Episode Description
With the announced renewal of the Missouri-Kansas sports rivalry in 2019, Our Missouri opens the first half of Season 3 with an examination of the origins and history behind this rivalry, while also looking at the conflicts that defined Missouri's borders and identity before, during, and after the Civil War. This episode features a conversation with Jeremy Neely about his book, The Border between Them: Violence and Reconciliation on the Kansas-Missouri Line, published by the University of Missouri Press.
Episode & Banner Image: Birds-eye view of Harrisonville, Missouri, ca. 1902 [State of Missouri Collection (P0018), SHSMO]