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2. History of the Jews in St. Louis - Wikipedia

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   By 1905 the Jews of St. Louis numbered about 40,000 in a total population of about 575,000. Today's Jewish population in the St. Louis area exceeds 60,000 in a metropolitan population of about 3,000,000 people. [6] St. Louis County, MO holds nearly all of Missouri's Jewish community. 7% of St. Louis County's population is Jewish.

3. 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.

4. Desloge family - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

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. Louis Auguste Benoist - Wikipedia

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   He was born August 13, 1803, in St. Louis, Missouri, then a French settlement in Louisiana, and soon to become a possession of the United States under the Louisiana Purchase. His father, Francois Marie Benoist, and his mother's father, Charles Sanguinet, came from prominent families and were instrumental in laying the foundations for St. Louis.

7. Missouri History Museum - Wikipedia

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   Missouri History museum entrance in 2023. The Missouri History Museum in Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri, showcases Missouri history. It is operated by the Missouri Historical Society, which was founded in 1866. Museum admission is free through a public subsidy by the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District.