Podcast #126-S5 April 3, 1860: The first rider was to leave St. Joseph at 5:00 pm. However, the mail had been slowed up in Chicago for transfer to Hannibal, Missouri. A train was stripped down with no passenger cars at Hannibal. Once the mail arrived there, the train rolled across the state at a record…
Category: Missouri
Native American and Black Archives
Podcast #119-S4 This podcast covers two museums the native American Museum and the African archive Museum. These museums were very interesting and outlined a lot of the history of the native Americans and the blacks in the St Joseph Kansas City area of Missouri. There are five museums in this conglomerate. We spent a full…
The Wyeth Tootle Mansion
Podcast #118-S4 About the Mansion: St. Joseph is known for an extensive collection of beautiful mansions built in the late 1800s, and the Wyeth Tootle Mansion at the corner of 11th and Charles Streets is a prime example. Built in 1879 by William and Eliza Wyeth, this 43 room mansion was designed to emulate the…
Glore Psychiatric Museum
Podcast #117-S4 Could you swallow a nail? How about 453 of them? One patient in St. Joseph’s State Lunatic Asylum No. 2, established 1874, did just that. This collection is one of many intriguing exhibits that earned the Glore Psychiatric Museum recognition as “One of the 50 most unusual museums in the country” and mentions…
TWA Museum
Podcast #116-S4 The mission of the TWA Museum is to provide information to the public emphasizing the story, history and importance of the major role TWA played in pioneering commercial aviation. From the birth of airmail to the inception of passenger air travel, to the post-WWII era of global route expansion, TWA led the way…