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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.
It is located at 1820 Arsenal Street near the Anheuser-Busch brewery. [1] [4] Fresh pretzels are emblematic of the German American culture and community that have been prominent in St Louis. [5] It won a Family Business Award from the St. Louis Business Journal in 2019. [6] Gus's Pretzels has been a baker for street vendors, though only a few ...
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.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat, a major competing St. Louis daily newspaper, located one block away on the same street, closed in 1986; St. Louis Sun, a short-lived competing daily newspaper started in 1989; 100 Neediest Cases, an annual charitable giving campaign sponsored in part by the Post-Dispatch; Riverfront Times, the St. Louis weekly newspaper
He thereafter served as an assistant at the University of Maine (1951–1952), Eastern Michigan University (1953), Michigan (1954–1965) before joining the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings (1967–1970, 1978–1986), as the head coach of the National Football League (NFL)'s St. Louis Cardinals (1971–1972), and assistant coaching stints with ...
This left the St. Louis Arsenal as the only other Federal military arsenal in the entire state. The Southern sympathizers captured three six-pounder brass cannons and carriages; 12 unmounted six-pounder iron guns; one three-pounder iron gun; two battery wagons; five caissons; two forges, artillery equipment and several hundred rounds of ...
Arsenal Street may refer to: Arsenal Street, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. Arsenal Street Bridge, connecting Arsenal Street in Watertown, Massachusetts to Western Avenue in Allston, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Arsenal Street, Hong Kong, the location of Hong Kong Police Headquarters