Callaway County dedicated an educational panel on October 22, 2011, and Williamsburg, Missouri, became "the Gateway to the Boone’s Lick."  HIghlights of the ceremony included a parachute jump and gorgeous October Missouri weather.
The panel, called the Gateway to the Boone’s Lick, features stories of the old Boone’s Lick Trail and some Southern boys who came from eastern Callaway County.  It has been erected on old Highway…... Read more >

From Kingdom of Callaway Civil War Heritage FULTON, Mo. — Located in the heart of Missouri’s “Little Dixie,” Callaway County and its county seat, Fulton, are rich in Civil War–era history — especially that of the first year of the war, 150 years ago. Today, Callaway’s informational panels are the heart of the Gray Ghosts Trail driving tour. In early 1861, the pro-Confederate Callaway Guards &md…... Read more >

The nation’s first full-scale battle reenactment of the sesquicentennial period went off without a hitch on June 17-19, 2011 in a field east of Boonville, Missouri.  A violent storm the night of June 17 created some challenges – but the 700 or so reenactors who participated rose to the challenge of the storm and stifling heat that followed it.  Organizers estimate that 10,000 spectators attended, watching the action as it unfolded on…... Read more >

The Museum of Transport in St. Louis County is hosting a traveling exhibit called "Money of the U.S. Civil War," doing its part to help commemorate the Civil War sesquicentennial.  Saturday or Sunday (June 11-12), thieves made off with a silver dollar and five gold coins dating back between the 1840s through the 1860s.  A photo of the coins appears at left.  To the Civil War community: pass the word, please.  The …... Read more >