But, beginning in the 1880s, railroads opened up the Bootheel to logging. 1905, Little River Drainage District constructed elaborate ditches, canals, and levees to drain the swamp land. As a result, ...

OK, so now we had a name, but we also had a question: Why would an area in Iowa be named for a Missouri senator? One reason ...

Mizzou’s seed for the SEC Tournament is settled. Missouri basketball will begin its postseason as a 7-seed in Nashville, Tennessee, after earning a single-bye to the second round of the ...