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The city was founded by Firmin V. Desloge II, son of Firmin René Desloge, who migrated from France, settled in Potosi, and began the Desloge Family in America. [4] Firmin V. Desloge II learned about mining from his father and acquired many claims in the area of what is today Desloge and Bonne Terre.
This is a list of Superfund sites in Missouri designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
The Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau announced in 2013 that it had received a credible accusation of sexual abuse of a minor against Reverend Walter C. Craig, who died in 1971. The alleged assault occurred during the 1960s.
KOAM-TV (channel 7) is a television station licensed to Pittsburg, Kansas, United States, serving the Joplin, Missouri–Pittsburg, Kansas market as an affiliate of CBS.It is owned by Morgan Murphy Media, which provides certain services to dual Fox/CW+ affiliate KFJX (channel 14, also licensed to Pittsburg) under joint sales and shared services agreements (JSA/SSA) with owner SagamoreHill ...
Marceline was laid out in 1887, and named after Marcelina, the wife of a railroad man. [6] A post office called Marceline has operated since 1887. [7] Marceline is most famous for being the boyhood home of Walt Disney, and the original Main Street, U.S.A. [8]
The district includes Springfield, the home of Missouri State University, the Joplin, Missouri, metropolitan area, Missouri's 5th largest, and the popular tourist destination city of Branson. Located along the borders of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Northwest Arkansas, the district occupies part of the Bible Belt with a strong socially conservative trend
Richland was originally called Lyon, and under the latter name was platted in 1869. [5] The present name is after G. W. Rich, a railroad official. [6] A post office called Richland has been in operation since 1869.
Dittmer is an unincorporated community in western Jefferson County, Missouri, United States. [1] It is located on Route 30 southwest of Cedar Hill. [2]The community's namesake is William Dittmer, an early postmaster who established a post office called Dittmer's Store in 1870.