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 45: Michael Fellman's "Inside War" – Joseph M. Beilein Jr. (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 5)
Episode 44: Understanding Civil War Missouri – Louis Gerteis (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 4)
Episode 43: "Gateway to Equality" – Keona Ervin (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 3)
Episode 42: "Across Our Wide Missouri" - Bob Priddy (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 2)
Episode 41: Labor & Fortune on the Missouri Border – Jarod Roll (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 1)
Episode 40: William Monks & "A History of Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas" – John Bradbury (Border Wars, Part 7)
Episode 39: "Slavery on the Periphery" – Kristen Epps (Border Wars, Part 6)
Episode 38: The Border War of 1960-61 (Border Wars, Part 5)
Episode 37: "Bushwhackers" – Joseph M. Beilein Jr. (Border Wars, Part 4)
Episode 36: Joseph Smith, Lilburn Boggs, & the "Kingdom of Nauvoo" - Benjamin E. Park (Border Wars, Part 3)
Episode 34: "Commonwealth of Compromise" - Amy Laurel Fluker (Border Wars, Part 1)
Summer Series 2020: Voda Curtis: Suffrage & Civil Rights - Keely Doll (Show-Me Suffragists, Part 4)
Summer Series 2020: Carrie Lee Carter Stokes & The WCTU - Janet Olson (Show-Me Suffragists, Part 3)
Summer Series 2020: The Clark Family - Ethan Colbert (Show-Me Suffragists, Part 2)
Summer Series 2020: Alma Nash & the Maryville Milieu – Elyssa Ford (Show-Me Suffragists, Part 1)
Episode 33: Life, Death, & Coroner's Inquests – Sarah Lirley McCune (Meet Me in St. Louis, Part 9)
Episode 32: "Baseball in St. Louis" – Ed Wheatley (Meet Me in St. Louis, Part 8)
Episode 31: "Groping Toward Democracy" – Priscilla Dowden-White (Meet Me in St. Louis, Part 7)
Episode 30: "Gateway To Equality" – Keona Ervin (Meet Me in St. Louis, Part 6)
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