St. Joseph
Midwestern river town
St.
Joseph is a city in northwestern Missouri on the Missouri River, historically significant as the starting point of the Pony Express.
The name honors Saint Joseph, the husband of Mary in Christian tradition.
Several other American cities share the name, most notably in Michigan.
We drove through St. Joseph on our way to Kansas City.
- hagiographyIdealized biographical writing
- Pony ExpressMounted relay postal system
- Wild WestAmerica's lawless frontier era
- gold rushMass migration seeking ore
- Jesse JamesInfamous frontier bandit
Missouri River · carpenter · historic routes · Lewis and Clark · Oregon Trail · trade routes · westward expansion · lilies · foster father · patron saint · feast day · Holy Family · baby Jesus · psychiatric hospital · dreams · stagecoach · wagon trains · American frontier
- Missouri PlacesKansas City, St. Louis, Springfield, Columbia, Jefferson City
- Parish NamesSt. Mary, St. Patrick, St. John, St. Peter, St. Paul
- Northern MissouriAlbany, Bethany, Boonville, Brookfield, Cameron
- BarbadosBridgetown, Barbadian, Bathsheba, parishes, Saint Michael
- Catholic SaintsFrancis of Assisi, Saint Anthony, Saint Augustine, Saint Benedict, Saint Francis
- Louisiana PlacesBaton Rouge, New Orleans, Shreveport, Lafayette, Monroe
sanctity and virtue
St. JosephJudas Iscariot
Disciple who betrayed Christ
Satan · Herod · Pontius Pilate · Cain · Pharaoh