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Thomas Allen was among the most prominent and powerful individuals who led St. Louis in its transition from…
![Alexander Majors. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Kansas City Research Center]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-04/1.%20Alexander%20Majors.jpg?h=b25d747c&itok=h8kInbfu "Alexander Majors. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Kansas City Research Center]")
Those familiar with the Pony Express recognize Russell, Majors, and Waddell as the…
The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, popularly known as the Frisco, was a regional freight and passenger carrier…
The Gentry–Threlkeld–Van Horn Tavern, usually referred to as the Van Horn Tavern, was…
![William Bradford Waddell. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Waddell Smith Photograph Collection, P0727]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-11/1.%20William%20Bradford%20Waddell.jpg?h=fb232171&itok=P2hTq5Cy "William Bradford Waddell. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Waddell Smith Photograph Collection, P0727]")
William Bradford Waddell typified the mid-nineteenth-century entrepreneur who shaped the…