On Monday, February 26, 2024, Michael Parson, fifty-seventh governor of Missouri, and First Lady Teresa Parson kicked off Governor Parson’s book tour at the Walsworth Community Center in Marceline, Missouri. No Turnin’ Back: G57, Michael L. Parson, by Dr. James K. Jones, tells the story of a small-town boy who, through hard work and a strong […]
MFA Turns 100
On March 10, 1914, seven farmers from Brunswick, in central Missouri, met in the Newcomer Schoolhouse. Invited to the meeting by local farmer and stockman Aaron Bachtel, the men formed a farm club and submitted an order for binder twine to William Hirth. The purchase netted the farmers $400 in savings. Hirth had been […]
