The Louisiana Purchase, an 1803 land deal between the United States and France, doubled the size of the United…
Henry Clemens Overstolz was a St. Louis businessman and politician. He was born on July 7,…
Manuel Pérez, Spanish lieutenant governor in St. Louis from 1787 to 1792, was born in…
Pedro Joseph Piernas, the first Spanish lieutenant governor in St. Louis, occupied that…
Emil Preetorius was a German-language journalist in St. Louis. Born in Alzey, Rheinhessen,…
Though not organized until several years after the party had formed at the national…