Late summer and early fall might not seem like a very tropical time in Missouri, but it is the best season to find one of the last remaining pieces of the state’s tropical past. I’m talking about the ...
PLATTE CITY — Confederate Col. John Calhoun “Coon” Thornton, drawing confidence from the hundreds of enrolled “Paw Paw” militia troops who donned grey uniforms to join his command, told residents of ...
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