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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]
Vashon was the second high school built for black students in the St. Louis Public Schools, after Sumner High School. [5] [6] Four members of the Vashon glee club created the popular singing group The Four Vagabonds in 1933. [7]
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 7, 2025. [2]
Several flood relief efforts are seeking donations or volunteers in the southwest Illinois and St. Louis regions. Here’s how you can help those affected by flooding.
The Tandy Community Center is a historic building dating from 1938, at 4206 West Kennerly Avenue in The Ville neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.. It is also known as the Tandy Recreation Center and PWA Project No. 8483. [2] [3] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1999. [2]
The Desloge family, (/ d ə ˈ l oʊ ʒ /) [1] centered mostly in Missouri and especially at St. Louis, [2] rose to wealth through international commerce, sugar refining, oil drilling, fur trading, mineral mining, saw milling, manufacturing, railroads, real estate, and riverboats. The family has funded hospitals and donated large tracts of land ...
The history of St. Louis, Missouri from 1981 to the present has been marked by city beautification and crime prevention efforts, a major school desegregation case, and gentrification in its downtown area. St. Louis also continues to struggle with crime and a declining population, although some improvement has been made in both of these aspects.
The history of St. Louis, Missouri from 1804 to 1865 included the creation of St. Louis as the territorial capital of the Louisiana Territory, a brief period of growth until the Panic of 1819 and subsequent depression, rapid diversification of industry after the introduction of the steamboat and the return of prosperity, and rising tensions about the issues of immigration and slavery.