Zoë Byrd Akins was born on October 30, 1886, in Humansville, Missouri, the second of three children of Thomas…
The Ben Bolt Theatre was a spectacular building that stood for half a century as a notable…
Kenneth Brown Billups Sr. was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 14, 1918, the son of…
One of the key St. Louis businessmen and philanthropists of his generation in St. Louis,…
Among the early artists to explore the trans-Mississippi River frontier, Karl Bodmer’s stay…
Kate Chopin began and ended her life in St. Louis, with an interlude as a young wife and mother in New…
Born on June 22, 1845, in Strasbourg, France, Edmond Jacques Eckel demonstrated an early…
Although William Christopher Handy spent relatively little of his long life in Missouri,…
Fannie Hurst, the daughter of Rose Koppel and Samuel Hurst, was born at the home of her…
Alonzo “Lonnie” Johnson was an extraordinarily gifted blues guitarist and talented singer…