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On Saturday, June 17, the Cape Girardeau County Historical Society celebrated the donation of a doll that is over 180 years old with tea...
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On Saturday, June 17, the Cape Girardeau County Historical Society celebrated the donation of a doll that is over 180 years old with tea...
Writing a gripping account of a B-17 bomber crew in World War II was not hard for Terry Irwin of Gordonville. He’s an aviation...
Thomas English (1754-1829), one of Cape Girardeau County’s Revolutionary soldiers had many adventures before moving to Cape County around 1806. A native of Virginia,...
The following news tidbits come from the files of the “Missouri Cash-Book” and “The Southeast Missourian August, 1922.” I think you will find some...
Born on Oct. 21, 1870, as the seventh child of Benjamin and Eliza Jane (Ford) Bowman in Pocahontas, James Reed Bowman was always a...
(I dedicate the following story to one who loved education. My dad, Cletus W. Hahs, was a one-room schoolteacher from 1939-1943 at the rural...
Rev. Frederick Kies established a newspaper in Jackson called the Deutscher Volksfreund, meaning “A friend of the Folks” on March 11, 1886. This new...
It was a day early, but members of the local John Guild Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution held a wreath-laying ceremony...
The Commercial Club, forerunner of today’s Chamber of Commerce, was made up of visionary men for the betterment of Jackson, the town in which...
A historical architecture survey of Uptown Jackson has found 12 local properties that may qualify to be included on the National Register of Historic...
A Jackson historical home recently received statewide recognition. The William Oldenhoener home at 402 E. Adams St. in Jackson received the McRey-nolds Award from...
(The following items were taken from the Southeast Missourian and the Missouri Cash-Book.) April 1: “Richard Behrens, Ford Groves salesman, went to Ironton to bring back four...
The William S. Stearns (sometimes spelled Starns) family came to the Missouri territory c. 1818 in an ox-drawn covered wagon ladened with the family’s...
Even though it was hot July, it was a beautiful morning to drive through the hills of Bollinger County to Mar-ble Hill to see...