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.
