Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The area now comprising Benton Park proper was first used as the City Cemetery, from 1842–1865. [3] Those buried in the cemetery were relocated in 1865, and the neighborhood was created on June 25, 1866, by city ordinance. [4] The site of the park was originally 17 acres, but was reduced to 14 1/3 acres to accommodate perimeter streets.
The Jefferson Barracks Military Post is located on the Mississippi River at Lemay, Missouri, south of St. Louis. It was an important and active U.S. Army installation from 1826 through 1946. It is the oldest operating U.S. military installation west of the Mississippi River, and it is now used as a base for the Army and Air National Guard .
Benton Barracks (or Camp Benton) was a Union Army military encampment, established during the American Civil War, in St. Louis, Missouri, at the present site of the St. Louis Fairground Park. Before the Civil War, the site was owned and used by the St. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical Association , which at the time was located on the ...
A World War II soldier was laid to rest Friday at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, 80 years after he was killed on D-Day. ... ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – A World War II soldier was laid to rest ...
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in Lemay, St. Louis County. Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis; Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery, University City; Cold Water Cemetery, Florissant in St. Louis; NRHP-listed
The United States Air Force's 157th Air Operations Group is an Air Operations Center manning unit located at Jefferson Barracks National Guard Base in St Louis, Missouri. The unit is geographically separated from its supporting unit, the Missouri Air National Guard's 131st Bomb Wing.
The city of St. Louis is an independent city separate from St. Louis County, so properties and districts in the city of St. Louis are listed here. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 28, 2025. [2]
The Upper Mississippi River during the War of 1812. 1: Fort Belle Fontaine U.S. headquarters; 2: Fort Osage, abandoned 1813; 3: Fort Madison, defeated 1813; 4: Fort Shelby, defeated 1814; 5: Battle of Rock Island Rapids, July 1814 and the Battle of Credit Island, Sept. 1814; 6: Fort Johnson, abandoned 1814; 7: Fort Cap au Gris and the Battle of the Sink Hole, May 1815.