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2. Missouri Historical Society - Wikipedia

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   The Missouri Historical Society was founded in St. Louis on August 11, 1866. [1] Founding members created the historical society "for the purpose of saving from oblivion the early history of the city and state". [2] [3]

3. John Berry Meachum - Wikipedia

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   The site is located just north of the Merchants Bridge in St. Louis. [30] [31] [e] The John Berry Meachum Scholarship was established at the Saint Louis University to recognize Meachum's work as a minister, founder of the oldest black church in Missouri, educator, and businessman. The scholarship is awarded to medical students at the university.

4. History of St. Louis - Wikipedia

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   [193] [194] St. Louis produced several notable soldiers in the war, including Edward O'Hare, who grew up in St. Louis and won the Medal of Honor for combat in the Pacific. [195] St. Louis also was home to Wendell O. Pruitt , an African-American pilot who shot down three enemy aircraft and destroyed multiple ground targets in June 1944.

5. History of Missouri - Wikipedia

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   Democratic papers rallied to Thomas Hart Benton, including the St. Louis Union and the Jefferson City Enquirer. The Hannibal Journal, which employed Samuel Clemens as a typesetter. The St. Louis Observer, which was the press of Elijah Lovejoy, an early abolitionist. [92] A few primarily St. Louis-based papers printed in German or French.

6. Robert J. Behnen - Wikipedia

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   Robert J. Behnen (born May 8, 1966) is a genealogist [citation needed] and a former Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives. He currently resides with his wife, Michele McGuire, and their two children, John and Joseph, in Kirksville, Missouri. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated from Lindbergh High School.

7. Desloge family - Wikipedia

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   While "St. Louis, with its French ancestry, has been noted as a fur capital, more money passed through St. Louis as a result of the lead business in Missouri than did because of the fur business", wrote Doe Run Company CEO Jeffry Zelm. [16] The oldest St. Louis-based lead family is Desloge. [17]