John McAllister Schofield
During the Civil War, Major General Schofield commanded the Union Army of the Frontier, the Army of the Cumberland, and the Army of the Ohio. He also commanded the...
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...
Something unpleasant in Mount Pleasant
Towns in Missouri were often divided between Union and Confederate supporters. Local institutions such as stores, lodges, and churches became political battlegrounds...
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...
Young Harry
Harry S. Truman is 13 years old in this 1897 photograph. Truman, a future Senator and President, was born in Lamar, Missouri, in 1884. Young Harry was avid reader and...