| Abstract | First installment of excerpts from a video project by the State Historical Society of Missouri (in Columbia) on the history of Missouri in the 20th century dealing with the years 1900-1918. Photos and description of major events and trends, including the state's economy (mostly agricultural with some mining and manufacturing in 1900), population (mostly rural but eighth in the nation in 1900), entertainment, politics, transportation, education, quality of life for blacks and other minority ethnic groups, and World War I. |
