Local History Videos

Five local veterans share their stories.

The library's own Angela Warnick presents the true story of a murder and sharecroppers' strike in 1939. Endorsed by missouri2021.org as part of Missouri's Bicentennial celebration.

For Missouri's Bicentennial in 2021, the library teamed up with local historical societies on quick virtual tours of historic sites around the county. Each tour covers a different part of the county and lasts about 30–45 minutes.

Joe Johnston, author of The Mack Marsden Murder Mystery: Justice or Vigilantism?, spoke on July 13, 2018 about the events that led to the death of the son of a pioneer Jefferson County resident accused of hog theft, arson and murder. Part of the Genealogy Department's Bicentennial Speaker Series.

Dr. Stephen Huss, Ph.D., presents the history of Jefferson County, Missouri. Part of the Genealogy Department's Bicentennial Speaker Series, summer 2018.

How the war affected local citizens whose divided loyalty turned neighbor against neighbor and family against family, with two skits: "The Arrest of Mollie Rudder" and "The Sullivan Ballou Letter." Part of a local genealogy series from the JCL Genealogy Department.

Meet three generations of the Bonacker and Weber families, descendants of early homesteaders, who share their quiet pride in land they have farmed for over 100 years and how each generation has worked to preserve it and hand it on to the next.

What it was like to teach and learn in a one-room school; the reorganization of Jefferson County schools as students, teachers and administrators saw it; long bus rides to new schools; and the first steps from segregated to integrated public education. Produced by JCTV with a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the Missouri State Library, and funding from Jefferson College and Jefferson County Library.

Produced for Jefferson County Library by the production staff of Jefferson College, with the Arnold Historical Society.