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St. Louis Colored Orphans Home is a historic orphanage for Black orphans and building in The Ville neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.. It has been known as the Annie Malone Children and Family Service Center since 1946. It serves as a shelter for children who need a temporary home and a counseling center for families in crisis.
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The Gillis Orphans' Home was originally called the Children's Home. During the 1920s and 1930s, the property was expanded to 26 acres after the nearby Memorial Home changed buildings. [ 2 ] Ella C. Loose, wife of Jacob Loose , would give away a free pair of shoes and a dollar to all the orphans annually.
Chestnut Valley was an African American section of St. Louis centered on Market Street, Targee Street (named for Thomas Targee who was killed fighting the 1849 St. Louis fire), [1] and Chestnut Street.
Mill Creek Valley was a historic neighborhood located in the central corridor between 20th Street and Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri. [1] European settlement began in the 18th century with mills established along La Petite Rivière, now known as Mill Creek. It became an industrial and railroad center in the 19th century.
The Lincoln Colored Old Folks and Orphans Home was founded by Eva Carroll Monroe in 1898. [3] Monroe had moved to Springfield from Kewanee, Illinois two years earlier and managed to save $125 in that time and place a down payment on the property. Despite her fellow townspeople thinking her foolish to do so, Monroe wished to open a home to care ...
However, Fievel floats to New York in a bottle and, after a pep talk from Henri, a French pigeon, decides to look for his family. He encounters conman Warren T. Rat, who sells him to a sweatshop. Fievel escapes with street-smart Italian mouse Tony Toponi and they join Bridget, an Irish mouse trying to rouse her fellow mice to fight the cats.
Most residents of Southeast Missouri identified as southerners and sympathized with, or fought for, the Confederacy. During the winter of 1861-1862, the combination of harsh conditions and numerous skirmishes ruined crops and many families suffered.