by admin232xy | Mar 26, 2024
Dot on a map Audio recording by Dot on a map https://redcedarfiles.b-cdn.net/englishOutput/merged_audio_6.mp3 In 1845, Capt. John C. Fremont (later General), known in history as the great pathfinder, drew a series of lines on a map of his old surveys of the western...
by admin232xy | Mar 27, 2024
Paddlewheel steamers Audio recording by Paddlewheel steamers https://redcedarfiles.b-cdn.net/englishOutput/merged_audio_7.mp3 Around 1849, excitement swept through a small farming community in the Meramec River Valley, where three counties meet, with news that two...
by admin232xy | Mar 27, 2024
The Pacific Railroad Audio recording by The Pacific Railroad https://redcedarfiles.b-cdn.net/englishOutput/merged_audio_8.mp3 The Pacific Railroad started construction on its new line from St. Louis west to Pacific on May 10th, 1850, and the first train came into...
by admin232xy | Mar 27, 2024
The Boom Years Audio recording by The Boom Years https://redcedarfiles.b-cdn.net/englishOutput/merged_audio_9.mp3 Over 70 years post-Civil War, the area near the railroad tracks plotted by Inks evolved into a bustling community with multi-generational family...
by admin232xy | Mar 27, 2024
B.F. Allen School Audio recording by B.F. Allen School https://redcedarfiles.b-cdn.net/englishOutput/merged_audio_10.mp3 B.F. Allen, initially an elementary teacher at the Pacific School for Colored Children, became a pivotal figure in Missouri’s educational...
