On April 22, the following notable historical events related to Missouri occurred:
- 1806: St. Louis, a Missouri trade hub, saw spring fur trade activity with Native American tribes, though no specific event is documented for this date.
- 1856: Missouri’s “Border Ruffians” continued raids on Kansas anti-slavery settlers in “Bleeding Kansas,” driving violence as spring campaigns intensified.
- 1861: In St. Louis, Union General Henry W. Halleck fortified federal defenses, while Confederate guerrillas in rural Missouri launched spring attacks, fueling Civil War strife.
- 1864: Confederate General Sterling Price’s Missouri forces in Arkansas prepared for spring operations, with Missouri itself under Union control and minimal Confederate action.
- 1888: Southeast Missouri’s Missouri Pacific Railroad, linking Cape Girardeau to markets, drove economic growth, with late April freight operations thriving.
- 1929: Missouri’s urban centers, Kansas City and St. Louis, reeled from Great Depression unemployment, with spring public works projects providing temporary relief.
- 1941: Missouri’s St. Louis and Kansas City, post-Pearl Harbor, boosted World War II manufacturing, with late April recruitment focusing on military production roles.