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…
Born in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, on May 23, 1820, James Buchanan Eads became an engineer of…
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…