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The military post far north of the city at Fort Bellefontaine moved nearer to the city to Jefferson Barracks in 1827, and the St. Louis Arsenal was built in south St. Louis the same year. [ 71 ] [ 72 ] The 1830s included dramatic population growth: by 1830, it had increased to 5,832 from roughly 4,500 in 1820.
The area gets its name from a streetcar turnaround, or "loop", formerly located in the area. [2]Delmar Boulevard was originally known as Morgan Street. According to Norbury L. Wayman in his circa 1980 series History of St. Louis Neighborhoods, [3] the name Delmar was coined when two early landowners living on opposite sides of the road, one from Delaware and one from Maryland, combined the ...
The history of St. Louis, Missouri, from 1905 to 1980 saw declines in population and economic basis, particularly after World War II.Although St. Louis made civic improvements in the 1920s and enacted pollution controls in the 1930s, suburban growth accelerated and the city population fell dramatically from the 1950s to the 1980s.
St. Louis was named by U.S. News & World Report as the most dangerous city in the United States in 2011, using Uniform Crime Reports data published by the U.S. Department of Justice. [35] In addition, St. Louis was named as the city with the highest crime rate in the United States by CQ Press in 2010, using data reported to the FBI in 2009. [36]
Cahokia Mounds / k ə ˈ h oʊ k i ə / [2] is the site of a Native American city (which existed c. 1050–1350 CE) [3] directly across the Mississippi River from present-day St. Louis.
Crestwood Court (formerly known as Westfield Shoppingtown Crestwood and Crestwood Plaza) was a shopping mall in Crestwood, Missouri.Opened in 1957, it was the first major mall in the St. Louis area, and one of the first to have more than one department store.
The National Park Service maintains four history galleries on St. Louis and NPS offices within. The courthouse once had up to 12 courtrooms, but now there are two in period presentation. The east wing has Circuit Court #13 restored to its 1910 appearance, while the west wing has Circuit Court #4 restored to an approximate 1850s detail. [6]
Dry Wood Creek: September 2, 1861 Vernon County: American Civil War Union-600, Missouri State Guard-? 18 KIA, 16 WIA United States vs. Missouri (Confederate) Confederate victory 2nd Boonville: September 13, 1861 Boonville: American Civil War Boonville Home Guardsmen-140, Missouri State Guard-800 United States vs. Missouri (Confederate) Union ...