Missouri

Young Martha Jane Cannary began life as a camp follower and street urchin. Parentless by the age of twelve, she morphed into the mother of two who just as often took employment as …

Dr. Ekberg's masterwork on the old French town south of St. Louis brings into sharp focus life in colonial America. ""Ekberg has rendered a rich portrait of community life on the …

How French and American colonizers created systems of enslavement in the Middle Mississippi ValleyThe Centrality of Slavery examines how French and American colonizers used the …