Upcoming Programs:

Ozarks Gunfights and Other Notorious Incidents
September 16, 2010, 7:00 p.m.

After the battle between the Blue and the Gray had ended, people in the Ozarks were still witnessing a war. Divided loyalties gave rise to rampant lawlessness, plaguing the region with robberies, shootouts, and showdowns. Author Larry Wood shares the shocking incidents that took place in the Ozarks during the late 1860s through the 1950s, including the notorious Springfield showdown between Davis Tutt and Wild Bill Hickok and the Roscoe shootout that resulted in the murder of a Younger brother. Wood even reveals some not-as-well-known, but equally scandalous crimes, such as the bank holdup by female bandit Cora Hubbard and the Bloody Benders' massacre. Bonnie and Clyde, Bill Cook, Henry Starr, and other infamous outlaws also make an appearance in this book about a brutal and wild era in Missouri’s history.

Missouri Wine Country: St. Charles to Hermann
October 28, 2010, 7:00 p.m.

Before Prohibition, Missouri was the second largest wine-producing state in the nation, and, for a short time during the Civil War, it was number one. Today, the state's lush green land overlooking the Missouri River is recognized as America's first wine district. Parts of this district have produced wine since the 1830s, when German immigrants from the Rhine River Valley settled in Missouri. Towns in Missouri’s wine country, which include Augusta, Defiance, Washington, Dutzow, and Hermann, are known for their rich history and German culture. The area is also known as home to the famous Missouri Weinstrasse, a two-lane “wine road” that winds through the woods and valleys of southeast St. Charles County, and the Hermann Wine Trail, which stretches 20 miles along the river between Hermann and New Haven. In Missouri Wine Country, authors Don and Dianna Graveman utilize over 200 vintage images to take readers on a scenic trip through Missouri’s wine country, past and present.

Lost Nation: The Ioway
November 18, 2010, 7:00 p.m.

A vivid journey into America's past and present, Lost Nation: The Ioway tells the nearly forgotten story of the small Ioway tribe that once claimed the territory between the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers from Pipestone, Minn. to St. Louis, Mo. The saga of the Ioway unfolds in this compelling 57-minute documentary that explores the origins of the tribe, the split of the Ioway over the eventual selling of their land, and their forced relocation after the institution of the Indian Removal Act in 1830. Award-winning filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle utilize Ioway elders, historians, and archaeologists to tell the dramatic and true story of the tribe as they struggled with forces that changed their lives forever. What was a quest for survival in the past has become a struggle to retain a unique Native American culture and language in the present.

Programming at the Missouri State Archives is free of charge and open to the public, with seating available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information contact Emily Luker at (573) 526-5296 or emily.luker@sos.mo.gov.