In this episode of the "Origins" series, Bill Eddlemen, regional director of the SHSMO-Cape Girardeau Research Center, joins host Sean Rost to discuss his upcoming presentation on June 30, 2026, at the Center for Missouri Studies in Columbia, "The Role of the Revolutionary War and its Veterans in the Settlement of Southeast Missouri."
In this episode of the "Origins" series, Stephen L. Kling, Jr. joins host Sean Rost to talk about his research into the American Revolutionary War in the West, the exhibition Gálvez and Louisiana in the American Revolution at the Louisiana State Cabildo Museum in New Orleans, and his October 2026 presentation for SHSMO's History on Elm series.
Episode Image: Drawing of Laclede's House [Gloria Simpson Collection (S1074), SHSMO]
In this episode of the "Origins" series, John Craig Hammond joins host Sean Rost to discuss his new book, The Centrality of Slavery:
Empire and Enslavement in Colonial Illinois and Missouri.
Episode Image: Map of Illinois and Missouri, 1827 [The State Historical Society of Missouri Map Collection]
Banner Image: Map of the northern part of Missouri Territory, 1815 [The State Historical Society of Missouri Map Collection]
In this episode of the "Origins" series, Frances Turnbell joins host Sean Rost to discuss her new book, Spanish Louisiana: Contest for Borderlands, 1763–1803.
Episode Image: Spanish Commander’s Home in Ste. Genevieve, ca. 1916 [Ethel Massie Withers Collection (C1440), SHSMO]
Banner Image: Map of Louisiana as formerly claimed by France, ca. 1765 [The State Historical Society of Missouri Map Collection]
In this episode, host Sean Rost sits down with Rachel Davidson to discuss Missouri's newest national park, Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park.
Episode Image: Pencil drawing by Roscoe Misselhorn of Jean Baptiste Valle Home [Missouri Postcard Collection (P0032), SHSMO]
Banner Image: Mural of early Ste. Genevieve at the Missouri State Capitol by Oscar Berninghaus [Ralph Walker Photographs (P0108), SHSMO]
In the next episode of the "Origins" series, Linda Carol Jones joins host Sean Rost to discuss her book, The Shattered Cross: French Catholic Missionaries on the Mississippi River, 1698-1725.
Episode Image: Steeple of Ste. Genevieve Catholic Church, date unknown [Missouri Postcard Collection (P0032), SHSMO]
Banner Image: Sunset over the Mississippi River, date unknown [Charles Trefts Photographs (P0034), SHSMO]
Next up in the "Origins" series, Patricia Cleary joins host Sean Rost to talk about her award-winning book, Mound City: The Place of the Indigenous Past and Present in St. Louis.
Episode Image: Monk’s Mound, 1987 [James Stebbings Photograph Collection (S0811), SHSMO]
Banner Image: Map of the Harbor of St. Louis, 1837 [State Historical Society of Missouri Map Collection]
Continuing the "Origins" series, John Hagermann from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources discusses Missouri’s American Indian Cultural Center at Annie and Abel Van Meter State Park.
Episode Image: Mealy Mounds, Callaway County, date unknown [Missouri Department of Natural Resources Photographs (P0136)]
Banner Image: Miami Bend of the Missouri River, ca. 1910 [James T. Thorp Scrapbooks (C1429)]
If you are a frequent listener of the Our Missouri, you might remember the 2021 series “Bicentennial Book Club” that coincided with the state’s 200th birthday and looked at influential books and authors focused on Missouri history.
