St. Louis R3: Scott Joplin (King of Ragtime born 1868 Texarkana, Maple Leaf Rag 1899 first sheet music 1M copies, Entertainer 1902 revived The Sting 1973 7 Oscars, Pulitzer 1976 posthumous, 2658 Delmar House State Historic Site), Josephine Baker (born 1906 St. Louis, Paris 1925 banana dance Folies Bergere most photographed woman 1920s, French Resistance Croix de Guerre Legion d'Honneur, March on Washington August 28 1963 only woman official speaker, French state funeral Notre-Dame April 15 1975 Rainbow Tribe 12 adopted children), Tennessee Williams (Glass Menagerie 1944 set St. Louis family 4633 Westminster Place 1918), Vincent Price (born 1911 St. Louis horror films), Eads Bridge (1874 first steel bridge in world, chromatic steel, pneumatic caissons 33m bedrock first US use, Grant ceremonial July 4 1874, Boeing 14,000 engineers Hazelwood), German food heritage (Forty-Eighters 1848 Missouri Rhineland vineyards, Hill neighborhood Italian toasted ravioli Charlie Gitto's, provel cheese St. Louis pizza Imos Pi Pizzeria Obama 2008, gooey butter cake 1930s mistake), St. Louis decline (856,000 1950 to 300,000 65% largest US city decline, city-county separation 1876, Cortex USD 2B Washington Avenue lofts 3000 units), day trips (Meramec Caverns Jesse James, Elephant Rocks 1.5B year granite, Missouri Wine Country Hermann Norton grape, Grant Hardscrabble farm 1850s).
St. Louis R3: Scott Joplin (born 1868, Maple Leaf Rag 1899 first 1M sheet music, Entertainer 1902 revived Sting 1973, Pulitzer 1976, Joplin House 2658 Delmar), Josephine Baker (born 1906 St. Louis, Paris 1925 banana dance most photographed woman 1920s, French Resistance Croix de Guerre Legion, March on Washington August 28 1963, French state funeral Notre-Dame April 15 1975, 12 Rainbow Tribe children), Tennessee Williams (Glass Menagerie 1944 set St. Louis 4633 Westminster), Eads Bridge (1874 first steel bridge world, pneumatic caissons 33m first US, Grant July 4 1874, Boeing 14,000 engineers), food (German Forty-Eighters 1848, Hill Italian toasted ravioli Charlie Gitto's, provel pizza Imos Pi Obama, gooey butter cake 1930s accident), decline (856,000 1950 to 300,000 65%, city-county 1876, Cortex Washington lofts 3000), day trips (Meramec Caves Jesse James, Elephant Rocks 1.5B granite 680 tons, Missouri Rhine wine Hermann Norton grape, Grant Hardscrabble 1850s).
St. Louis: Gateway Arch, founding history, Forest Park, music, sports, and food
St. Louis overview: Gateway Arch 192m Eero Saarinen 1965 stainless steel tallest monument US (Washington Monument 169m), Louisiana Purchase 1803 Napoleon USD 15M 2.1M sq km, Lewis and Clark departed May 14 1804 returned September 23 1806 12,875km; Forest Park 1371 acres 1904 World's Fair 19.7M visitors ice cream cone waffle cone Ernest Hamwi, St Louis Art Museum Zoo free admission; Chuck Berry born St. Louis 1926 died 2017 duck walk Johnny B Goode No Chuck Berry no Beatles (Lennon), Miles Davis Alton Illinois 30km north Kind of Blue 1959 best-selling jazz album 5M; Cardinals 11 World Series NL record Busch Stadium Arch visible, Stan Musial 3630 hits .331, Gibson 1.12 ERA 1968 lowest live-ball era, Blues 2019 Stanley Cup worst record January 3 to champions; provel cheese controversy St. Louis-style pizza cracker crust square cut Imos 1964, toasted ravioli Hill neighborhood Yogi Berra Joe Garagiola grew up across street.
St. Louis R2-R4: Dred Scott (March 6 1857 worst Supreme Court decision, Taney ruling no Black citizenship no Congressional slavery limits precipitated Civil War, Scott freed May 1857, Old Courthouse trial 1846, Ferguson August 9 2014 Michael Brown BLM catalysis), Architecture (Wainwright Building 1891 Sullivan first coherent skyscraper, Old Courthouse cast-iron dome 1862, Union Station 1894 Theodore Link 100,000 daily peak 1940 now hotel aquarium Ferris wheel, Pruitt-Igoe 1956 Yamasaki demolished 1972-1976 symbol failed public housing), Universities (WashU top 20 US #14 25 Nobel laureates T.S. Eliot born St. Louis 1888 Nobel 1948, Saint Louis University 1818 oldest west Mississippi, Cortex USD 2B 450 companies Square Asana biotech), Anheuser-Busch (Budweiser 1876 pasteurization refrigerated rail cars, InBev 2008 USD 52B largest cash acquisition history, craft Perennial Urban Chestnut 4 Hands), 1993 Flood (75,000 sq km 50 dead USD 15B 79 days above flood stage, Cahokia Mounds UNESCO 1982 largest pre-Columbian city north Mexico 10,000-20,000 people, Monks Mound larger base than Giza pyramid abandoned 1300 CE), Neighborhoods (Delmar Divide racial segregation, Loop Walk of Fame Berry Baker Williams Eliot Grant Joplin, Soulard 1779 farmers market oldest west Mississippi Mardi Gras 200,000 second US largest).
St. Louis R2-R4: Dred Scott (1857 worst Supreme Court decision, no citizenship Congress cannot ban slavery in territories, Scott freed May 1857, Ferguson 2014 Michael Brown BLM), architecture (Wainwright 1891 Sullivan first coherent skyscraper form follows function, Old Courthouse cast-iron dome 1862, Union Station 1894 100,000 daily peak now hotel aquarium, Pruitt-Igoe 1956 demolished 1972-1976 failed public housing), universities (WashU top 20 25 Nobel T.S. Eliot born 1888, SLU 1818 oldest west Mississippi Kress Collection, Cortex USD 2B 450 companies), Anheuser-Busch (Budweiser 1876 pasteurization refrigerated rail, InBev 2008 USD 52B largest cash acquisition, craft Perennial Urban Chestnut 4 Hands), 1993 flood (75,000 sq km 79 days USD 15B, Cahokia UNESCO 1982 10-20,000 people largest pre-Columbian north Mexico, Monks Mound larger than Giza abandoned 1300), neighborhoods (Delmar Divide segregation, Loop Walk of Fame Berry Baker Williams Grant Eliot Joplin, Soulard 1779 market oldest west Mississippi Mardi Gras 200,000).
St. Louis R4: Lewis and Clark (Corps Discovery May 14 1804, York Clark enslaved manservant voted on decisions, 178 plant 122 animal species new to science, first systematic Western mapping, opened Oregon Trail, displaced Native peoples), Missouri Botanical Garden (founded 1859 Henry Shaw Sheffield England hardware fortune retired 40, 79 acres 5000 species, Climatron 1960 Gyo Obata geodesic dome Buckminster Fuller disciple, Seiwa-en 14 acres largest traditional Japanese garden North America), St. Louis Symphony (1880 second oldest US after NY Philharmonic 1842, Leonard Slatkin 1979-1996 top 10 US, Powell Hall 1925 Byzantine Baroque 2600 seats, Fox Theatre 4500 seats second largest US 1929), Civil War (Missouri divided both sides, Bleeding Kansas 1854-1861 Border Ruffians John Brown Pottawatomie May 1856, Arsenal Seizure May 10 1861 Lyon 40,000 muskets prevented Confederate capture, Camp Jackson Affair 28 killed), Ulysses Grant (born Ohio 1822, Jefferson Barracks met Julia Dent, Hardscrabble farm failed sold firewood 1858, Grant National Historic Site White Haven free admission), Practical (STL airport 24km Metrolink 35min USD 2.50, Westin Busch Stadium Moonrise Hotel Loop, free Forest Park museums Art Zoo History, spring fall best, Cahokia 20min Hermann wine 90min KC 4hrs).
St. Louis R4: Lewis and Clark (May 14 1804 Camp Dubois, York Clark enslaved voted on decisions, 178 plants 122 animals new science, Oregon Trail opened, Native displacement), Botanical Garden (1859 Henry Shaw retired 40 hardware fortune, 79 acres 5000 species, Climatron 1960 geodesic dome, Seiwa-en 14 acres largest traditional Japanese garden North America), symphony (1880 second oldest US, Slatkin 1979-1996 top 10, Powell Hall 1925 2600 seats, Fox 4500 seats 1929 second US at opening), Civil War (Missouri divided both sides, Bleeding Kansas Border Ruffians John Brown, Arsenal Seizure May 10 1861 40,000 muskets saved, Camp Jackson 28 killed), Grant (Jefferson Barracks met Julia, Hardscrabble farm failed sold firewood 1858, White Haven National Historic Site free), practical (STL 24km Metrolink 35min, Westin Moonrise Hotel, Forest Park free museums art zoo history, spring fall best, Cahokia 20min KC 4hrs).