The site began in 1896 with the purchase of the original 55 acres by Mr. John Homer Bothwell. In 1897, a seven-room “English style” stone cottage was constructed for John Bothwell and his friends and family to use as a warm weather retreat. In…

After the Battle of Solferino in 1859, Henry Dunant from Switzerland organized the European Red Cross Movement to train national relief societies that could provide neutral care during war. In 1863, the International Committee of the Red Cross…

The German Evangelical Church of the West was formed on October 15, 1840, in Gravois, Missouri. It united the various German church denominations of Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, and Indiana. In 1866, the organization changed its name to the German…

The city that became Sedalia was founded on land inhabited by the Osage Nation. After the United States removed the Osage from Missouri in 1825, white settlers became the predominate inhabitants of the area including, George R. Smith, who founded…