(Encyclopedia) LadueLadueləd&oomacr;ˈ, –dy&oomacr;ˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 8,847), St. Louis co., E Mo., a residential suburb of St. Louis; inc. 1936. There is light manufacturing.
(Encyclopedia) Crestwood, city (2020 pop. 11,808), St. Louis co., E central Mo., a suburb of St. Louis; inc. as a city 1949. Located in a truck-farming…
(Encyclopedia) Affton, uninc. city, St. Louis co., E Mo., a suburb of St. Louis. Manufacturing includes machinery and medical equipment. Settled in the mid-1800s largely by German…
Senate Years of Service: 1926-1933Party: DemocratHAWES, Harry Bartow, (grandnephew of Albert Gallatin Hawes), a Representative and a Senator from Missouri; born in Covington, Kenton County, Ky…
NIEDRINGHAUS, Frederick Gottlieb, (uncle of Henry Frederick Niedringhaus), a Representative from Missouri; born in Luebbecke, Westphalia, North Germany, on October 21, 1837; attended the…
NORTON, Richard Henry, a Representative from Missouri; born in Troy, Lincoln County, Mo., November 6, 1849; attended the common schools and the St. Louis (Mo.) University, where he took a…
(Encyclopedia) University City, city (1990 pop. 40,087), St. Louis co., E Mo.; inc. 1906. A residential suburb of St. Louis, the city has light manufacturing, including textiles and metal fabrication…
(Encyclopedia) Guettard, Jean-ÉtienneGuettard, Jean-Étiennezhän-ātyĕnˈ gĕtärˈ [key], 1715–86, French geologist, botanist, and natural historian. He was curator of the natural history collection of…
(Encyclopedia) Mersen, Treaty of, 870, redivision of the Carolingian empire by the sons of Louis I, Charles the Bald (later Charles II) of the West Franks (France) and Louis the German of the East…
WELLS, Erastus, a Representative from Missouri; born in Sackets Harbor, Jefferson County, N.Y., December 2, 1823; attended the public schools; moved to St. Louis, Mo., in 1842; established the…