Feed

William Horatio Powell was the epitome of the suave, urbane leading man throughout his stage and film career.

Truman Marcellus Post, a religious and cultural leader of St. Louis, was born in Middlebury, Vermont, on June 3, 1810, to Martin and Sarah Hulburd Post.

In September of 1864, Confederate army troops led by Major General Sterling Price entered Missouri with the intent of capturing St.

During the early months of the Civil War, the Missouri State Guard and the Confederate Army combined to win the Battle of Wilson’s Creek on

John O’Fallon, a St.

Prominent in Missouri as an Indian agent and advocate of the American fur-trade interests in the 1820s, Benjamin O’Fallon was generally forgotten after his retirement from public life.

John Mullanphy, a merchant and philanthropist, was born in 1758 in northern Ireland near Enniskillen in County Fermanagh. His mother died at a young age, and after his father’s second marriage, he moved in with his uncle.

Louis M. Monsees, a livestock breeder, is recognized for his contributions to the breeding of Missouri mules. He was born on November 20, 1858, the son of John H.