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Hidden History of Jefferson City
Quite a bit has happened in Missouri's capital city since Lewis and Clark passed through the area on their famous journey. And some of that history has remained hidden. Being the center of politics in the state and possessing a small-town mindset, the city has a dual identity. Burr McCarty turned his humble home and stagecoach stop into a political gathering place. Ferryman Jefferson T. Rogers was elected mayor ten times. Calvin Gunn established the town's first newspaper and was the state's first printer. Join author Michelle Brooks as she details these and more forgotten stories from the capital city's past.
- GenresHistory
176 pages, Paperback
Published July 19, 2021
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About the author
Michelle Brooks
7 booksMichelle Brooks has enjoyed writing since
before she could read, pretending to fill
pages of notebooks with swirls. In the
sixth grade, her book Pop Goes the Popcorn! (illustrated
by Renessa Bottom Wiggins) won her a trip to a
young author’s conference. During high school, she
provided copy for the local newspaper, the Carthage
Press, about her school’s activities.
Her first published work was a poem in her
college English department’s annual magazine.
It became apparent that her strength was in
nonfiction, and Michelle returned to newspapers,
writing for the college newspaper and then for the Daily Dunklin Democrat in
Kennett, the Monroe City News and the Current Local in Van Buren.
Her skills improved immensely due to the influence of editors at the
Jefferson City News Tribune, to which nineteen years’ experience with Central
Missouri Newspapers Inc. and more than one hundred newspaper industry
awards can attest.
The interest in history matured later. Michelle became a student of
Jefferson City history when given the historic preservation beat at the News
Tribune. Her appreciation for the impacts of local history on present-day
events grew over the years.
Since studying anthropology and history at Lincoln University, Jefferson
City, Michelle has worked on larger research projects, including identification
of members of the Sixty-Second U.S. Colored Troops, founders of Lincoln
University;and discovering the broad and pioneering career of her grandfather
Harry “HAP” Peebles, who was a country music promoter across the Midwest
from 1938 to 1993.
Hidden History of Jefferson City was her first book, released in July 2021.
She also has self-published Interesting Women of the Capital City, highlighting
10 women from pre-Civil War to the 21st century, whose stories have never been
fully told.
Her next book with The History Press will be Lost Jefferson City in 2022.
She is currently working on Blue Tigers in the Air, about students and faculty from
Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Mo., who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps
during World War II among the first Tuskegee Airmen
before she could read, pretending to fill
pages of notebooks with swirls. In the
sixth grade, her book Pop Goes the Popcorn! (illustrated
by Renessa Bottom Wiggins) won her a trip to a
young author’s conference. During high school, she
provided copy for the local newspaper, the Carthage
Press, about her school’s activities.
Her first published work was a poem in her
college English department’s annual magazine.
It became apparent that her strength was in
nonfiction, and Michelle returned to newspapers,
writing for the college newspaper and then for the Daily Dunklin Democrat in
Kennett, the Monroe City News and the Current Local in Van Buren.
Her skills improved immensely due to the influence of editors at the
Jefferson City News Tribune, to which nineteen years’ experience with Central
Missouri Newspapers Inc. and more than one hundred newspaper industry
awards can attest.
The interest in history matured later. Michelle became a student of
Jefferson City history when given the historic preservation beat at the News
Tribune. Her appreciation for the impacts of local history on present-day
events grew over the years.
Since studying anthropology and history at Lincoln University, Jefferson
City, Michelle has worked on larger research projects, including identification
of members of the Sixty-Second U.S. Colored Troops, founders of Lincoln
University;and discovering the broad and pioneering career of her grandfather
Harry “HAP” Peebles, who was a country music promoter across the Midwest
from 1938 to 1993.
Hidden History of Jefferson City was her first book, released in July 2021.
She also has self-published Interesting Women of the Capital City, highlighting
10 women from pre-Civil War to the 21st century, whose stories have never been
fully told.
Her next book with The History Press will be Lost Jefferson City in 2022.
She is currently working on Blue Tigers in the Air, about students and faculty from
Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Mo., who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps
during World War II among the first Tuskegee Airmen
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