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In 1827, the United States War Department decided to replace a 22-year-old arsenal, Fort Belle Fontaine (located 15 miles (24 km) north of St. Louis on the bluffs above the Missouri River) with a larger facility to meet the needs of the rapidly growing military forces in the West. Lt. Martin Thomas selected a 37-acre (150,000 m 2) tract of land on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River and ...
The following people were either born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of St. Louis, Michigan. Pages in category "People from St. Louis, Michigan" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Jim Northrup (1939–2011), outfielder for the Detroit Tigers 1964–1974, including a major role on its World Championship 1968 team, was born in nearby Breckenridge, Michigan, then moved to St. Louis, where he graduated from high school.
Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities (Paperback). Great Lakes Books Series. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1838-X. ISBN 978-0814318386
The Saint Louis Downtown Historic District is a commercial historic district located on North Mill Street, West Saginaw Avenue, and West Center Avenue in Saint Louis, Michigan It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. [1] The district is surrounded by residential neighborhoods, and is still the commercial center of ...
The name changed to Arsenal Credit Union in 1952, [1] a tribute to what NGA's current campus, along the banks of the Mississippi River in south St. Louis, used to be known as the "St. Louis Arsenal" back in the country's Civil War days. During this time, the site had warehoused small arms, artillery, gun carriages, ammunition and gunpowder.
Mid-Michigan Correctional Facility: St. Louis: Consolidated with Pine River Correctional Facility and now called Central Michigan Correctional Facility: 2010 October 17 [1] Michigan State Prison: Jackson: Split into multiple units 1988 Built 1842 Michigan Youth Correctional Facility YCF Baldwin: Closed 2005 October 1 Mound Correctional Facility ...
Francis Slay (J.D. 1980) – Forty-ninth mayor of the City of St. Louis; Steve Stenger – Democratic politician and former County Executive of St. Louis County [6] [7] James F. Strother – Virginia House of Delegate (1840-1851), Speaker of the Virginia House (1851), U.S. Congressman, Virginia (1851-1853)