Areas… Map mania, gawkers welcome 31 Jul 2018 Calling all history and map lovers! The city of Columbia offers more than nine pages of maps and visual information. Take a peek and let me know what maps you…
Events… Got something to say? 26 Jul 2018 Here's an opportunity to share what you know. Applicants to be speakers are being sought for the "Show Me Missouri: Conversations about Missouri's Past, Present, and Future." The deadline to…
Uncategorized Canceled: Tonight’s meeting for CoMo200 Celebrate 25 Jul 2018 Uh-oh. The meeting to work on planning the 2021 celebrations for Columbia’s 200th birthday has been cancelled. Too many task force members being away on vacation is being blamed. The…
CoMo200… Geek out at CoMo200 meeting July 25 23 Jul 201823 Jul 2018 Here's your chance to get your geek on and see the inner workings of the task force set up to plan Columbia's 200th birthday in 2021. The meeting is set…
Areas… A 1994 view of East Campus 17 Jul 201817 Jul 2018 On Monday, Columbia City Council OK'd the creation of a new East Campus neighborhood association. But on this website, I like to look into the past. Here's a report from…
University of Missouri Tree loss at MU’s historic Francis Quadrangle 17 Jul 2018 Five pin oaks will be removed from MU's main quadrangle. Here are three different reports on the loss of the trees. The trees are 60 years old, but should have…
Areas… 1978 look at Broadway, Seventh and Ninth streets 17 Jul 201813 Jul 2018 Want to take a walk through the past? This 1978 historic survey report on Columbia's buildings on Broadway, Seventh and Ninth streets and it reads like a walk through time, describing…
Events… Hate change? St. Louis event might change your mind 13 Jul 201813 Jul 2018 I'm going to admit it: I hate change. But an event set in St. Louis on Friday, July 20, 2018 has me rethinking my attitude. From 5-8 p.m., a Missouri…
Cemeteries… MU’s first female journalism graduate portrayed 10 Jul 201813 Jul 2018 The late Mary Paxton Keeley spoke from the beyond through an event sponsored by the Friends of the Historic Columbia Cemetery. Keeley, MU's first female journalism graduate, said through this…
