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In 1871, Joe Penny purchased land in Saline County, Missouri. Pennytown was the largest African American group of former slaves and freemen in Missouri.
photo ca 1890s. Town founder Joe Penny stands center. Photo courtesy Josephine Lawrence Collection.
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Langston Hughes
Maya Angelou
Thomas Hart Benton - Cradling Wheat (1938)
T.S. Eliot
Mark Twain
Although he was born in Ohio, he spent much of his life in Missouri.
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Sheryl Crow
Sara Evans
Brad Pitt
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Scott Joplin
Walt Disney
Rush Limbaugh
Bob Barker
Although, he was born in Washington, Bob Barker spent most of his childhood growing up near Springfield, Missouri.