Ceran St Vrain and Edgar Howe in Missouri history
Missouri history recalls Ceran St Vrain a frontier trader who shaped the southwest’s trade routes and military actions and Edgar Watson Howe whose novel The Story of a Country Town drew on Harrison County boyhood memories. The article traces their careers from Taos and Santa Fe to Missouri presses and frontier campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest
Ceran St
Ceran DeHault DeLassus de St. Vrain
Ste Genevieve
Spanish Lake
St Lows
Taos
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Gila River
Charles
William Bent
Bent, St. Vrain and Company
Great American Fur Company
Missouri
St. Vrain
el Paso
Chihuahua
Durango
Cornelio Vigil
Colorado
Huerfano
Apishapa
Purgatoire
Vigil
St Vrain
United States
Charles Bent
Sabin
Kit Carson
Pablo Chavez
Sangre de Cristo Pass
Howe’s Legacy as a Renowned Editor and Author
Mark Twain praised him and H L Mencken hailed Howe as the most adept master of language in America. His book The Story of a Country Town sparked renewed editions, royalties, and acclaim over decades. Howe, a major country editor from Missouri, died October 3 1937 near Atchison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
H. L. Mencken
The
American Mercury
Howe
America
Globe
Ed Howe
St. Joseph
Missouri
Atchison, Kansas
Potato Hall
Atchison
Standard Oil Dealers Meet At Cape Girardeau
Sikeston representatives of Standard Oil joined more than two hundred dealers from the area at the thirteenth annual meeting in Cape Girardeau last Friday night. The agenda covered the summer advertising campaign and other business plans, followed by an entertainment hour and refreshments. Delegates included Randolph Scott Ben Sells H L Dumey Harry Stacy and J H Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
Cape Girardeau
Randolph Scott
Ben Sells
H. L. Dumey
Harry Stacy
J. H. Wilson
Sikeston Family Escapes Injury In Highway Wreck
Near Sikeston on Highway 60 a 1932 DeSoto driven by Elwood Hamilton overturned in a roadside ditch after the steering rod failed. Mr and Mrs C J Hamilton and their two year old child were passengers. all escaped harm, state trooper John Tandy reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Hamilton
Near Sikeston
Highway 60
Sikeston
Elwood Hamilton
Young sea lions learn to swim from mothers
Young sea lions are called pups and initially avoid water. Mothers teach them to swim, guiding their curious yet hesitant approach to entering the sea.
Driving 1 Q and safety guidance from a quiz
A historical quiz item presents two driving safety questions. It asks how to respond at a motor vehicle crash scene and whether jaywalking is permissible for pedestrians. The provided answers indicate keeping the victim lying down with head level until injury severity is known and labeling jaywalking as false.
70000 Farmers Petition for Use of Cotton Bags
More than 70,000 leading Cotton Belt farmers sign a petition about using cotton bags for packing feed fertilizer and other products. Chairman L T Barringer reports the petition, 5883 feet long, will be presented to manufacturers and farm groups to press for cotton bag packaging and domestic bag material demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
National Cotton Council
L. T. Barringer
Council
Cotton Belt
Cotton Council
Barringer
Rural mail carriers meet at Chaffee in bi county event
Mr and Mrs Eli Williams and son Hiram attended the rural mail carriers annual meeting at Chaffee on Sunday with thirty eight present for the Scott and Mississippi counties bi county gathering. Ralph Chunn East Prairie was elected president EH Williams Sikeston vice president and John Metz Chaffee secretary treasurer. The 1941 meeting will be at East Prairie next May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli Williams
Hiram
Chaffee
Byrd
Scott
Mississippi
Ralph Chunn
East Prairie
EH Williams
Sikeston
John Metz
Also Mentioned on This Page
Floyd C. Shoemaker
Missouri Historical Society
Ceran ST. Vraesx
Purgatoire River
Edgar Watson Howe
Harrison County
Treaty, Indiana
Bethany
Weekly
Union of the States
Gallatin
Daviess County
North Missourian
Maysville
D. L. Kost
J. T. Day
DeKalb County
Middle West
Herald
Iowa
Nebraska
Utah
Wyoming
Golden Globe
Golden
Falls City
Atchison Globe
Kansas
the Globe
William Dean Howells
Cape Friday
Dodge
Detroit
Drake Auto Sales
Sikeston, Missouri
Pam
England
Central
State Capitol
Jefferson City
DOLLA
Courtes
Rome
Bagnell Dam
Prairie Man
City of
Police Department
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