The Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism
1808: Missouri's First Newspaper Published
1819: Frontier Newspaper Established
1821: Missouri Achieved Statehood
1839: University of Missouri Established
1850-1860s: Civil War Increased News Production
1864: Walter Williams Born
1867: Missouri Press Association Established
1869: University Instruction in Journalism Offered
1869: Missouri Publishers Supported Journalism Education
1879: First MU Course in Journalism Offered
1889: Williams Named MPA President
1896: Curators Attempted Journalism Curriculum
1898: MPA Championed Newspaper Preservation
1902: Walter Williams Promoted St. Louis World's Fair
1906: School of Journalism Became Top Priority
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Civil War Increased News Production

Missouri's total newspapers rose from five to 16 during 1850 to 1860 because of an increasing demand for news on slavery issues. The Stars and Stripes, the newspaper of the United States military, was first printed by Union troops in the abandoned facilities of the Bloomfield (Mo.) Herald in 1861.


(Top) A Harper's Weekly cartoon portrayed the defeat of Missouri secessionist Gov. Claiborne F. Jackson and Gen. Sterling Price by Union Gen. Nathaniel Lyon at Boonville, Mo., on June 17, 1861. (Bottom) The Liberty (Mo.) Tribune reported Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender in 1865.
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