Civil WarTimeline of Missouri History: 1870-1879
| 1870 | M. Lemma Barkeloo was the first woman lawyer in Missouri (St. Louis); She was the first woman trial lawyer in the United States, and the first woman lawyer to try a case in federal court | |
| 1871 | Phoebe W. Couzins of St. Louis became Missouri's first woman law school graduate when she graduated from the Washington University Law Department (May 8) Couzins later became the nation's first Woman U.S. Marshal in 1887 | |
| 1872 | Governor B. Gratz Brown and family moved into the newly completed Governor’s Mansion (Jan. 20) |  Eads Bridge, St. Louis, Mo. |
| 1873 | The Missouri Supreme Court upheld a decision by the St. Louis Circuit Court, denying Virginia Minor the right to register to vote | |
| 1873 | Susan Blow opened the first public kindergarten in the United States in St. Louis | |
| 1874 | The first train robbery by the James Gang took place at Gads Hill (Jan. 31) | |
| 1874 | The Eads Bridge, spanning the Mississippi River, was opened in St. Louis (Jul. 4) | |
| 1875 | Grasshopper plague in Missouri caused an estimated $15 million worth of damages | |
| 1875 | Missouri’s third Constitution was adopted (Oct. 30) | |
