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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of St. Louis, Missouri, United States.


Prior to 19th-century

* 1764 – St. Louis founded by Pierre Laclède in Louisiana,
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. * 1767 - It was "a log-cabin village of perhaps 500 inhabitants". * 1770 - Spanish in power. * 1780 – "Indian attack." * 1785 - Floods. * 1799 – Population: 925.


19th century


1800s–1850s

* 1800 – St. Louis becomes part of French Louisiana. * 1804 ** St. Louis becomes part of U.S. territory per Louisiana Purchase. ** Post Office established. * 1805 – St. Louis becomes capital of the U.S. Louisiana Territory. * 1808 – ''Missouri Gazette'' newspaper begins publication. * 1809 ** Town incorporated. **
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established. * 1811 – December 16:
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. * 1812 – St. Louis County established. * 1815 – Theatre opens. * 1816 – Bank of St. Louis incorporated. * 1818 ** Saint Louis Academy founded. ** Baptist Church built. * 1819 – Erin Benevolent Society founded. * 1820 ** June: Missouri constitutional convention held. ** September: Missouri General Assembly convenes. * 1821 ** St. Louis becomes part of the new U.S. state of Missouri. ** City ''Directory'' begins publication. * 1822 ** City of St. Louis incorporated. ** Area of city: 385 acres. * 1823 –
William Carr Lane William Carr Lane (December 1, 1789January 6, 1863) was a doctor and the first mayor of St. Louis, Missouri, serving from 1823 to 1829 and 1837 to 1840. He later served as Governor of New Mexico Territory, from 1852 to 1853. Born in Fayette C ...
becomes mayor. * 1825 – Lafayette visits town. * 1826 – Catholic Diocese of St. Louis established. * 1828 – County Courthouse built. * 1830 – Population: 4,977. * 1832 - Cholera. * 1834 ** ''Daily Evening Herald'' newspaper begins publication. ** Cathedral of St. Louis consecrated. * 1835 – '' Anzeiger des Westens'' German-language newspaper begins publication. * 1836 – Chamber of Commerce established. * 1837 – Daniel Webster visits city. * 1840 ** City boundaries expanded. ** Population: 16,469. * 1841 ** United Hebrew Congregation founded. ** Area of city: 4.5 square miles. * 1844 ** Anti-immigration unrest. ** Floods. * 1846 ** Dred Scott files
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. ** Mercantile Library Association established. * 1847 – Boatmen's Savings Institution chartered. * 1849 ** Concordia Seminary relocates to St. Louis. ** Cholera epidemic. ** Fire. ** Bellefontaine Cemetery established. * 1850 ** Third Baptist Church established. ** Population: 77,860. * 1851 – Bates' Theatre opens. * 1852 ** Iron Mountain railroad built. ** Bavarian Brewery in business. * 1853 – Washington University founded. * 1854 – Czech Slavonic Benevolent Society founded. * 1856 **
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founded. ** St. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical Fair begins. ** Grand Opera House opens. * 1857 ** For the next quarter century, the city was "the centre of an idealistic philosophical movement". **
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established. ** Lindell Hotel in business. ** Dred Scott decision in March, 1857. ** ''
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'' (German language newspaper) established. (closed 1938) * 1859 ** Horse-drawn
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begin operating . **
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founded. **
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consecrated on Sixth Street. ** Missouri Botanical Garden founded.


1860s–1890s

* 1860 – Population: 160,773. * 1861 –
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and Ladies Union Aid Society established. * 1862 – Hoelke and Benecke photo studio in business. * 1865 ** Sokol sport club, and Germania Association established. **
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established. ** Southern Hotel and Meyer & Brother drug store in business. * 1866 ** Cholera epidemic. ** Missouri Historical Society headquartered in city. ** Olympic Theatre opens. * 1867 – City Board of Health and Compton Hill Reservoir Park established. * 1869 – Congregation Shaare Emeth founded. * 1870 ** Carondelet becomes part of St. Louis. ** Area of city: 17.98 square miles. ** Population: 310,864. * 1871 ** 1871 St. Louis tornado. ** '' Puck'' German-language magazine begins publication. * 1872 ** Maryville College of the Sacred Heart and University Club founded. ** Catholic ''Amerika'' begins publication. ** Smallpox outbreak. * 1873 – Laclede Gas Light Company in business. * 1874 – Eads Bridge opened. * 1875 **
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opens. ** Brownell and Wight Car Company in business. * 1876 ** June: City hosts
1876 Democratic National Convention The 1876 Democratic National Convention assembled in St. Louis just nine days after the conclusion of the Republican National Convention in Cincinnati. This was the first political convention held west of the Mississippi River. St. Louis was noti ...
. **
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opens. ** Busch's Budweiser beer introduced. ** Area of city: 61.37 square miles. * 1877 ** City secedes from St. Louis County. ** July:
1877 St. Louis general strike The 1877 St. Louis general strike was one of the first general strikes in the United States. It grew out of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877. The strike was largely organized by the Knights of Labor and the Marxism, Marxist-leaning Workingmen ...
. * 1878 – ''
St. Louis Post-Dispatch The ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' is a major regional newspaper based in St. Louis, Missouri, serving the St. Louis metropolitan area. It is the largest daily newspaper in the metropolitan area by circulation, surpassing the ''Belleville News-Dem ...
'' newspaper begins publication. * 1879 **
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC is an American brewing company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Since 2008, it has been wholly owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (AB InBev), now the world's largest brewing company, which owns multiple glo ...
and J.C. Strauss photo studio in business. **
St. Louis Children's Hospital St. Louis Children's Hospital is a dedicated pediatric hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, and has a primary service region covering six states. As the pediatric teaching hospital for Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis Children's Hos ...
opened. **
St. Louis School of Fine Arts The St. Louis School of Fine Arts was founded as the Saint Louis School and Museum of Fine Arts in 1879 as part of Washington University in St. Louis, and has continuously offered visual arts and sculpture education since then. Its purpose-buil ...
opened. ** Pope's Theatre opens. * 1880 ** St. Stanislaus Kostka Church built. ** Population: 350,518. * 1882 –
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incorporated. * 1883 –
St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall was an indoor exposition hall, Music Hall and arena in St. Louis, Missouri from 1883 to 1907. Three national presidential nominating conventions were held in three separate buildings in or near the complex bet ...
opens. * 1884 –
St. Louis Maroons The St. Louis Maroons were a professional baseball club based in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1884–1886. The club, established by Henry Lucas, were the one near-major league quality entry in the Union Association, a league that lasted only one ...
baseball team active. * 1886 ** May 1: Labour strike. ** St. Louis Watchmaking School and Congregation Temple Israel founded. * 1888 – City hosts
1888 Democratic National Convention The 1888 Democratic National Convention was a nominating convention held June 5 to 7, 1888, in the St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall in St. Louis, Missouri. It nominated President Grover Cleveland for reelection and former Senator Allen G. Thurm ...
. * 1889 ** Missouri Botanical Garden established. **
Tower Grove Park Tower Grove Park is a municipal park in the city of St. Louis, Missouri. Most of its land was donated to the city by Henry Shaw in 1868. It is on 289 acres (1.17 km²) adjacent to the Missouri Botanical Garden, another of Shaw's legacies. I ...
established. **
Merchants Bridge The Merchants Bridge, officially the Merchants Memorial Mississippi Rail Bridge, is a rail bridge crossing the Mississippi River between St. Louis, Missouri, and Venice, Illinois. The bridge is owned by the Terminal Railroad Association of St. L ...
opened. * 1890 **
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begin to develop. ** Population: 451,770. * 1891 ** Rubicam Business School established. ** Wainwright Building constructed. ** Washington University School of Medicine opened. **
American Car Company The American Car Company was a streetcar manufacturing company based in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. It was one of the country's leading streetcar builders during the heyday of streetcar operation. Middleton, William D. (1967). ''The Time ...
in business. ** Air conditioning installed in the Ice Palace beerhall. * 1892 ** St. Louis Browns baseball team active. ** St. Louis Country Club established. ** Stix Baer & Fuller (shop) in business. ** National People's Party founded in St. Louis. * 1894 – Union Station opens. * 1896 ** May:
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. ** June: Flood. ** City hosts
1896 Republican National Convention The 1896 Republican National Convention was held in a temporary structure south of the St. Louis City Hall in Saint Louis, Missouri, from June 16 to June 18, 1896. Former Governor William McKinley of Ohio was nominated for president on the firs ...
. ** Busch's Michelob beer introduced. * 1898 –
Compton Hill Water Tower Compton Hill Reservoir Park is a public park located in the Compton Heights neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Located on one of the highest elevations within the city, the park surrounds a reservoir used to provide water for many of t ...
erected.


20th-century


1900s–1970s

* 1900 ** St. Louis Streetcar Strike of 1900. ** Monsanto Chemical Works in business. ** Population: 575,238. * 1902 – Sportsman's Park opens. * 1903 – Missouri Athletic Club founded. * 1904 **
Buckingham Hotel Buckingham Hotel, later the Ambassador Hotel, was an upmarket hotel which existed in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, in the early 20th century. It was located on the northeast corner of North Kingshighway and West Pine boulevards. Built in 19 ...
built. ** Inside Inn an hotel built of wood. ** April:
St. Louis World's Fair The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, informally known as the St. Louis World's Fair, was an international exposition held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from April 30 to December 1, 1904. Local, state, and federal funds totaling $15 milli ...
opens; ** Saint Louis Art Museum built. ** City hosts
1904 Summer Olympics The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also known as St. Louis 1904) were an international multi-sport event held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from 29 August to 3 September 1904, as part of an extended s ...
and
1904 Democratic National Convention The 1904 Democratic National Convention was an American presidential nominating convention that ran from July 6 through 10 in the Coliseum of the St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall in St. Louis, Missouri. Breaking with eight years of control by ...
. **
Louisiana Purchase Exposition The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, informally known as the St. Louis World's Fair, was an World's fair, international exposition held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from April 30 to December 1, 1904. Local, state, and federal funds tota ...
held. * 1905 ** May Department Store relocates to St. Louis. ** Shaare Zedek Synagogue founded. * 1906 ** Racquet Club of St. Louis founded. **
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unveiled in
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. * 1908 ** Aero Club of St. Louis incorporated. ** Aeronautic Supply Company in business. **
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re-built. ** Fairground Park established. * 1909 – October: City centennial. * 1910 – Population: 687,029. * 1911 ** Urban League branch established. **
Famous-Barr The Famous-Barr Co. (originally Famous and Barr Co.) was a division of Macy's, Inc. (formerly Federated Department Stores). Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, in the Railway Exchange Building, it was the flagship store of The May Department Sto ...
(shop) in business. ** Benoist Flying School established. * 1912 **
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building constructed. ** ''St. Louis Argus'' newspaper begins publication. ** Missouri Peace Society founded. * 1913 –
Henry Kiel Henry W. Kiel (February 21, 1871 – November 26, 1942) was the 32nd Mayor of Saint Louis, serving from 1913 to 1925. Early life Henry W. Kiel's father was Henry F. Kiel, a well known contractor, who died in 1908. Henry F. Kiel also serve ...
becomes mayor. * 1914 **
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis is one of 12 regional Reserve Banks that, along with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., make up the United States' central bank. Missouri is the only state to have two main Federal Reserve Banks (Ka ...
begins operating. ** National Association for the Advancement of Colored People branch established. **
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constructed. ** "Pageant and Masque of Saint Louis" held. **
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incorporated. ** Barnes Hospital opened. ** New charter adopted reducong the elective officers to terms of four years. ** Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis completed. * 1915 – Junior League of St. Louis organized. * 1917 ** MacArthur Bridge opens. **St. Louis Municipal Opera Theatre ( The Muny) opens * 1918 ** Poro beauty school opens. * 1919 **
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of St. Louis organized. ** City Hospital No. 2 begins operating. ** Pine Street YMCA opens. * 1920 **
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built. ** Population: 772,897. * 1921 **
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radio begins broadcasting. **
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chapter active. * 1925 – St. Louis Theater opens. * 1926 ** Southwestern Bell Building constructed. **
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built. * 1927 ** Racquet Club of St. Louis funds Lindbergh's
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airplane. ** Tornado. ** B.F. Mahoney Aircraft Corporation in business. * 1928 – ''
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'' newspaper begins publication. * 1929 ** Fox Theatre opens. **
St. Louis Arena St. Louis Arena (known as the Checkerdome from 1977 to 1983) was an indoor arena in St. Louis, Missouri. The country's second-largest indoor entertainment venue when it opened in 1929, it was home to the St. Louis Blues and other sports franchis ...
opened. * 1930 – Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport dedicated. * 1931 – Rombauer's '' Joy of Cooking'' published. * 1933 **
Firmin Desloge Hospital Firmin Desloge Hospital is a hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, opened in 1932 by the Jesuits of Saint Louis University and the Sisters of Saint Mary. Named for the benefactor, Firmin V. Desloge, it was established to serve the poor and others in nee ...
opens. ** Anheuser-Busch's Budweiser Clydesdales established. * 1935 – Neighborhood Gardens (housing) opens. * 1937 – Floral Conservatory built in
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. * 1939 **
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. ** Oldani's restaurant in business. * 1940 – Population: 816,048. * 1942 – George Hudson Orchestra debuts. * 1943 – Campbell House Museum opens. * 1947 – Congress of Racial Equality chapter organized. * 1948 – U.S. Supreme Court decides ''
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'' lawsuit. * 1949 –
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. * 1950 – Population: 856,796. * 1951 – Veterans' Memorial Bridge built. * 1954 ** KETC television begins broadcasting. **
Pruitt–Igoe The Wendell O. Pruitt Homes and William Igoe Apartments, known together as Pruitt–Igoe (), were joint urban housing projects first occupied in 1954 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The complex consisted of 33 eleven-story high rises, d ...
housing built. * 1955 ** Peabody Coal Company relocates to St. Louis. ** Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum architects in business. * 1958 – Landmarks Association of St. Louis established. * 1959 – St. Louis sit-in during the Civil Rights Movement. * 1960 ** Population: 750,026. ** Sister city relationship established with
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, Germany. ** The National Football League's Chicago Cardinals relocate to St. Louis. They will remain through 1987. * 1962 –
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established. * 1963 **
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established. ** MetroBus begins operating. **
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opens. * 1964 **
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(housing) opens. **
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in business in
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. ** Cardinals win the World Series, defeating New York Yankees in seven games * 1965 ** Gateway Arch erected. ** Regional
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established. * 1966 – Busch Stadium opens. * 1967 ** Poplar Street Bridge completed. ** St. Louis Blues - National Hockey League -
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ice hockey team formed. ** K-SHE 95 (94.7) FM radio station begins broadcasting its current
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format. ** Cardinals win the World Series, defeating Boston Red Sox in seven games * 1969 – Laclede Gas Building constructed. * 1970 ** Student antiwar demonstration. ** Population: 622,236. * 1972 - Demolition of Pruitt-Igoe begins and will last four years. * 1974 **
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created. ** Sister city relationship established with Suwa, Japan. * 1976 – Sister city relationship established with Lyon, France. * 1977 ** St. Louis Convention Center opens. ** James F. Conway becomes mayor. ** Sister city relationship established with Galway, Ireland. * 1979 – Sister city relationship established with Nanjing, China.


1980s–1990s

* 1980 -
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis is an art museum for contemporary art, located in St. Louis, Missouri. Known informally as the CAM St. Louis, the museum is located at 3750 Washington Boulevard in the Grand Center Arts District. The buildin ...
established. * 1981 – Gwen B. Giles is the first woman and first African-American appointed to lead the St. Louis City Assessor's Office. * 1982 - Cardinals win World Series, defeating Milwaukee Brewers in seven games * 1986 **
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and Galleria Cinema in business. ** Southwestern Bell Telephone Building constructed. * 1987 ** Sister city relationship established with Bologna, Italy. ** Lindbergh Plaza cinema in business. ** Football Cardinals play final season in St. Louis before relocating to Arizona * 1989 –
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(hi-rise) built. * 1990 ** Population: 396,685. ** Sister city relationship established with Georgetown, Guyana. * 1991 -
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founded. * 1992 – Sister city relationships established with
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, Russia. * 1993 – MetroLink begins operating. * 1994 ** Kiel Center arena opens. ** Sister city relationship established with Saint-Louis, Senegal. * 1995 ** St. Louis Rams
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team relocates from Los Angeles.. ** Trans World Dome (stadium) opens. * 1997 ** City website online (approximate date). **
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in business. **
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becomes mayor. ** St. Louis Missouri Temple inaugurated.


21st-century

* 2000 – Population: 348,189. * 2001 ** Pulitzer Arts Foundation museum opens. **
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becomes mayor. **
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becomes
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for Missouri's 1st congressional district. ** Veterans for Peace headquartered in St. Louis. * 2002 – St. Louis Building Arts Foundation active (approximate date). * 2003 – St. Louis Area Regional Response System headquartered in city. * 2004 – Sister city relationship established with
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Center for Citizen Leadership The Mission Continues, formerly Center for Citizen Leadership, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that empowers veterans facing the challenge of adjusting to life at home to find new missions. Founded in 2007 by Republican politician Eric Gre ...
headquartered in St. Louis. * 2008 – Sister city relationship established with Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina. * 2009 –
Citygarden Citygarden is an urban park and sculpture garden in St. Louis, Missouri owned by the City of St. Louis but maintained by the Gateway Foundation. It is located between Eighth, Tenth, Market, and Chestnut streets, in the city's " Gateway Mall" ar ...
opens. * 2010 – Population: 319,294;
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2,812,896. * 2011 ** October: Occupy St. Louis begins. ** Cardinals win World Series, defeating Texas Rangers in seven games * 2014 ** August 9: Shooting in nearby
Ferguson Ferguson may refer to: Places Canada * Ferguson Avenue (Hamilton, Ontario) * Ferguson, British Columbia * Mount Ferguson (Ontario), a mountain in Temagami, Ontario United States *Ferguson, a meteorite fall in North Carolina * Ferguson, Arkansas ...
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unrest Unrest, also called disaffection, is a sociological phenomenon, including: * Civil unrest * Civil disorder * Domestic terrorism * Industrial unrest * Labor unrest * Rebellion * Riot * Strike action * State of emergency Notable historical instance ...
ensues. ** Musial Bridge and Center for Jazz open. * 2016 ** Rams leave St. Louis and become the L.A. Rams once again. * 2019 - Blues win
Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup (french: La Coupe Stanley) is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff champion. It is the oldest existing trophy to be awarded to a professional sports franchise in North America, an ...
for the first time, defeating Boston Bruins in seven games * 2023 - St. Louis City Stadium scheduled to open


See also

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History of St. Louis The history of St. Louis began with the settlement of the area by Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native American Mound builder (people), mound builders who lived as part of the Mississippian culture from the 9th century to the 15th century, ...
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List of mayors of St. Louis The mayor of St. Louis is the chief executive officer of St. Louis's city government. The mayor has a duty to enforce city ordinances and the power to either approve or veto city ordinances passed by the Board of Aldermen. The current mayor i ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Louis (city, A–L), Missouri This is a list of properties and historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places within the city limits of St. Louis, Missouri, north of Interstate 64 and west of Downtown St. Louis. For listings in Downtown St. Louis, see National ...
* National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Louis (city, M–Z), Missouri *
Timeline of Kansas City, Missouri The following is a timeline of the history of Kansas City, Missouri, United States. 19th century * 1838 - Settlement named Town of Kansas. * 1846 - Population: 700. * 1840 - City Market active. * 1850 - June 3: Town of Kansas formally orga ...


References


Bibliography

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ''Saint Louis: a Chronological and Documentary History, 1762–1970'', by Robert Vexler. Dobbs Ferry: Oceana Publications, 1974. * * *


External links

* * * * Digital Public Library of America
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