Harry Houdini in Joplin

Harry Houdini in Joplin

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...
Charles Fletcher Taylor

Charles Fletcher Taylor

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...