This week we had the pleasure of traveling to Farmington, MO; county seat of St. Francois County. The crew was joined by Commissioner Harold Gallagher, Kenny Kollmeyer of the Missouri Farm Bureau, Associate Commissioner Patrick Mullins, and Kevin Engler hereby known as Mr. Farmington. The boundaries of St. Francois County were established in a way […]
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This week on Show Me Missourah, our adventure took us to Steelville, MO: county seat of Crawford County. Here, we got to sit down for a one-on-one with County Clerk John Martin. Mr. Martin and our host Scott Faughn discussed tourism in Crawford County, as well as the local geography. Listen to the podcast to […]
This week we journeyed to Montgomery County where our crew was lucky enough to sit down with Anita Sullivan, Walter D. McQuie Jr, Norma Mueller, and Matt Harris. Each of these folks have roots in Montgomery County going all the way back to the early 1800’s. Established December 14th 1818 our guests explained the county’s […]
On this week’s episode of telling the history of Missouri one county at a time, the crew stopped in Maries County. Our host, Scott Faughn, was joined by Presiding Commissioner Victor Stratman, Historical Society members John Viessman and Laura Shermeyer and Steve Vogt, former Mayor of the City of Belle. Maries County was founded on […]
This week, we traveled to Houston, Mo., the county seat of Texas County. Our host, Scott Faughn, was joined by Associate Commissioner and MAC Board Member John Casey and Representative Robert Ross to help continue telling the history of Missouri one county at a time. Texas County was organized on February 14, 1845, after changing […]
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This week on the podcast, the crew is at the home of Irish Wilderness, Oregon County to continue telling the history of Missouri one county at a time. Our host, Scott Faughn, was joined by Presiding Commissioner Patrick Ledgerwood, Cooperative CEO Dan Singletary and Farm Bureau representative Jinks Wynn to help share the history and […]
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This week on Show Me Missourah, the crew is at the Show-Me State’s Capitol in the House Lounge where our host, Scott Faughn, is joined by Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe, Bob Priddy and Dana Miller, to talk about the history of the capitol. “Much different town and much different capitol.” – Bob Priddy Kehoe was […]
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The team started the year off in Jefferson City, the state’s capital and the county seat of Cole County. Host, Scott Faughn, sat down at the Cole County Courthouse Annex, just a few blocks away from the Missouri State Capitol, with Presiding Commissioner Sam Bushman, Three Rivers Electric CEO Roger Kloeppel and Representative Rudy Viet, […]
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The crew traveled to Marble Hill this week, the county seat of Bollinger County. Former Prosecuting Attorney Kenneth Shrum, Bollinger County Farm Bureau President Joe Newell, Sheila Porter with the Will Mayfield Heritage Foundation, Bob Long with the Bollinger County Historical Society and county resident Scott Mayfield joined our host, Scott Faughn, this week in […]
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This week, the team is in the historic Iron County Courthouse to continue telling the history of Missouri one county at a time. Joining our host, Scott Faughn, is Presiding Commissioner Jim Scaggs, Western Commissioner Josh Campbell and John Abney with the Iron County Historical Society. Iron County is located in southeast Missouri, commonly referred […]
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