Today in history.
Contributors: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program.
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Slavery -- Missouri.; Missouri -- History.
Other titles: August 10; "Show me" state
Description: Presents a history of Missouri which entered the Union on Aug. 10, 1821 as the 24th state under the shadow of the institution of slavery and the approaching Civil War which sharply divided Missourians. Contains links to images and music relating to the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904.
Notes: Title from HTML header (viewed on July 25, 2003; last updated Aug. 2002).
Illustrated by digitized items from the American Memory historic collections compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.