Mound City, the city before St. Louis, Mound City, 1200 — The teenager who built a city, St. Louis, 1764 — The Battle of Fort San Carlos, St. Louis, 1780 — Lewis and Clark brave the Missouri River, Missouri River, 1804 — Daniel Boone's Missouri misadventure, Missouri River, 1805 — Founding Fort Osage, Fort Osage, 1808 — The New Madrid earthquake, New Madrid, 1811 — A state in the making, Missouri, 1818-1821 — A German in Missouri, Warren County, 1929 — A slave sues for his freedom, St. Louis, 1846-1856 — The Saluda disaster, Lexington, 1852 — The Pony Express sets out, St. Joseph, 1860 — The first Civil War shots in Missouri, St. Louis, 1861 — Black troops show ther mettle, Bates County, 1862 — General Price's invasion of Missouri, Missouri, 1864 — Outlaws, lawmen and outlaw lawmen, Joplin, 1872 — The James Gang robs a train, Gads Hill, 1874 — Connecting the bootheel to the world, Cape Girardeau, 1880 — The "Kansas Cyclone" descends on Missouri, St. Louis and Kansas City, 1901 — Joseph Folk cleans up Missouri, Missouri, 1905 — The toughest marathon in history, St. Louis, 1904 — Fire at the Capital! Jefferson City, 1911 — The golden lane, St. Louis, 1916 — Springfield and the great streetcar strike, Springfield, 1916 — Luella St. Clair Moss runs for Congress, Columbia, 1922 — The Cardinals' first World Series, St. Louis, 1926 — Breaking the Pendergast Machine, Kansas City, 1939 — From Missouri to the White House, Missouri, 1948 — Building the Arch, St. Louis, 1965 — Missouri : the flood state, Hannibal, 1993 — Missouri facts and trivia