With the announced renewal of the Missouri-Kansas sports rivalry in 2019, Our Missouri opens the first half of Season 3 with an examination of the origins and history behind this rivalry, while also looking at the conflicts that defined Missouri's borders and identity before, during, and after the Civil War. This episode features a conversation with Jeremy Neely about his book, "The Border between Them: Violence and Reconciliation on the Kansas-Missouri Line," published by the University of Missouri Press.
About the Guest: Jeremy Neely holds a PhD in History from the University of Missouri. Presently, he serves as an assistant professor of history at Missouri State University. His book, “The Border between Them: Violence and Reconciliation on the Kansas-Missouri Line,” was published by the University of Missouri Press in 2007.
Episode 65: “A River in the City of Fountains” – Amahia Mallea (Water & Waterways, Part 5)
Episode 64: Imagining the Mississippi River – Thomas Ruys Smith (Water & Waterways, Part 4)
Episode 63: Farmhouses – Susan Sundermeyer (Water & Waterways, Part 3)
Episode 62: Living Waters/Healing Waters – Loring Bullard (Water & Waterways, Part 2)
Episode 61: Life and Work on the Mississippi – Bonnie Stepenoff (Water & Waterways, Part 1)
Episode 60: Plattdeutsch, Hochdeutsch, & the Germans in Missouri – Walter Kamphoefner (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 20)
Episode 59: ”Gender & the Jubilee” – Sharon Romeo (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 19)
Episode 58: The Civil War on the American Middle Border – Christopher Phillips (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 18)
Episode 57: ”Lorenzo Greene and Lincoln University” – Antonio F. Holland & Gary R. Kremer (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 17)
Episode 56: ”A History of Missouri” – William Parrish (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 16)
Episode 55: ”The Genesis of Missouri” – William Foley (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 15)
Episode 54: ”Missouri‘s Black Heritage” – Antonio F. Holland & Gary R. Kremer (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 14)
Episode 53: ”On Slavery‘s Border” – Diane Mutti Burke (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 13)
Episode 52: "German Immigrants, Race, and Citizenship in the Civil War Era" – Alison Clark Efford (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 12)
Episode 51: "Bridging Two Eras" – Virginia Laas (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 11)
Episode 50: "Mr. Missouri" (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 10)
Episode 49: "Prairie Fires" – Caroline Fraser (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 9)
Episode 48: "Celia, A Slave" – Melton McLaurin (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 8)
Episode 47: "American Confluence" – Stephen Aron (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 7)
Episode 46: Louis Houck and "the Histories" – Joel P. Rhodes (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 6)
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