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COLUMBIA − The State Historical Society of Missouri (SHSMO) has recently updated its Historic Missourians website. The freely available resource features notable people who influenced the Show-Me ...

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Photo illustration by Lisa Larson-Walker. Photos by Getty Images, via Wikimedia Commons. In recent years, as academic history has taken a turn toward the cultural and social, producing more and more ...

The State Historical Society of Missouri, located on Elm St., is offering a new 'Historic Mizzourians' resources on its website. The State Historical Society of Missouri (SHSMO) has recently updated ...