Osceola’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 7 old photos of Osceola. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Located on the Osage River, the land that became the town of Osceola was inhabited by the tribe of Osage Native Americans, also known as NiuKonska, Native Americans who gave the river its name. NiuKonska means "Little Ones of the Middle Waters". Two treaties, in 1808 and 1825, signed by the Osage and the U.S. government gave up all the tribe's land in Missouri. With the way cleared for non-native settlers, more people began to arrive in the St. Clair County area in the mid-1830s. The town is named after the famous Seminole Chief Osceola. The name was first used at a Town Board meeting on March 30, 1859.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Osceola’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Osceola’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo4 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewCrow Island Bridge, Osage River, …, 1914: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Osceola
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Osceola, decade by decade
1990s
unknown4 items
1 historic place in Osceola
1 place in Osceola is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Crow Island Bridge, Osage River, Osceola, Mo (1914) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3) and the Library of Congress (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.