Indigenous peoples inhabited Missouri for thousands of years before European exploration and settlement. Archaeological excavations along the rivers have shown continuous habitation for more than 7,000 years. … 查看更多內容

Territorial government and the War of 1812
Although Napoleon and France took de jure control of Spanish Missouri in 1800, the transfer … 查看更多內容

The population of the Mississippi River region served by St Louis increased rapidly to about 4 million people in 1860. With railroads … 查看更多內容

Economic growth during the 1920s
The Hall brothers, Joyce, Rollie, and William, emerged from poverty in Nebraska in the 1900s by opening a bookstore. When the European craze for sending postcards reached America, the brothers quickly … 查看更多內容

In May 1673, the French Jesuit priest Jacques Marquette and French trader Louis Jolliet paddled down the Mississippi River in canoes along the area that would later become the state of Missouri.
During the late 1680s and 1690s, the French pursued … 查看更多內容

The Missouri economy grew steadily from the end of the war to the early 20th century. Railroads replaced the rivers, trains supplanted steamboats. From 817 miles of track in … 查看更多內容

Politics after the war
After the war Republicans gained strength in the state, although Missourians voted for Democratic … 查看更多內容