John Brown was a man of action -- a man who would not be deterred from his mission of abolishing slavery. On October 16, 1859, he led 21 men on a raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry ...

Abolitionist John Brown wasn't born in Kansas, but made his mark during the Bleeding Kansas era before the Civil War. Today, 165 years after his execution, Brown's violent acts and influence are ...

A northeast Missouri man is accused of grossly overcharging for a home repair project. Jacob Kringle, 52, of Shelbina, was ...

John Brown rides into Missouri and attacks two proslavery homesteads, confiscating property and liberating eleven of their slaves. Brown travels eighty-two days and covers over a thousand miles ...

John Brown and many of his followers holed up in the fire engine house awaiting reinforcements by a swarm of "bees"—slaves from the surrounding area. But only a handful showed up. Library of ...

John Allen Brown. 5/17/1945 – 12/22/2023. John Brown, 78, of Columbia, passed away Friday, December 22, 2023 while in Independence, MO. Visitation will be from 10-11am, Wednesday, January 3rd at ...

Brown, John Associated Name Blair, Charles maker Sharps Description Physical Description Sharps sporting percussion rifle, .44 caliber. ... As Missouri pro-slavery “Ruffians” flocked to Kansas, the ...

The Missouri River is usually the cutoff for their movement. These eight-legged tarantulas are around 1.5 to 2 inches in sizes, with females slightly larger than males.

John Brown's address to the court ... when I went into Missouri and took slaves without the snapping of a gun on either side, moved them through the country, and finally left them in Canada.

The graduate guard transferred to Missouri after four years at Colorado State, where he averaged 14.6 points per game in the 2022-'23 season. Tonje only appeared in eight of Missouri's first 16 ...

Jenette Irene Brown, 82, of St. Joseph, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, at her home. She was born Sept. 6, 1942 in Leavenworth, Kansas, daughter of Carmoletta and Earl Lucas. She graduated ...

Missouri basketball guard Kaleb Brown enters transfer portal. ... Missouri guard John Tonje has entered the transfer portal, a team spokesperson confirmed to the Columbia Daily Tribune on Monday.