Bess Wallace Truman
Elizabeth “Bess” Virginia Wallace was born in 1885 to a prominent Independence, Missouri, family – owners of the Waggoner-Gates flour mill. She is about four...
Champ Clark
Although House Speaker Champ Clark of Missouri was the favorite for the 1912 Democratic Presidential nomination, he also filed a declaration of candidacy for his seat...
Early view of St. Louis
The United States and France signed the Louisiana Purchase Treaty on April 30, 1803. As part of the treaty, the town of St. Louis in what is now Missouri was...
Hook and eye
On January 6, 1903, Christian Andresen, of St. Louis, Missouri, submitted a patent application for his hook and eye invention. In his application, he states, “my...
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
In 1820, Congress passed the Missouri Compromise, which admitted Missouri into the nation as a slave state and Maine as a free state. The Compromise established the...
President Johnson visits President Truman
On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson visited the Harry S. Truman Library to sign the Medicare Act. At the signing, President Johnson praised President Truman...
Welcome Home
President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Bess Truman on the porch of their home in Independence, Missouri, in 1953, after he left the presidency. President Truman was proud...