Talk/Presentation

Romance, Immigrants and Bob Hope at Jefferson Barracks Based on NiNi Harris’s new book, Jefferson Barracks, defending the nation since 1826 In 1826, the high ground south of St. Louis that overlooked the Mississippi was chosen for a frontier outpost of the U.S. Army named Jefferson Barracks. It became the site of the Army’s first Basic Training program, the first U.S. Cavalry, and the first parachute drop. […]

Missouri is truly in the middle of it all. The state’s place at the confluence of the Missouri and the Mississippi Rivers attracted Native Americans, French and Spanish fur traders, and American pioneers and settlers. Missouri became a nexus for travelers from the east, and the gateway to places further west, while at the same […]