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Missouri has the most miles of the Cherokee Trail of Tears, and Steelville is on its path. Archaeologist Erin Whitson has been working to verify Cherokee encampment sites in town, in the hopes that they will be recognized and protected.
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Harris-Kearney Museum to reopen after renovations to tell the 'full story' of Kansas City's foundingAfter 18 months of renovations, the historic Westport home will serve again as a center for stories from the old western frontier. 'We need to tell the story of enslavement and the Native American tribes that were affected by the settlement,' one historian says.
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Thousands of people took over the small town of Sedalia, Missouri, in 1974 for the Ozark Music Festival, a party full of nudity, drugs and rock 'n roll music. People still talk about the lore from that hot wild weekend. Depending on what side of the festival fence you were on, it was three days of heaven — or three days of hell.
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The Neck was the largest Black neighborhood in Independence, but was demolished in the 1960s as part of the city’s urban renewal efforts. The city dedicated granite markers honoring the former neighborhood as part of its efforts to right the past.
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Once strong and thriving, Clayton’s Black community was wiped out by urban renewal policies that drove out several hundred residents during the 1950s and '60s. Now the city's downtown business district stands in its place.
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In the 1970s and '80s, students at the universities of Kansas and Missouri protested on-campus to demand their institutions divest from a racist government in South Africa. Now, they’re asking schools to withdraw funds that support Israel's war in the Gaza Strip.
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Cassette tapes have made a comeback in recent years, and one company in Missouri is at the center of this growing trend. We'll learn how Missouri became the epicenter of the cassette tape revival.
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Once seen as a musical relic, audio cassettes have survived the eras of CDs and streaming to win over music lovers of a new generation. That’s in large part thanks to the National Audio Company in Springfield, Missouri, the largest cassette manufacturer in the world.
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The J. Huston Tavern in Arrow Rock was the first building in Missouri to be set aside for historic preservation with public funding. It was built by enslaved African Americans and served travelers who came through the area.
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Around the Kansas City region, living history museums like Missouri Town and Shawnee Town reveal how people lived in earlier eras, with collections of historic buildings, demonstrations of period crafts, and stories of the people who lived there.
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On Jan. 11, also known as Missouri Emancipation Day, the Missouri History Museum is bringing new attention to an antebellum insurrection plot that was secretly devised by free Black Americans in St. Louis — and how an insubordinate war hero ticked off Lincoln with his antics to free enslaved Missourians during the Civil War.
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A new book presents readers of all ages with a colorful curation of Missouri’s strange and delightful places, people and historical facts — including Momo, Missouri's equivalent of Bigfoot.