MISSOURI STATE MUSEUM SCHEDULED TO HOST VIRTUAL LANDING AFTER HOURS: 1849 CHOLERA OUTBREAK kmmo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kmmo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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April 19, 2021 11:24 AM Kaden Milner
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri State Museum will highlight the 1849 Cholera Outbreak as part of its ongoing “Landing After Hours” series. The virtual program will be held at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 5 on the Missouri State Museum Facebook page.
Author Gary Elliott recently published a book about the 1849 outbreak and will discuss the history and its far-reaching effects when a steamship named after President James Monroe headed from St. Louis to Council Bluffs, Iowa. The passengers were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from Philadelphia. At St. Louis they were joined with a group of California gold diggers from Jeffersonville, Indiana. Their trip was interrupted when cholera broke out on board. A 14-year-old boy named James McHenry discovered the steamship when it landed at Jefferson City, observing dead and dying victims along the riverbank.
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