These biographical and historical sketches are highlights of Missouri history. Many sketches are from Missouri, Day by Day , published by the State Historical Society of Missouri in 1942. Links are to related primary sources at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection on the four campuses of the University of Missouri system.
Previous sketches are also available.
Through the heart of the town it laid a path of destruction a half-mile wide. All night long the uninjured worked among the ruins rescuing the living and unearthing the dead. As soon as workmen had repaired the telegraph wires, a call for help was tapped out to Springfield. Three trains arrived Monday bringing physicians, nurses, provisions, and a corps of women. Early in the morning the first floor of the large public schoolhouse, which was undamaged, became a hospital.