General… History of Columbia — You can help! 12 Sep 202012 Sep 2020 This website aspires to grow into a door into the history of Columbia, Missouri. Why? Currently, Columbia has no single entry point to find Columbia's history. This site is designed…
Areas… Where are CoMo’s unique neighborhoods? 28 Aug 201828 Aug 2018 Neighborhoods. Streetscapes. Where we live. Cities, even CoMo, are made up of neighborhoods, often with a streetscape, a way the area looks that's uniform -- or not. These neighborhoods with…
Events… Research resources 19 Jun 2018 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…
Books… Missouri-Beverly Hillbillies connection 30 Jan 201829 Jan 2018 I love surprises and I love learning things about my adopted state Missouri. So imagine my delight when I learned about Missouri's connection to "The Beverly Hillbillies," the 1960s hit…
General… Easy come, easy go? 25 Apr 201725 Apr 2017 It's hard for me to imagine building a lake, but apparently it wasn't for E.C. More. This newspaper article outlines how E.C. (Elawson Carry) More built a lake in the…
General Fish, Eugene Field and a spring named Rollins 22 Jul 2014 Got a damp spot in your yard? I do and I often wonder if it is a spring. Perhaps it's a historic site. There's a spring now marked in an…
Columbia Historic Preservation Commission… Previous Annual Most Notable Properties 1 Feb 2011 Here's a review of past years' Most Notable Properties named by Columbia's Historic Preservation Commission. An event presenting this year's properties was postponed from Feb. 1 until Feb. 16, due…
Columbia Historic Preservation Commission… Historic Gala Postponed to Feb. 16, 2011 1 Feb 2011 A new date, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011 has been set for the Most Notable Properties gala, an annual event by the City of Columbia's Historic Preservation Commission. The gala will…
General Preservation, housing linked 19 Jan 2011 Historic preservation is about economics and development, not just the aesthetics or history. The White House on its Remake America Now website, announced three appointments to the Advisory Council of…
Commercial… Funds for study of economic impact of historic preservation 3 Jan 20113 Jan 2011 Dec. 31, 2009 -- State agency OKs grant for Columbia, Columbia Daily Tribune. This article outlines the preliminary approval for a $12,000 grant from the state to Columbia to study the…
