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He traveled to Japan for a “temporary” work assignment back in 1992, and Dave Prucha, from the US, was enthralled with the East Asian country that he ended up staying for good.
Aurora's population peaked at 10,000 circa 1900. The Frisco Railroad (now Burlington Northern-Santa Fe) and the Missouri Pacific (now Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad) previously had depots in Aurora. The train master for the Missouri Pacific Railroad's White River division was headquartered in Aurora until the mid-1950s.
Prucha was born in River Falls, Wisconsin, the first son of Edward J. and Katharine Prucha and the older brother of John J. Prucha.He graduated from River Falls High School in 1937 as Paul Prucha and was then educated at Wisconsin State Teachers College-River Falls, which awarded him a Bachelor of Science degree in 1941.
The following people were either born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Aurora, Missouri. Pages in category "People from Aurora, Missouri" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
After funding was cut from the Missouri State budget, University of Missouri curators decided in May 2010 to float a bond issue for $31 million to pay for the new Ellis Fischel construction. [2] The new Ellis Fischel Cancer Center is now connected to University of Missouri Hospital and takes up three floors of the Patient Care Tower Addition ...
Initially John Sappington provided medical services, was a financial lender, and imported and exported goods to the Missouri area. By 1824 he established Pearson and Sappington, a store in nearby Jonesborough (now Napton, Missouri), in part supplying traders and emigrants on the Santa Fe Trail, which had a terminus nearby. He established ...
At the time, Gilbert also owned KBTN-AM, in nearby Neosho, Missouri. At first, KSWM broadcast from a storefront location on Locust Street in Aurora. However, in the mid-1960s, plans were underway to build a companion FM station and a new studio building at the corner of Locust and Jefferson Streets.
In December 1919, the publishing plant burned down, arson was suspected. Publishing was moved to Branson, Missouri, and the newspaper's name was changed to The New Menace. It was published there from 1920 to 1922. It then moved back to Aurora from 1922 to 1931. It was succeeded by The Monitor which was published in Aurora from 1931 to 1942. It ...