Officials with the Ozarks Heritage Research Center (OHRC) at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) will host a presentation titled, “Half the Town Burned: The Great Wooldridge Fire of 2022” at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 14, at OHRC, located inside MSU-WP’s Garnett Library, 304 W. Trish Knight St., in West Plains. The presentation will be given by Tim Scherrer. Free and … [Read more...] about OHRC will host a presentation about the 2022 wildfire that burned half of Wooldridge, Missouri
Civil war and the Ozarks is the topic for the third installment of “Celebrating 250 years of America in the Ozarks” conversation series, facilitated by Vincent Anderson at 6 p.m., Thursday, June 18, at the Ozarks Heritage Research Center (OHRC) located inside Garnett Library, 304 W. Trish Knight St., in West Plains. The event is free and open to the public. The event will be … [Read more...] about Civil War and the Ozarks, topic of third installment of OHRC Conversation Series – Celebrating 250 years of America in the Ozarks
Immigration and the Ozarks is the second installment to "Celebrating 250 years of America in the Ozarks" Conversation Series, facilitated by Dr. Brooks Blevins, at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 21, at the Ozarks Heritage Research Center (OHRC) located inside Garnett Library, 304 W. Trish Knight St., in West Plains. The event is free and open to the public. The event will be … [Read more...] about Immigration and the Ozarks, topic of second installment of OHRC Conversation Series – Celebrating 250 years of America in the Ozarks
Officials with the Ozarks Heritage Research Center (OHRC) at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) will host a presentation titled, “Celebrating 250 years of America in the Ozarks” on Thursday, April 9, at 6 p.m. at the Garnett Library, 304 W. Trish Knight St., in West Plains. The event is free and open to the public. To hear more about this event, residents can … [Read more...] about OHRC to host “Celebrating 250 years of America in the Ozarks” on April 9
Officials with the Ozarks Heritage Research Center (OHRC), in collaboration with the West Plains Council on the Arts (WPCA) and the West Plains Public Library, will host a reading of the national bestseller, “Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks,” on Tuesday, Feb. 17 for the 2026 African American Read In … [Read more...] about 2026 African American Read In event to feature bestelling book