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Tales from Days Gone By

Dr. Bill Eddleman

Behind the big themes, celebrated figures, and dry dates of history are the interesting stories of life in the past and ordinary people. Southeast Missouri has a varied and rich history that you often don’t hear about in history classes. Join Bill Eddleman of the State Historical Society of Missouri to hear about these stories with “Tales from Days Gone By.”

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3:59

"Peculiar in Character and Attractive in its...

Tales from Days Gone By ·

2024/08/07

Rev. Timothy Flint and his family descended the Ohio in 1816. At its lower end, Flint noted that his “…children contemplated with unsated curiosity the flocks of parroquets fluttering among the trees, when we came near the shore.” The parakeets that so fascinated Rev. Flint’s children were the now-extinct Carolina Parakeet.

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3:51

The Flight of Tony Jannus: River Towns Get Their...

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2024/07/24

The aviation pioneer Tony Jannus provided many residents of Mississippi River towns their first view of an airplane in November 1912. Jannus was a pioneer who piloted early models of aircraft and pointed out the potential of aviation. Among other things, he piloted the plane from which the first parachute jump occurred on March 1, 1912, near St. Louis.

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4:20

Burned to the Ground: Courthouse Disasters in the Region

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2024/07/10

Local officials maintain public records which are essential for proving land titles, marriages, and legal decisions. The loss of these records is devastating and require much effort to re-construct. Thus, when a disaster such as fire, flooding, or storm damage destroys a county courthouse, it is a blow to the residents of that county.

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3:57

Samuel R. and Nancy Kelley and the Founding of...

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2024/06/26

The aftermath of the Civil War was devastating in much of Missouri, but one fortunate result involved the founding of the town of Wappapello.

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3:52

"I'm Sorry I Shot Dalton": Trouble at Illmo High...

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2024/06/12

While school shootings were rare in southeastern Missouri in the early 1900s, they were not unheard of. One such event happened at Illmo High School on graduation day, May 20, 1921. As the ceremony occurred, Henry L. Rose, an engineer on the Iron Mountain Railroad, approached the school. Rose was exceptionally angry at the school over the whipping of his son.

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3:56

Forgotten Founder: Judge Miles A. Gilbert

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2024/05/22

Most settlements and communities in Missouri date back to the 19th century. Typically, an early settler or group of settlers either established the community or lent their names to it. However, it is rare to have more than one town founded by an individual. Judge Miles A. Gilbert was an exception. During his life he platted two towns: Cairo in Illinois and St. Mary in Ste. Genevieve County. Both prospered during Judge Gilbert’s lifetime but have fallen on harder times today, obscuring his

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3:57

A Marvel in its Day: The 1898 Current River Bridge in...

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2024/05/08

A petition circulated in early 1898 to secure public subscriptions for the purpose of building a bridge. Eventually the campaign raised $10,000—half from donations and half from revenue bonds.

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4:13

An International Spy Visits Eastern Missouri in 1796

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2024/04/24

The Cape Girardeau area is usually not an area that people envision as the setting for an international spying mission. However, it was just that when a spy visited the area in 1796. Georges-Henri-Victor Collot was a 46-year-old soldier in the French Army.

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3:32

The James-Younger Gang Robs the Ste. Genevieve...

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2024/04/10

The morning of May 27, 1873, began as a quiet, peaceful day in Ste. Genevieve. The Ste. Genevieve Savings Bank cashier, Dudley Harris, and young Firmin Rozier arrived to open at 10 a.m. Concurrently, four men rode into town, hitched their horses, and headed toward the bank.

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3:33

A Pemiscot County Lawman Makes the Ultimate Sacrifice

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2024/03/27

Pascola in Pemiscot County was a small town in the early 1920s, with a population of about 420. The platting of the village occurred in 1894 upon construction of the railroad from Kennett to Caruthersville. Settlers had lived in the area since 1879, but incorporation of the town occurred in 1899.

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3:38

A Wisconsin Soldier Describes Cape Girardeau During...

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2024/03/13

We learn a lot from letters written home during war time. Often these were summarized or printed in hometown newspapers. The 1st Wisconsin Cavalry spent much time in Cape Girardeau during the Civil War. One cavalry soldier wrote a friend, and the recipient shared the letter with the Watertown News, a Wisconsin newspaper.

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3:41

A Spanish-American War Veteran's Mysterious Death

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2024/02/21

Robert W. Leslie, who went by his middle name of Walker, was the oldest son of William H. and Mary Leslie of the Gravel Hill area in Cape Girardeau County near the Bollinger County line.

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3:54

The Man Who Tried to Defraud the Bank of Pocahontas

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2024/02/07

Before the studio system and national theater franchises came into being after World War I, movie makers distributed motion pictures in two major ways. In the roadshow system, film makers entered into agreements with individual theaters. Theaters then sold tickets to generate revenue for the film maker and the venue. By limiting movie showings, theaters could drive up demand for tickets and enhance their prestige.

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3:58

Buffalo Once Roamed in Southeast Missouri

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2024/01/24

George Rogers Clark built Fort Jefferson on the east side of the Mississippi five miles south of its confluence with the Ohio in 1779 to control access and consolidate his forces. Shortly thereafter about 1000 Chickasaw and Cherokee besieged the fort. The defenders ran low on food, so a group of men stole out at night, crossed the river, and went 12 miles to Matthews Prairie in present day New Madrid County, Missouri. The goal was hunting buffalo.

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The Fate of Midco, An Ozark Boom Town

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2024/01/10

Few traces remain today of what was the largest town in Carter County in 1920. Midco lay two miles north of Fremont and housed the Mid-Continent Iron Company smelter and chemical plant.

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The Crown Jewel of Caledonia: The Bellevue Collegiate...

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2023/12/27

The demand for higher education in Missouri increased after the Civil War. Children of families from an expanding middle class aspired to prepare for better careers, but many could not afford the costs of university education.

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3:51

Mississippi County Christmas Festivities in 1860

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2023/12/13

Residents of Charleston, Missouri observed the holiday season on January 2, 1860 with a grand Christmas ball at the Charleston Hotel, hosted by Mr. Bob Holeman. This event followed another grand soiree held at the County Courthouse on Christmas Eve.

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A British Immigrant Chronicles an 1834 Ozark Trip

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2023/11/22

An often-overlooked journal by a British immigrant provides details of the eastern Ozarks of Missouri in 1834. George W. Featherstonhaugh’s training and connections in government earned him an appointment as U. S. Geologist, assigned to reconnoiter the region between the Missouri and Red Rivers.

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3:42

A Teenager Experiences War - William R. Whittaker

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2023/11/08

At the outbreak of the Civil War, the choice of which side to join in the conflict was obvious for many young Missouri men. One stuck with family, or tradition, or with their convictions. For one young Cape Girardeau County teenager, though, the choice was not obvious. Eighteen-year-old William R. Whittaker was a resident of the Pocahontas area in Cape Girardeau County when he decided to join in the fray in 1863.

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Deering: A Company Town in the Bootheel

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2023/10/26

Logging in the Bootheel began in earnest in the late 1800s. Several timber companies operated in the area, exemplified by the Wisconsin Lumber Company. The company operated on 60,000 acres initially purchased and leased starting in 1898 for logging by William Deering, founder of the Deering Harvester Company.

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