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 award-winning book “James” Feb. 26 for the 2025 African American Read In event. The event will get underway at 6 p.m. at the OHRC inside the Garnett Library, 304 W. Trish Knight St., on the … [Read more...] about 2025 African American Read In event to feature award winning book
Officials with the Ozarks Heritage Research Center (OHRC) at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) will host a presentation about “Lincoln School’s Legacy of Service: Honoring Soldiers from WWI to the Gulf War” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, at the OHRC. The center is inside MSU-WP’s Garnett Library, 304 W. Trish Knight St., in West Plains. About the speaker The … [Read more...] about ‘Lincoln School’s Legacy of Service’ topic of Feb. 25 presentation at OHRC
WEST PLAINS, Mo. – All are invited to the dedication of a mural painted by Mtn. View artist Paul Jones at 5:15 p.m. Dec. 3 at the Ozarks Heritage Research Center (OHRC) inside MSU-WP’s Garnett Library, 304 W. Trish Knight St., in West Plains. The mural measures 6 feet tall by 20 feet wide and includes five panels, OHRC officials said. The images painted on the panels … [Read more...] about All invited to mural dedication Dec. 3 at OHRC
Learn more about Henry Rowe Schoolcraft’s legendary expedition through the Ozarks Dec. 3 when the Ozarks Heritage Research Center (OHRC) at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) hosts historian and author Vincent Anderson. Anderson will present a program on “Henry Rowe Schoolcraft and Levi Pettibone Stuck in the Ozarks” beginning at 6 p.m. at the OHRC inside … [Read more...] about Learn more about Schoolcraft’s expedition through the Ozarks Dec. 3
Officials with the Ozarks Heritage Research Center (OHRC) at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) will host a presentation about “The First Americans” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, at the OHRC. The center is inside MSU-WP’s Garnett Library, 304 W. Trish Knight St., in West Plains. Carol Silvey, emeritus professor of history at MSU-WP, will discuss the history of the … [Read more...] about OHRC to host presentation about ‘first Americans’ Nov. 19