Thomas Allen was among the most prominent and powerful individuals who led St. Louis in its transition from…
John Homer Bothwell, a capitalist, philanthropist, attorney, and state representative, was…
Robert Campbell’s lengthy life bridged the transition from fur trade to modern capitalistic…
Jean Pierre Chouteau, known as Pierre, was a pioneer settler in St. Louis and the territory…
The founder of the Consumers Cooperative Association (CCA) and the original field man for…
John Emerson, a lawyer in Ironton, Missouri, became a small-town Victorian gentleman who…
Later in life William Gilliss would be a successful trader, real estate speculator, and…
At the time of the Louisiana Purchase, Charles Gratiot’s outspoken support for the incoming…
When she was a little girl in pigtails, Phoebe Elizabeth Apperson sometimes rode on the…
We can guess the character of Anne Lucas Hunt by the good she did during her life and by…