text saying "In It for the Long Haul" over a historical city outline of a building

In It for the Long Haul

Maybe the only thing more difficult than sustaining a new settlement and growing it into…

black and white historical image of a little boy standing next to a Santa Fe Trail Marker (Sara Lockwood Williams Papers, C2533. C2533-f1381-01. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Photograph Collection.)

Positioning Columbia for a Prosperous Future

Since its inception, Columbia grew with mindfulness to the future about what kind of community…

black and white historical image of Construction of Memorial Union, 1925-1926 (Courtesy of University of Missouri)

The History of the University of Missouri

The University of Missouri was established just over 182 years ago, and it remains a…

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Booches the Legacy that Lives On

The universal and inevitable response to the question “What’s Booches?” is always accompanied by a…

black and white historical image of a brick building on East Broadway in Columbia, Missouri

COMO Trivia

How many of these interesting facts did you know? In 1968, the city constructed canopies…

Portrait of Sanford and Kate Conley in Oval vintage frame hanging on floral wallpaper.

Conley House

Tucked away in the middle of MU’s campus, the Sanford Conley House serves as a…

Vintage orange Post card image with pictures of popular place in outlined words "Columbia"

The Road to a Columbia Celebration

The CoMo 200 Bicentennial Task Force, appointed by Mayor Brian Treece in early 2018, was…

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aerial view of downtown Columbia Missouri with the current view side by side with the historical image of downtown Columbia

Change Is in the Air

Downtown Columbia, Circa 1925-1933.(Roe F. Montgomery Scrapbook. P0054. 023140-2. The State Historical Society of Missouri.…

painted historical Portrait of James Leachman Stephens by George Caleb Bingham.

James L. Stephens

When the earliest pioneers settled in Boone County, people lived in log cabins daubed with…

two side by side original Portraits of Richard & Ann Hawkins Gentry

Richard & Ann Hawkins Gentry

Let’s meet Richard and Ann Hawkins Gentry, a pioneering couple whose union changed the history…

black and white historical image of a multi level brick building that was a hospital

A Century of Health Care

One hundred years ago, Boone County Hospital hosted a celebratory grand opening of its new…

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A City to Love

Everyone has things they’re passionate about. Whether it’s a hobby or an area of study,…