James Cash Penney

"It is the service we are not obliged to give that people value most."

The company motto was, "Honor, Confidence, Service, and Cooperation."

Rose O'Neill

She moved to Missouri in her late twenties and was besotted with the charms of the Ozarks. She named her farmstead Bonniebrook.

She was also was an avid supporter of the suffragist movement.

Scott Joplin

He wrote 44 original piano pieces, 2 operas, and 1 ballet in his lifetime. He became known as the King of Ragtime Writers and his most popular composition was the Maple Leaf Rag.

The Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival is held every year in Sedalia, Missouri.