Sean Rost

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YouTube video by State Historical Society of Missouri Missouri Mysteries Chapter 6: The Mysterious Aeronauts

The latest installment of Missouri Mysteries is up on YouTube. Please check it out. What started as an homage to the beloved Unsolved Mysteries has taken on a life of its own.

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My book and many other great selections from the University of Missouri Press are 40% off through December 3rd. Use code HOLIDAYS2025

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Call for Proposals: THE MODERN MIDWEST, 1989-2025

The Middle West Review is seeking proposals for articles and essays covering the post-Cold War Midwest. 

Deadline is Dec. 17. Click here for more details: bit.ly/3M3elfK

The holidays have arrived at the National Museum of Transportation The destination, with its holiday trains displays, is a can’t-miss for tiny train enthusiasts this season.

The destination is a can’t-miss for tiny train enthusiasts this season.

CfP extended for "THE MODERN MIDWEST, 1989-2025" series at the Middle West Review. Please see the link for more details.

University of Missouri Press - Scholarly, Trade, and Academic Books by, for, and about Missourians

Celebrate every Missouri Tigers victory with a special discount the following Tuesday—now through the end of football season! Today through Friday, November 21st, we're offering a 49% discount on all titles.

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Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...

A reminder that we're collecting books, chapters, and journal articles by non-TT historians for publication in our year-end lists. Anything with a 2025 pub date is eligible and you can submit for your friends/colleagues! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...

CFP: A Time of Monsters The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...

It’s here! The call for pitches for our deluxe December issue, “A Time of Monsters,” supported by a grant from the Kitchings Family Foundation.

Registration is OPEN! KHS will host Ohio Valley History Conference October 9-11, 2025. Conference is open to historians & graduate students from all time periods and specializations, including public historians and independent scholars. Visit history.ky.gov/events/ohio-... for more info & register.

Catching Hell from All Quarters In Catching Hell from All Quarters Sean Rost works to invert the traditional history of what has been termed the second Ku Klux Klan (1915-1930) by examining...

Today is publication day! Pick up your copy of Catching Hell from All Quarters from @umissouripress.bsky.social by visiting upress.missouri.edu/978082622328...

🚨Check out this CFP from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Center for Digital and Public Humanities and the Kansas City Public Library on articles examining myriad social justice movements in Kansas City from the post-World War II era to the end of the 20th century.

Deadline: June 15, 2025

Former Gov. and U.S. Sen. Kit Bond, giant of the Missouri Republican Party, dies at 86 Bond had a major impact on Missouri Republicans, winning back the governorship and sowing the seeds for the GOP’s current dominance.

Former Missouri Gov. and U.S. Sen. Kit Bond, one of the most influential state Republicans of the modern era, died today. He was 86.

Join an SHA summer writing group! Sign up by May 1! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

KHS's Executive Director Scott Alvey was recently a guest on Our Missouri, a podcast from The State Historical Society of Missouri. Host @rostontheroad.bsky.social‬ talked with Scott about the many historical connections between our states.

Banner Image: A farmer inspects Kentucky No. 1 barley (left) and Missouri Early Beardless barley (right), 1937 [Missouri Ruralist Photographs (P0030), SHSMO]

Banner Image: A farmer inspects Kentucky No. 1 barley (left) and Missouri Early Beardless barley (right), 1937 [Missouri Ruralist Photographs (P0030), SHSMO]

A group of students walk alongside the red, white, and blue train cars of the Kentucky Culture Caravan.

Episode Image: Kentucky Culture Caravan, 1961 [Arthur Witman Photograph Collection (S0717), SHSMO]

Since today is #photofriday I thought it would also be great to highlight the latest #OurMissouri episode featuring Scott Alvey from @kyhistsoc.bsky.social

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Banner Image: Midway at the World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1893 [John J. Buse Collection (S1083), SHSMO]

Episode Image: Charles Trefts in a Regal Coupe exiting a covered bridge near Springfield, Illinois, ca. 1912 [Charles Trefts Photographs (P0034), SHSMO]

In the latest #OurMissouri episode, William Furry from the Illinois State Historical Society joins us to discuss the Land of Lincoln

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Kansas City Royals players talk to young fans during Spring Training, Fort Myers, FL, 1978 [Raymond E. Corey Photograph Collection (K1311), SHSMO] #photofriday

Hofflin Post Office on Route 66, Crawford County, Missouri, date unknown. [John F. Bradbury, Jr. Postcard Collection (R1551), SHSMO] #photofriday

A group of photographers sit on the edge of the roof of St. Louis’ Sportsman’s Park during the 1934 World Series. Fans in the stands can be seen below them.

Photographers on the roof of St. Louis’ Sportsman’s Park during the 1934 World Series. [Charles Trefts Photographs (P0034), SHSMO] #photofriday

Sports tourism expected to have a major impact on St. Louis this spring The men's Frozen Four and a Professional Women's Hockey League regular season game will be among the main draws in the coming weeks.

The men's Frozen Four and a Professional Women's Hockey League regular season game will be among the main draws in the coming weeks.

A swinging bridge built over Little Flat Creek near Monett, Missouri

Little Flat Creek Bridge, Monett, Missouri, date unknown. [Missouri Postcard Collection (P0032), SHSMO] #photofriday

Banner Image: Observation Tower, Eureka Springs, Arkansas, date unknown [Lucile Morris Upton Papers (C3869), SHSMO]

Banner Image: Observation Tower, Eureka Springs, Arkansas, date unknown [Lucile Morris Upton Papers (C3869), SHSMO]

Episode Image: Unidentified man standing along the White River Railroad tracks at the Missouri-Arkansas state line, ca. 1908 [Johnson Family Collection (SP0085), SHSMO]

Episode Image: Unidentified man standing along the White River Railroad tracks at the Missouri-Arkansas state line, ca. 1908 [Johnson Family Collection (SP0085), SHSMO]

In the latest episode of #OurMissouri, Patrick G. Williams joined us to talk about history of the Natural State

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The Gasconade County Courthouse sits on a hill overlooking the frozen Missouri River.

Gasconade County Courthouse in Hermann, Missouri, date unknown. [Edward J. Kemper Collection (C4388), SHSMO] #photofriday