We are upgrading our public computers and due to time needed for installation of planned enhancements, public computers at each location will be unavailable or limited for patron use on certain dates.
Missouri Valley Sundays
Sunday, August 16, 2009
4:00pm
In Person
Comprised largely of free-state sympathizers, the German community of Concordia was located in Lafayette County, which contained more slaves tha...
Sunday, June 21, 2009
4:00pm
In Person
In 1917, as the U.S. entered World War I, Isaac Katz turned a challenge into an opportunity. A wartime decree prohibited stores from staying ope...
Sunday, May 17, 2009
4:00pm
In Person
In 1838, Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs issued the "Order of Extermination" that ordered the killing or removal of Mormons residing in Missouri&...
Sunday, April 19, 2009
4:00pm
In Person
From its start in 1857, the Quindaro township—in present-day Wyandotte County—was an unabashedly free-state community surrounded by...
Sunday, February 15, 2009
2:00pm
In Person
p>Renowned Kansas City artist Thomas Hart Benton produced drawings that ranged from detailed nature studies to spontaneous gestural...
Sunday, November 16, 2008
2:00pm
In Person
The influence of the Missouri River on the urban development that first started along its banks goes beyond infrastructure and extends to the soci...
Sunday, September 21, 2008
4:00pm
In Person
In the aftermath of Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence, Kansas, Union General Thomas Ewing, Jr., became suspicious of local support for Confederate sy...