Zoë Byrd Akins was born on October 30, 1886, in Humansville, Missouri, the second of three children of Thomas…
On April 14, 1876, the eleventh anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, a handsome…
Thomas Allen was among the most prominent and powerful individuals who led St. Louis in its transition from…
The Baby Tooth Survey was formed in 1958 by the Committee of Nuclear Information, a grassroots organization that…
Pitching immortal Satchel Paige, noted for his tall tales as much as his pitching, claimed that James “Cool Papa”…
Frederic L. Billon’s amateur antiquarian pursuits in the mid-nineteenth century resulted in…
Kenneth Brown Billups Sr. was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 14, 1918, the son of…
The builder and commandant of Fort Bellefontaine, General Daniel Bissell served with…
DeVerne Lee Calloway was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on June 17, 1916. She attended LeMoyne…
Ernest Calloway was born in Herberton, West Virginia, on January 1, 1909. His family became…