 Battle Of St. Louis, & The St. Louis Robidoux Legacy, Stephen L. Kling Jr.
Joseph Robidoux Iii, The 1780 Battle Of St. Louis, & The St. Louis Robidoux Legacy, Stephen L. Kling Jr.
The Confluence (2009-2020)
The Robidoux family has been part of the history of Missouri on both sides of the state dating to the Revolutionary War period. Stephen Kling places Robidoux’s role into historical perspective.
Krekel & Kribben– Diverging Views On The Future Of Slavery, Steve Ehmann
Krekel & Kribben– Diverging Views On The Future Of Slavery, Steve Ehmann
The Confluence (2009-2020)
Steve Ehlmann explores the evolving views of two German politicians on slavery as the Civil War approached.
Otto Widmann And The Birds Of Missouri, Bonnie Stepenoff
Otto Widmann And The Birds Of Missouri, Bonnie Stepenoff
The Confluence (2009-2020)
As late as the early 1990s, the only comprehensive book on Missouri’s birds was Otto Widmann’s Preliminary Catalog of the Birds of Missouri, published in 1907. Widmann documented the Eurasian Tree Sparrow, which has just one habitat in the United States—in St. Louis.
“Their Blood Has Flown And Mingled With Ours”: The Politics Of Slavery In Illinois And Missouri In The Early Republic, Lawrence Celani
“Their Blood Has Flown And Mingled With Ours”: The Politics Of Slavery In Illinois And Missouri In The Early Republic, Lawrence Celani
The Confluence (2009-2020)
The ideas of Illinois and Missouri as divided over slavery masks the fluid nature of support for or opposition to slavery in the two state, as Lawrence Celani explains in this article, the winner of the Morrow Prize presented by the Missouri Conference on History.
So Much To Learn: Dye Tracing The Current River Landscape, Part Iii, Quinta Scott
So Much To Learn: Dye Tracing The Current River Landscape, Part Iii, Quinta Scott
The Confluence (2009-2020)
In this third installment of her work on the Current River, Quinta Scott looks at environmental change in the iconic Missouri Waterway
Searching For Compromise: Missouri Congressman John Richard Barret’S Fight To Save The Union, Nicholas Sacco
Searching For Compromise: Missouri Congressman John Richard Barret’S Fight To Save The Union, Nicholas Sacco
The Confluence (2009-2020)
In the months leading to the Civil War, Missouri politics were turbulent. Some supported union, others not. John Richard Barret fought to keep Missouri and the state’s Democrats loyal to the union.
Big Spring And Recharge Area And The Possibility Of Lead Mining, Quinta Scott
Big Spring And Recharge Area And The Possibility Of Lead Mining, Quinta Scott
The Confluence (2009-2020)
In this second installment of her series of environmental studies, Quinta Scott examines the impact of lead mining on the region.
“’Benevolent Plans Meritoriously Applied’: How Missouri Almost Became An Indian Nation, 1803–1811”, B. J. Mcmahon
“’Benevolent Plans Meritoriously Applied’: How Missouri Almost Became An Indian Nation, 1803–1811”, B. J. Mcmahon
The Confluence (2009-2020)
One aspect of western development—and of early Missouri territorial history—was figuring out how native peoples fit into visions of the West, as B. J. McMahon suggests.
“Greedy Merchants And Idle Women: Economic Crisis And Community In The Lower Missouri Valley, 1819-1825”, Rebekah M.K. Mergenthal
“Greedy Merchants And Idle Women: Economic Crisis And Community In The Lower Missouri Valley, 1819-1825”, Rebekah M.K. Mergenthal
The Confluence (2009-2020)
As a merchant economy emerged in Missouri River towns in the 1820s, so too did a rhetoric about the roles of women in this changing economy. Rebekah Mergenthal examines the debate about changing gender roles in an evolving market economy.
“Modern Day Canary In The Coal Mine”, John A. Crawford
“Modern Day Canary In The Coal Mine”, John A. Crawford
The Confluence (2009-2020)
Salamanders serve an array of functions in the Missouri environment, as this primer on amphibians by John Crawford suggests.
“Missouri Through Soviet Eyes”, Ilya Ilf, Yevgeny Petrov
“Missouri Through Soviet Eyes”, Ilya Ilf, Yevgeny Petrov
The Confluence (2009-2020)
In 1935, Russian satirists Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov bought a Ford and drove across the United States and back; their observations shaped the ideas of Russians about the United States for some three decades. One of the places they visited was Hannibal, Missouri. Here is their account, including their own photos.
Experience Of The Civil War By The School Sisters Of Notre Dame In Washington, Missouri, Carol Marie Wildt
Experience Of The Civil War By The School Sisters Of Notre Dame In Washington, Missouri, Carol Marie Wildt
The Confluence (2009-2020)
This diary recounts an eyewitness account of "Price's Raid" in 1864 and the experience of religious leaders who stayed behind when Unionists fled Washington, Missouri.
Cash For Clunkers: Did It Work Or Not?, Anthony Clark, Annette Najjar, Ralph Wiedner
Cash For Clunkers: Did It Work Or Not?, Anthony Clark, Annette Najjar, Ralph Wiedner
The Confluence (2009-2020)
The Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act of 2009 (CARS) was supposed to stimulate the American economy with incentives to trade in old gas-guzzling cars for new, more efficient ones. Three economists examine the impact of this program that came to be called “Cash for Clunkers” on the St. Charles County, Missouri, economy.