Boone County was originally part of Howard County, which, back in the day, stretched for more than 22,000 square miles across Missouri and into Iowa. That’s why Howard County, despite its more diminutive size today, is referred to as the state’s “Mother of Counties.” Things moved quickly from Howard County’s founding in 1816. In 1821, […]
Ceremony memorializes lynching of Black teen George Bush from the Boone County jail 134 years ago. From 1865 to 1950, thousands of lynchings occurred throughout the country. At least 68 lynchings of Black people were documented in Missouri. Two of those crimes — “the most public and violent form of racial terrorism“ — happened in Columbia,
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Remembering George Bush and Building Social Memory in the Face of Anti-Woke Legislation and Anti-CRT Backlash Thiss is the complete text of the speech presented by Keslie Spottsville at the Boone County Courthouse Plaza on, September 7, 2023. Greetings and thank you for coming to share this day of remembrance and marker placement for teenager,
Local and national speakers set to address Boone County’s dark past. A ceremony to place a historical marker commemorating an 1889 Boone County lynching is set for 4-5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Boone County Government Center Plaza and county courthouse lawn. The ceremony is organized by the Community Remembrance Project of Boone County (CRP-BC) in
Columbia history buff connects past with present If you’re searching Wikipedia for historical details about Columbia, Boone County, the University of Missouri, and the state of Missouri in general, you’ve probably read something penned by Matt Fetterly. Wikipedia? Don’t roll your eyes yet. Though skeptical editors, reporters, academics, and researchers are weary of the Wiki
