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PICTORIAL ST. LOUIS: a Topographical Survey, Drawn from Perspective 1875

Author : Rich. J. Compton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781638219613
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book PICTORIAL ST. LOUIS: a Topographical Survey, Drawn from Perspective 1875 written by Rich. J. Compton and published by . This book was released on 2021-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PICTORIAL ST. LOUIS: The Great Metropolis of the Mississippi Valley A Topographical Survey, Drawn From Perspective 1875.Illustrations by Camille N. Dry and designed & edited by Rich. J. Compton.Over 220 pages of illustrations and descriptions of life in St. Louis in the late 1800's. The preliminary drawings for this work were made early in the spring of 1874. After a careful consideration of the subject, it was determined to locate the point of view so that the city would be seen from the southeast, believing that to be the most advantageous in all respects. Accordingly, the point of site was established on the Illinois side of the river, looking to the northwest, and at sufficient altitude to overlook the roofs of ordinary houses into the streets. A careful perspective, which required a surface of three hundred square feet, was then erected from a correct survey of the city, extending northward from Arsenal Island to the Water Works, a distance of about ten miles, on the river front; and from the Insane Asylum on the southwest to the Cemeteries on the northwest.Every foot of the vast territory within these limits has been carefully examined and topographically drawn in perspective, by Mr. C. N. Dry and his assistants, and the faithfulness and accuracy with which this work has been done an examination of the pages will attest. Absolute truth and accuracy in the representation of the territory has been the standard and in no cases have additions or alterations been made unless the same were actually in course of construction. In a few cases, important public and private edifices that are not yet finished are shown completed, and as they will appear when done. All the buildings within the limits of the survey in July, 1875, are shown; and a very large number of those executed or commenced since that date have been also introduced, the pages having been constantly corrected up to the last possible moment before publication.

100 Maps

Author : John O. E. Clark
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1402728859
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book 100 Maps written by John O. E. Clark and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a chronological overview of the history of cartography, from the earliest maps of prehistory to the engraved maps of the seventeenth century and beyond. Includes illustrations.

Irish St. Louis

Author : David A. Lossos
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738532226
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (322 download)

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Download or read book Irish St. Louis written by David A. Lossos and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's quite unlikely that Pierre Laclede and Auguste Chouteau could have comprehended the scope of their undertaking in 1764 when they laid out the settlement on the western banks of the Mississippi that was to become the metropolis of St. Louis. Founded by the French, governed by the Spanish, and heavily populated by the English and Germans, the role that the Irish had in making St. Louis what it is today is often overlooked. The Irish are steeped in tradition, and that trait did not leave the Irish immigrants when they arrived in St. Louis and called this place home. Like many other cities in America, the heritage of Ireland is alive and well in St. Louis. This book visually captures their Irish spirit, and portrays a few of the Irish "movers and shakers" alongside the "Irish commoner" in their new and challenging lives here in St. Louis.

What's With St. Louis? Second Edition

Author : Valerie Battle Kienzle
Publisher : Reedy Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1681061848
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book What's With St. Louis? Second Edition written by Valerie Battle Kienzle and published by Reedy Press LLC. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are turtles incorporated into the wrought iron fence at The Old Court House? Can beaver be eaten during Lent? Why are pieces of metal track imbedded in some local streets? Who is Sweet Meat, and should he be avoided? These and other questions about St. Louis routinely perplex both natives and newcomers to the area. In this updated version of her 2016 book, author Valerie Battle Kienzle continues her quest to find answers to some of The Gateway City’s most puzzling questions, digging through countless archives and talking to local experts. Part cultural study of The River City and part history lesson, the book reveals the backstories of more local places, events, and beloved traditions. Want to know why St. Louisans are so obsessed with soccer or why the acclaimed Missouri Botanical Garden contains a Japanese garden? Look no further. Dig into this informative and entertaining update for answers to those and dozens of other questions.

Zion in the Valley: 1807-1907

Author : Walter Ehrlich
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826210982
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Zion in the Valley: 1807-1907 written by Walter Ehrlich and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the St. Louis Jewish community in the years between 1807 and 1907, discussing the internal, socioreligious growth of the group, as well as the individual and collective interaction of the Jews with the non-Jewish population; and examining their role in the development of the city.

Civil War St. Louis

Author : Louis S. Gerteis
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700613617
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Civil War St. Louis written by Louis S. Gerteis and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2001-11-26 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Civil War, rough-and-tumble St. Louis played a key role as a strategic staging ground for the Union army. A citadel of free labor in a slave state, it also harbored deeply divided loyalties that mirrored those of its troubled nation. Until now, however, the fascinating story of wartime St. Louis has remained largely unchronicled. By the mid-nineteenth century, St. Louis had become the nation's greatest inland city, providing a "gateway to the West," a riverine crossroads for national commerce, and an ideal base for expansion-minded industrialists from the abolitionist Northeast. Yet as Louis Gerteis reveals, many of its citizens were staunchly dedicated to both slavery and the southern agrarian tradition. For them especially, federal martial law was an outrage, one that only served to nail the coffin shut on their loyalty to the Union. Gerteis's rich and engaging narrative encompasses a wide range of episodes and events involving the lynching of freeman Francis McIntosh and murder of publisher Elijah Lovejoy, the infamous Dred Scott saga (which began in St. Louis), city politics and martial law, battles in and around the city (at Camp Jackson, Wilson's Creek, and Pea Ridge), major river campaigns, manufacture of ironclad combat ships, prison camps and hospitals, and efforts to secure civil rights for blacks while denying the same to former Confederates who would not swear loyalty to the Union. Featuring famous figures like Thomas Hart Benton, John C. Fremont, Claiborne Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, and Sterling Price, Gerteis's study also sheds considerable light on the participation of women and the status of blacks throughout the conflict, offering gripping images of black and white Missourians contending with the issue of emancipation. Ultimately, Gerteis offers a compelling portrait of a war-torn city-teeming with wounded soldiers, displaced civilians, runaway slaves, federal prisoners, and profiteers-that was forever changed by its wartime experiences, even as it anchored Union victory in the west.

The Great Heart of the Republic

Author : Adam Arenson
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674052889
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book The Great Heart of the Republic written by Adam Arenson and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-03 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the battles to determine the destiny of the United States in the middle decades of the nineteenth century, St. Louis, then at the hinge between North, South, and West, was ideally placed to bring these sections together. At least, this was the hope of a coterie of influential St. Louisans. But their visions of re-orienting the nation's politics with Westerners at the top and St. Louis as a cultural, commercial, and national capital crashed as the country was tom apart by convulsions over slavery, emancipation, and Manifest Destiny. While standard accounts frame the coming of the Civil War as strictly a conflict between the North and the South who were competing to expand their way of life, Arenson shifts the focus to the distinctive culture and politics of the American West, recovering the region’s importance for understanding the Civil War and examining the vision of western advocates themselves, and the importance of their distinct agenda for shaping the political, economic, and cultural future of the nation.

The Bibliographer's Manual of American History: M-Q. nos. 3104-4527. 1908

Author : Stanislaus Vincent Henkels
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bibliographer's Manual of American History: M-Q. nos. 3104-4527. 1908 written by Stanislaus Vincent Henkels and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Pictorial Guide to St. Louis with Plans and Views

Author : Camille N. Dry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pictorial Guide to St. Louis with Plans and Views written by Camille N. Dry and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hidden History of Downtown St. Louis

Author : Maureen O'Connor Kavanaugh
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 143965929X
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Hidden History of Downtown St. Louis written by Maureen O'Connor Kavanaugh and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-23 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reputation as the town of shoes, booze and blues persists in St. Louis. But a fascinating history waits just beneath the surface in the heart of the city, like the labyrinth of natural limestone caves where Anheuser-Busch got its start. One of the city's Garment District shoe factories was the workplace of a young Tennessee Williams, referenced in his first Broadway play, The Glass Menagerie. Downtown's vibrant African American community was the source and subject of such folk-blues classics as "Frankie and Johnny" and "Stagger Lee," not to mention W.C. Handy's classic "St. Louis Blues." Navigate this hidden heritage of downtown St. Louis with author Maureen Kavanaugh.

Lost St. Louis

Author : Valerie Battle Kienzle
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439663734
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Lost St. Louis written by Valerie Battle Kienzle and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-13 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St. Louis has been a shining beacon on the shores of the Mississippi River for more than 250 years, and many iconic landmarks have come and gone. The city hosted the World's Fair in 1904, with beautiful acres of buildings, gardens and fountains, nearly all of which are lost to time. Famous Busch Stadium now sits on an area that was once a vibrant community for Chinese immigrants. St. Louis Jockey Club was an expansive and popular gathering spot in the late nineteenth century until the state outlawed gambling. The Lion Gas Building was home to a unique mural featuring more than seventy shades of gray in tribute to famed aviator Charles Lindbergh. Author Valerie Battle Kienzle details the fantastic forgotten landmarks of St. Louis.

St. Louis Civil War Sites and the Fight for Freedom

Author : Peter Downs
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467152722
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book St. Louis Civil War Sites and the Fight for Freedom written by Peter Downs and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Monuments of a Divided State St. Louis was at the center of several key Civil War events from the Dred Scott decision through the Mississippi Campaign that cut the Confederate States in two. Visit the site from which enslaved people tried to cross the Mississippi River to the free state of Illinois. Discover how hundreds of lawsuits by enslaved people set the stage for the Dred Scott decision that lit the fuse to the Civil War. See the military base that produced over 200 Civil War generals and the arsenal that secessionists and unionists fought to control. Author Peter Downs goes behind the monuments and historic sites to explore the people, relationships and events that influenced the course of civil war in St. Louis and the nation.

Missouri's Silver Age

Author :
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809389742
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (897 download)

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Download or read book Missouri's Silver Age written by and published by SIU Press. This book was released on with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collectively, the entries and the illustrations shed light on the growth of enterprise in Missouri, show the impact of the individual on the developing frontier economies of the Midwest, and reveal how the production, acquisition, and possession of material goods reflected the culture and values of Americans during the 1800s." "Mack provides a brief but thorough history of silversmithing in America for novice collectors and historians, detailing the various methods used in making silver and the range of styles that were popular, providing insight into the methods of training apprentices, and explaining the effects of mechanization on the trade."

Maps That Changed The World

Author : John O. E. Clark
Publisher : Batsford Books
ISBN 13 : 1849943869
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (499 download)

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Download or read book Maps That Changed The World written by John O. E. Clark and published by Batsford Books. This book was released on 2016-02-12 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ancient Chinese proverb suggests, "They are wise parents who give their children roots and wings – and a map." Maps That Changed the World features some of the world's most famous maps, stretching back to a time when cartography was in its infancy and the 'edge of the world' was a barrier to exploration. The book includes details of how the Lewis and Clark Expedition helped map the American West, and how the British mapped India and Australia. Included are the beautifully engraved Dutch maps of the 16th century; the sinister Utopian maps of the Nazis; the maps that presaged brilliant military campaigns; charted the geology of a nation; and the ones that divided a continent up between its European conquerors. Organised by theme, the book shows the evolution of map-making from all corners of the globe, from ancient clay maps, to cartographic breakthroughs such as Harry Beck's map of the London underground. There are also famous fictional maps, including the maps of the lost continent of Atlantis and Tolkien's Middle Earth. With an introduction written by acclaimed cartographic historian Jeremy Black.

Massacre at St. Louis

Author : Kenneth E. Burchett
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476652651
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Massacre at St. Louis written by Kenneth E. Burchett and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2024-08-02 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1861, Union Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon marched through the divided slave state Missouri en route to St. Louis. Lyon was to arrest a state militia unit at Camp Jackson that planned to raid a federal arsenal in the city. Upon capturing the men, Lyon's troops encountered crowds of hostile citizens and, after a gun shot, they fired on the mob, killing at least 28 civilians in what is now known as the Camp Jackson affair, or the St. Louis massacre. In this book, the author describes partisan activities leading to hostilities, promotes awareness about the history of slavery in America, and explores political divisions still evident in American culture. Previously unpublished materials about Governor Claiborne Jackson are included, as well as the role of Montgomery Blair in the fight for Missouri, an analysis of the number of arms in the St. Louis Arsenal and the unknown total number of casualties of the St. Louis massacre.

The Valley of the Mississippi Illustrated

Author : Henry Lewis
Publisher : St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Valley of the Mississippi Illustrated written by Henry Lewis and published by St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society. This book was released on 1967 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Names of John Gergen

Author : Benjamin Moore
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 0826274536
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book The Names of John Gergen written by Benjamin Moore and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2021-03-26 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rescued from the dumpster of a boarded-up house, the yellowing scraps of a young migrant’s schoolwork provided Benjamin Moore with the jumping-off point for this study of migration, memory, and identity. Centering on the compelling story of its eponymous subject, The Names of John Gergen examines the converging governmental and institutional forces that affected the lives of migrants in the industrial neighborhoods of South St. Louis in the early twentieth century. These migrants were Banat Swabians from Torontál County in southern Hungary—they were Catholic, agrarian, and ethnically German. Between 1900 and 1920, the St. Louis neighborhoods occupied by migrants were sites of efforts by civic authorities and social reformers to counter the perceived threat of foreignness by attempting to Americanize foreign-born residents. At the same time, these neighborhoods saw the strengthening of Banat Swabians’ ethnic identities. Historically, scholars and laypeople have understood migrants in terms of their aspirations and transformations, especially their transformations into Americans. The experiences of John Gergen and his kin, however, suggest that identity at the level of the individual was both more fragmented and more fluid than twentieth-century historians have recognized, subject to a variety of forces that often pulled migrants in multiple directions.