by Joshua Shackles | Mar 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
Houdini in Joplin Houdini’s Performance at the Pavilion Theatre In May 1899, Joplin, Missouri, became the stage for a defining moment in the career of a young magician named Harry Houdini. The newly established Pavilion Theatre, a vaudeville performance tent set up at...
by Joshua Shackles | Mar 12, 2025 | Places
Crystal Cave Crystal Cave: Joplin’s Hidden Geological Marvel Nestled beneath the city of Joplin, Missouri, Crystal Cave remains one of the most remarkable geological discoveries in the region’s history. Once celebrated as one of the largest geodes in the world, this...
by Joshua Shackles | Mar 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
Charles Fletcher Taylor Introduction Few figures from the American Civil War embody the stark contrasts of that era as vividly as Charles Fletcher “Fletch” Taylor. Once a feared Confederate guerrilla and one of Quantrill’s Raiders, Taylor later reinvented...
by Joshua Shackles | Mar 11, 2025 | Crime
Hard Luck The Billy Cook Story Hard Luck: The Billy Cook Story – A Chilling True Crime Tale From a childhood of abuse and abandonment in Joplin, Missouri, to a terrifying cross-country killing spree, This free eBook unearths the harrowing true story of one of...
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