Tag Archives: Missouri

More On Albert Painton’s Refuge

In my previous post I transcribed a lengthy feature article about Albert Painton’s “refuge” published on page 3 of the January 3, 1950, issue of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Combing through newspaper archives I found a local article published in the June 15, 1950, issue of the Advance Advocate [Advance, Missouri]. It was much theContinue reading “More On Albert Painton’s Refuge”

Albert Painton’s “Plantation”

I’ve been doing a bit of newspaper archive “treasure hunting” lately and I stumbled upon an article of particular interest to me. The article appeared in the January 3, 1950 St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper on page 3 and titled “He Built His Own Refuge for Wildlife: Albert Painton Who Turned Swamp into Rich Plantation, SetContinue reading “Albert Painton’s “Plantation””

New Distributor For ‘Blood in the Ozarks’

Foothills Media LLC is excited to share the news that we now have a new printer / distribution partner for ‘Blood in the Ozarks’. We also decided it was time to revamp the cover (and we hope you like it). “Blood in the Ozarks” by Clint Lacy delves into a controversial and often overlooked chapterContinue reading “New Distributor For ‘Blood in the Ozarks’”

Bollinger Mill

Mill History: From Wikipedia: In 1797, George Frederick Bollinger received a land grant from the Spanish Government and moved with several other families from North Carolina to what is now Burfordville, Missouri.[4] In 1800, Bollinger began building a log dam and mill on the Whitewater River. In 1825, Bollinger rebuilt the mill and dam using limestone. After Bollinger’s death in 1842, his daughterContinue reading “Bollinger Mill”

Dispelling the Lies and Bringing You the Truth about the Attacks on Cape Girardeau’s Confederate Monument

Sign the petition to save Cape Girardeau, Missouri’s Confederate Monument to the Men of Southeast Missouri Contact Cape Girardeau Mayor Bob Fox General Lyon’s threat to kill every MAN, WOMAN & CHILD rather than work with the state government to maintain peace & neutrality: Planter’s House Hotel Meeting Tuesday June 11, 1861 At the insistenceContinue reading “Dispelling the Lies and Bringing You the Truth about the Attacks on Cape Girardeau’s Confederate Monument”

An Example of a Different Time

The March 14, 1929 Greenville Sun newspaper [Greenville, Missouri] contained a story that would spark outrage by today’s standards. The headline read “Nigger Minstrel Saturday Night” which announced a comedy show which featured “The Black Face Boys” and guaranteed that the performance would make each and every audience member “forget their troubles.”

The Fate of Adam Bollinger

“The State’s Bight of Appeal in Criminal Cases. Where a motion in arrest of judgment in a criminal case has been sustained, and the prisoner ordered discharged, on the ground that at the time of the commission of the offense the defendant was a slave, and as such not liable to punishment.