Famous Missourian Sites for 4th Grade Research
The list below is alphabetical by last name, and is quite extensive. However if you are unable to find the information you are searching for, here is a Famous Missourian Website that might be able to help: http://shs.umsystem.edu/famousmissourians/index.html
David Rice Atchison
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=a000322
http://americanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/senator_david_rice_atchison
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rice_Atchison
William "Count" Basie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Basie
http://www.swingmusic.net/Count_Basie.html
http://www.freddiegreen.org/book/basiebio.html
James P. Beckwourth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Beckwourth
http://www.syix.com/yubacity/beckwourth.html
http://tinyurl.com/ps7qtd
Thomas Hart Benton (the artist)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hart_Benton_(painter)
http://shs.umsystem.edu/famousmissourians/artists/benton/benton.shtml
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~am482_04/am_scene/bentonbio.html
Thomas Hart Benton (the senator)
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000398
http://www.nndb.com/people/041/000049891/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hart_Benton_(senator))
George Caleb Bingham
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Caleb_Bingham
http://shs.umsystem.edu/famousmissourians/artists/bingham/bingham.shtml
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/george-caleb-bingham/
Susan Elizabeth Blow
http://shs.umsystem.edu/famousmissourians/educators/blow/blow.shtml#biblio
http://www.froebelweb.org/images/blow.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Blow
Lucile Bluford
http://shs.umsystem.edu/famousmissourians/journalists/bluford/bluford.shtml
http://blackmissouri.com/digest/273.html
http://www.kclibrary.org/bluford/exhibit
Daniel Boone
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Boone
http://www2.lucidcafe.com/library/95nov/boone.html
http://www.americanwest.com/pages/boone.htm
Omar Bradley
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Bradley
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/omarnels.htm
http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Bradley_Omar.html
Christopher "Kit" Carson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Carson
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/nm-kitcarson.html
http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ca-Ch/Carson-Kit.html
George Washington Carver
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Carver
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/carver.htm
http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdcarve.htm
George Catlin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Catlin
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/george-catlin/
http://www.answers.com/topic/george-catlin
Auguste Chouteau
http://www.stlouiswalkoffame.org/inductees/auguste-chouteau.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Auguste_Chouteau
http://www.nps.gov/archive/jeff/LewisClark2/Circa1804/StLouis/BlockInfo/Block34AAChouteauSr.htm
William Clark
http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/lewisandclark/biddle/biographies_html/clark.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Clark_(explorer)
http://www.nps.gov/archive/jeff/LewisClark2/CorpsOfDiscovery/TheLeaders/Clark/Clark.htm
Samuel Clemens
http://www.positiveatheism.org/hist/twainver.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain
http://www.cooperativeindividualism.org/clemensbio.html
David Cook
http://www.people.com/people/david_cook/biography
http://www.biggeststars.com/d/david-cook-biography.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cook_(singer)
Sheryl Crow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheryl_Crow
http://www.biography.com/articles/Sheryl-Crow-9542181
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002028/bio
Walt Disney
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney
http://www.justdisney.com/walt_disney/biography/long_bio.html
http://www.notablebiographies.com/De-Du/Disney-Walt.html
Saint Rose Phillippine Duchesne
http://www.traditioninaction.org/religious/c006rpPhillipineDuschene.shtml
http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_19880703_duchesne_en.html
http://www.rscjinternational.org/en/spirituality-publicmenu-36/reflections/94-1104/379-rose-philippine-duchesne-biography.html
T. S. Eliot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._S._Eliot
http://www.notablebiographies.com/Du-Fi/Eliot-T-S.html
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1948/eliot-bio.html
http://www.notablebiographies.com/Du-Fi/Eliot-T-S.html
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1948/eliot-bio.html
Eugene Fields
http://www.eugenefield.net/
http://www.poemhunter.com/eugene-field/biography/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Field
http://www.poemhunter.com/eugene-field/biography/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Field
Linda Godwin
http://www.astronautix.com/astros/godwin.htm
http://www.womenscouncil.org/cd_web/Godwin.html
http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/godwin_linda.htm
http://www.womenscouncil.org/cd_web/Godwin.html
http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/godwin_linda.htm
Ulysses S. Grant
http://www.ulyssessgrant.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/ulyssessgrant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/ulyssessgrant
Joyce C. Hall
http://newsroom.hallmark.com/history/Founder-JC-Hall
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Hall
http://www.nndb.com/people/270/000164775/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Hall
http://www.nndb.com/people/270/000164775/
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebe_Hearst
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2699800085.html
http://www.notablebiographies.com/supp/Supplement-Fl-Ka/Hearst-Phoebe-Apperson.html
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2699800085.html
http://www.notablebiographies.com/supp/Supplement-Fl-Ka/Hearst-Phoebe-Apperson.html
Ryan Howard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Howard
http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/RHoward/RHoward_bio.html
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/players/7437/
Edwin Hubble
http://hubble.nasa.gov/overview/hubble_bio.php
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Hubble.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Hubble
Langston Hughes
http://www.redhotjazz.com/hughes.html
http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ho-Jo/Hughes-Langston.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langston_Hughes
Jesse James
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_James
http://www.ci.st-joseph.mo.us/history/jessejames.cfm
http://www.stjomo.com/jessejames.aspx
http://www.ci.st-joseph.mo.us/history/jessejames.cfm
http://www.stjomo.com/jessejames.aspx
Scott Joplin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Joplin
http://www.scottjoplin.org/biography.htm
http://www.lsjunction.com/people/joplin.htm
Emmett Kelly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Kelly
http://www.emmettkellymuseum.com/
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/314451/Emmett-Kelly
Meriwether Lewis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meriwether_Lewis
http://www.edgate.com/lewisandclark/BIOs/BIO_M_Lewis.html
http://www.nps.gov/archive/jeff/lewisclark2/CorpsOfDiscovery/TheLeaders/Lewis/Lewis.htm
Charles Lindbergh
http://www.charleslindbergh.com/history/index.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh
http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ki-Lo/Lindbergh-Charles.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh
http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ki-Lo/Lindbergh-Charles.html
John Berry Meachum
http://www.stlbeacon.org/content/view/11094/83/
http://stlcin.missouri.org/history/peopledetail.cfm?Master_ID=1126
http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/nkaa/record.php?note_id=1951
Marianne Moore
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/96
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_Moore
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/mmoor.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_Moore
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/mmoor.htm
Stan Musial
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Musial
http://www.stlouiswalkoffame.org/inductees/stan-musial.html
http://baseballtalk.netfirms.com/musial.html
http://www.stlouiswalkoffame.org/inductees/stan-musial.html
http://baseballtalk.netfirms.com/musial.html
Reinhold Niebuhr
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Niebuhr
http://www.biography.com/articles/Reinhold-Niebuhr-9423347
http://people.bu.edu/wwildman/WeirdWildWeb/courses/mwt/dictionary/mwt_themes_770_niebuhrreinhold.htm
Geraldine Page
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0656183/bio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldine_Page
http://www.biography.com/articles/Geraldine-Page-212177
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldine_Page
http://www.biography.com/articles/Geraldine-Page-212177
Satchel Paige
http://www.satchelpaige.com/index.php
http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Paige_Satchel.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satchel_Paige
Charlie Parker
http://airjudden.tripod.com/jazz/charlieparker.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Parker
http://www.biography.com/articles/Charlie-Parker-9433413
John J. Pershing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Pershing
http://web.mit.edu/c12abn/www/pershing.shtml
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/johnjose.htm
James Cash Penney
http://shs.umsystem.edu/famousmissourians/entrepreneurs/penney/
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/j-c-penney/
http://www.bizography.org/biographies/jc-penney.html
Ginger Rogers
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001677/bio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Rogers
http://www.gingerrogers.com/about/bio.html
Nellie Tayloe Ross
http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/whm/bio/ross_n.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Tayloe_Ross
http://www.answers.com/topic/nellie-tayloe-ross
Dred Scott
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott
http://www.biography.com/articles/Dred-Scott-9477240
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/dred-scott/
http://www.biography.com/articles/Dred-Scott-9477240
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/dred-scott/
Sacajawea
http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Sacagawea.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacagawea
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nwa/sacajawea.html
Mary Easton Sibley
http://stlcin.missouri.org/history/peopledetail.cfm?Master_ID=1162
http://www.ciajfk.com/rufuseaston-b.html
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21637271
Ozzie Smith
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozzie_Smith
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0809493/bio
http://www.historicbaseball.com/players/s/smith_ozzie.html
Stuart Symington
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKsymington.htm
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=s001136
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Symington
Sara Teasdale
http://www.poemhunter.com/sara-teasdale/biography/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Teasdale
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/658
Virgil Thomson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Thomson
http://www.virgilthomson.org/bio.html
http://www.schirmer.com/default.aspx?TabId=2419&State_2872=2&ComposerId_2872=1591
http://www.virgilthomson.org/bio.html
http://www.schirmer.com/default.aspx?TabId=2419&State_2872=2&ComposerId_2872=1591
Harry S. Truman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman
http://www.trumanlittlewhitehouse.com/key-west/president-truman-biography.htm
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/harrystruman
http://www.trumanlittlewhitehouse.com/key-west/president-truman-biography.htm
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/harrystruman
James Milton Turner
http://www.jmiltonturneroffices.com/Historyofjmt.htm
http://shs.umsystem.edu/famousmissourians/leaders/briefbios/turner.html
Laura Ingalls Wilder
http://www.notablebiographies.com/We-Z/Wilder-Laura-Ingalls.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Ingalls_Wilder
http://www.discoverlaura.org/discover.html
Harold Bell Wright
http://www.hbw.addr.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Bell_Wright
http://www.haroldbellwright.com/