Museums worth a Saturday
Start with the Pony Express National Museum and Patee House, then walk to the Jesse James Home. St. Joseph Museums on Frederick Street holds…
This river town
History of St. Joseph
St. Joseph grew from Joseph Robidoux’s trading post at Blacksnake Hills. It became the place where the Pony Express started and where Jesse James died. These stories are the short version of a much longer city.
Streetcars and modern St. Joe
In 1887 St. Joseph became the second city in the United States with electric streetcars. The city later became home to Missouri Western State…
Patee House and a booming river city
Patee House opened in 1858 as a luxury hotel and later served as Pony Express headquarters. After the Civil War, St. Joseph grew as…
Where Jesse James ended
Jesse James lived in St. Joseph under the name Tom Howard. On April 3, 1882 Robert Ford shot him in the house on Lafayette…
Where the Pony Express started
On April 3, 1860 a rider left the Pike’s Peak Stables in St. Joseph carrying mail toward California. The Pony Express lasted only about…
Founding of Blacksnake Hills
Joseph Robidoux established a trading post at Blacksnake Hills in 1826. The post sat on the Missouri River and became a gathering place for…