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Archie Musick
Archie Leroy Musick (1902–1978) was an American painter. He studied under Thomas Hart Benton, Stanton Macdonald-Wright, and Boardman Robinson. Early life and family Archie Musick was born on January 19, 1902, in Kirksville, Missouri, to parents Levi Prince Musick and Zada (Goeghegan) Musick. He attended Kirksville schools and later Northeast Missouri State Teachers College (now known as Truman State University). In 1947 he married Irene Kolodziej, who was head of the ceramics department at the University of Missouri Columbia, and they were the parents of two children, Patricia Ruth Musick and Daniel Barrett Musick. After Irene's death he married Jane Wyeth Knight. Archie Musick was the brother of author and folklorist Ruth Ann Musick as well as the nephew of author John R. Musick. Career His first major mural, "Hard Rock Miners," (1934, 5″×14″) was funded by the Public Works of Art Project and may be seen in the City Auditorium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirksville, Missouri
Kirksville is the county seat and most populous city in Adair County, Missouri. Located in Benton Township, its population was 17,530 at the 2020 census. Kirksville is home to two colleges: Truman State University and A.T. Still University. History Kirksville was laid out in 1841 on a site, and was first incorporated in 1857. Origin of name According to tradition Jesse Kirk, Kirksville's first postmaster, shared a dinner of turkey and whiskey with surveyors working in the area on the condition that they would name the town after him. Not only the first postmaster, Kirk was also the first to own a hotel and a tavern in Kirksville. Contrary to popular belief, the name of the city has no connection to John Kirk, onetime president of Truman State University from 1899 to 1925. However, the grandson of Jesse Kirk reported that the town was named for Kirk's son John, a figure of local legend credited with killing two deer with a single bullet. "Hopkinsville" was explained as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
