The Louisiana Area Historical Museum has been missing a companion for one of its signature Civil War exhibits, but that’s about to change.

Fort Pike was the kind of deterrent that often gets overlooked by history, but the short-lived garrison briefly kept Missouri safe during the Black Hawk War.

Champ Clark historic home open for tours again

Editor’s note: Following is a condensed version of a story by award-winning print and broadcast journalist, author and public relations professional Brent Engel, and is available free in its entirety at the Louisiana Area Historical Museum, 304 Georgia Street. Hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sat…

Historical photo contest peaks interest

Editor’s note: The following story is adapted from the book ‘They Call Us Pikers’ by author, historian and public relations professional Brent Engel of Louisiana.

BOWLING GREEN—Today’s political conventions are not the rough-and-tumble events that they were 100 years ago. By convention time the presidential nominee has usually already been chosen. That wasn’t the case for either party in 1920. Among those mentioned as possible candidates for the Democ…

Murder drew national attention to Pike County

A moment that should have been triumphant instead turned tragic.

Champ Clark rebelled against only one piece of advice from his beloved father.

As a common man with extraordinary abilities, Champ Clark was living proof of American exceptionalism.

LOUISIANA – Theodore Roosevelt’s 1903 swing through Louisiana on his way to preside over the St. Louis World’s Fair prompted a flurry of excitement in the town — an occasion worth looking back on this President’s Day.

Senator John Brooks Henderson endured scorn and accusations of corruption in exonerating Democrat President Andrew Johnson of impeachment charges in 1868.

Just as with today’s impeachment of President Donald Trump, efforts to sway opinion were strong as Pike County legislator John Brooks Henderson witnessed the 1868 campaign to oust President Andrew Johnson.

LOUISIANA – Brent Engel believes there’s no end to Pike County stories.

LOUISIANA – John Brooks Henderson stands out among Louisiana’s famous sons. A Missouri Senator during the Civil War, he played a key role in the writing and passage of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery. He dashed the attempt to  remove President Andrew Johnson and was hired by Ulys…

Harry Truman once observed that there’s nothing new except the history with which we’re not familiar.

BOWLING GREEN – Champ Clark Honey Shuck Restoration Inc. held their annual banquet and meeting — styled a  “Salute to Veterans” — in honor of Bennett Clark and the American Legion Thursday, Oct. 24 at the historic Honey Shuck house.

The Louisiana Area Historical Museum will feature an outstanding speaker for its annual fall dinner to be held on Thursday, Nov. 14 at American Legion Post 370 at 420 Kelly Lane.

LOUISIANA – Guests participated in home tours on Sept. 22 and 29 to benefit Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Louisiana. 

The hatred was so fierce that they carried weapons just about everywhere.

The Louisiana Area Historical Museum held a “Tear Up the Loan” party Monday, Aug. 26 at the home of board President Judy Schmidt.

LOUISIANA – Members of  Pike County chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution will assist in digitizing information for Riverview Cemetery in Louisiana. Cindy Blaylock, chair of the Cemetery Improvement project, presented the work done by Charity Lesley in l…

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On May 10th of this year, I had the opportunity to attend the annual Confederate Memorial Day ceremony at Green Hill Cemetery in Greensboro, North Carolina. I recently graduated with my Master’s Degree in History from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where my specialization was…

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