Category: History

JEFFERSON CITY — This Date in Missouri Senate History reviews July 1, 1917, the day Missouri’s first income tax took effect. This feature report is

JEFFERSON CITY — This Date in Missouri Senate History reviews June 30, 1949, the day the “Missouri Waltz” became our state’s official song. This feature

Jefferson City — This Date in Missouri Senate History reviews June 27, 1807, the day the Territorial Legislature passed a law allowing slaves to sue

JEFFERSON CITY — This Date in Missouri Senate History reviews June 25, 1866, the day Lincoln Institute was incorporated. This feature report is narrated by

JEFFERSON CITY — This Date in Missouri Senate History reviews June 20, 1955, the day the flowering dogwood became Missouri’s official tree. This feature report

JEFFERSON CITY — This Date in Missouri Senate History reviews June 19, 2003, the day the Missouri General Assembly commemorated Emancipation Day. This feature report

JEFFERSON CITY — This Date in Missouri Senate History reviews June 17, 1916, the day the first African-American female to be elected to the Missouri

JEFFERSON CITY — This Date in Missouri Senate History reviews June 15, 1861, the day federal troops overtook Jefferson City in the early months of

JEFFERSON CITY — This Date in Missouri Senate History reviews June 12, 1861, the day then-Missouri Gov. Claiborne Fox Jackson issued a war proclamation. This feature

JEFFERSON CITY — This Date in Missouri Senate History reviews June 11, 1861, the day state leaders met to decide Missouri’s involvement in the Civil War.