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History Spotlight: Flounder House

How the “flounder” style house got its unique name.

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History Spotlight: The Mother of the Public Kindergarten Movement

The story of how St. Louisan Susan Blow opened the first publicly funded kindergarten in the U.S.

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History Spotlight: St. Louis Blues

The backstory to W.C. Handy’s “St. Louis Blues.”

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History Spotlight: African American Newspapers

The St. Louis Palladium and other African-American newspapers were a great way for people to stay connected in the late 1800s.

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History Spotlight: The Gateway Arch

The Gateway Arch is the most recognized landmark of St. Louis but it could have looked much differently.

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The St. Louis Motordrome

The St. Louis Motordrome opened in 1912 for board track racing, a highly dangerous motorcycle sport in the early 20th Century.

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STL Shoes

During the early twentieth century, St. Louis was one of the nation’s largest shoe manufacturing cities.

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The Story Behind the Eads Bridge

Completed in 1874, Eads Bridge was the first bridge across the Mississippi River in St. Louis.

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1904 World’s Fair Food and Restaurants

The unique foods and restaurants St. Louisans experienced at the 1904 World’s Fair.

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Annie Malone: The First African American Female Millionaire

The first African American women to become a millionaire in the United States and her connection to St. Louis.

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