Notes From Middle America – St. Joseph, Missouri


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Notes From Middle America is contributor By Danny R. Phillips monthly column. You can read past installments here.

St. Joseph, Missouri. Good God, there just doesn’t seem to be much worthwhile in this poor, forgotten north-central Missouri river town. Our town (eighth largest in the state) began life as a trading post, the Black Snake Trade Post to be exact, by the trapper and trader extraordinaire Joseph Robidoux.
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