Is there a historical fact or myth about Columbia, Missouri you’d like investigated? Is there a house whose history intrigues you? Did you ever wonder if there is a rhyme or reason to the way our streets are named? If you ask, I’ll try to answer in upcoming blog posts. You can also subscribe to…
Month: June 2018
Research resources
Researching history can be fun and here is a resource list to help you get started, as I promised everyone who turned out for the Columbia’s Hidden History talk at the Columbia Public Library at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 19. Don’t forget you can send me your suggestions for research and myth busting at…
History and the Loch Ness monster
A few years ago I visited Loch Ness in Scotland. Yes, I wanted to see Nessie. In fact, I had kind of hoped there might actually be a Loch Ness monster. But in Loch Ness, I learned that the people who said they’d seen the Loch Ness monster had many years ago admitted it was just an…