Joseph Gartside paid the 50-cent toll and was the first teamster across the great Eads Bridge on June 4, 1874, commencing cross-river commerce on wheels.
A congressman's quip during a social gathering in Philadelphia on June 1, 1932, gives life to the show-me boast, although others claim first utterance.
On Memorial Day weekend of 1973, St. Louis County police set up roadblocks on Babler State Park, resulting in the arrests of 133 youths on charges ranging from carrying a concealed weapon to possession of marijuana.
The Great Cyclone struck on the afternoon of May 27, 1896, and killed 255 people in a wide path along today’s Interstate 44.
In 20 minutes more than 8,000 buildings and homes, devastating fashionable Lafayette Square, working-class Soulard and the riverfront rail yards.
On May 25, 1780, the battle of the American Revolution would find St. Louis, at least for a day, because of imperial scheming in Europe.
Iron Workers built the monument to those who had died after working on uranium enrichment, after various illnesses.
Mayor Cervantes wanted to bring some pizzazz to downtown redevelopment in mid-1960s.
Delores McCrea is a registered nurse who served from 1962 to 1965 as a psychiatric nurse in the U.S. Air Force. She worked directly with veterans who were dealing with what we now call post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. Back then, she said, it was known as combat fatigue or shell shock.
On May 24, 1940, the first drive-in theater in the St. Louis area opened on what today is the spot of West County Center.
May 21, 1966, the last day of streetcar service in St. Louis. It ended an unbroken run of 107 years of public transportation on rails, sundered by family sedans and cul-de-sacs.
On May 19, 1952, more than 2,000 male students at the University of Missouri raided sororities and dorms on the Mizzou, Stephens and Columbia College campuses, as the “panty raid” craze that swept the nation hit home. The female students were training to fight back with fire hoses. The next …
The aviator's nonstop flight across the Atlantic made headlines around the world.
The May 19, 1961, ordinance passed by a wide margin with little debate or dissent. The moment offered barely a hint of the long, difficult effort to achieve simple fairness at city lunch counters.
Everyone escaped to the muddy, isolated safety of Grand Tower Island.
How a blaze on steamboat sparked an inferno that changed the face of downtown St. Louis.
The fair raised money to give Union soldiers hospital care, clean garments and warm meals.
A Coast Guard inspector's hammer goes right through the thin, corroded hull of the S.S. Admiral. Its owners announced cruises would end that year.
St. Louis County’s population was 274,200 people when the war began. By 1960, it would top 700,000 and keep climbing.
The track was fast, and the weather was delightfully cool.
His blown call in the 1985 World Series overshadowed a career of excellence,
In the bigger view, the stadium was the marquee attraction for a major rebuilding of the sagging south half of downtown.
On May 12, 1986, the St. Louis Blues completed the most remarkable playoff comeback in their history.
"Meeting of the Waters," by Swedish-born sculptor Carl Milles, was unveiled on May 11, 1940, across Market Street from Union Station. The idea was to showcase St. Louis' river origin with a stirring artwork at a prime location.
The giant Ferris wheel, a mainstay of the 1904 World's Fair, meets its inglorious end with 200 pounds of dynamite.
On May 10, 1990, a topless dancer named Busty Heart was arrested for what was described as "lewd skipping" in a Cardinals game at Busch Stadium.
On May 10, 2014, its owners announced the closing of a St. Louis area landmark.
On May 10, 1861, Southern sympathizers mocked German soldiers as "Hessians." A few threw rocks. Somebody fired shots. Union troops opened fire and at least 28 civilians and 7 soldiers were killed.
On May 8, 1900, streetcar workers voted to strike against the St. Louis Transit Co. When the strike ended four months later, 14 people had been killed. It would take 18 years and another strike for streetcar workers to win union recognition.
The veterans of World War I who created the American Legion first met on American soil in a theater downtown on May 8, 1919.