In 1850, a historic contract recorded in Cape Girardeau reveals the gold rush journey of John P. Edinger and others to California.

When the Rev. G.W. Grover officiated at the elegant ceremony uniting Miss Belle C. Sproul and Fred C. Stephens in marriage on ...

When Abraham Lincoln was about 19 years old, he made his first voyage down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers with a load of produce to sell in New Orleans. In ...