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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CCG_max-starkloff_St.-Louis-MO.html
Disabled in an auto accident in 1959, lifelong St. Louisan Max Starkloff never surrendered to dependence or inaction. In 1970 he co-founded Para-Quad, a pioneering center for independent living, and in 2003 he co-founded the Starkloff Disability I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CCE_whitey-herzog_St.-Louis-MO.html
Beloved Cardinals manager Dorrel "Whitey" Herzog enjoyed a solid, eight-year playnig career from 1956-1963, but in his own words, "baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it." He managed the Kansas City Royals to three straight di…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CCC_dick-gregory_University-City-MO.html
Born in St. Louis, Dick Gregory grew up at 1803 N. Taylor Ave. shining shoes to help feed his family. At Sumner High School, he led a march against conditions at segregated schools and set a state record in track. As a star comedian in the early 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CCA_kate-chopin_University-City-MO.html
Katherine O'Flaherty, a member of one of St. Louis' oldest families, attended the St. Louis Academy of the Sacred Heart. When she married New Orleans native Oscar Chopin, she encountered the Creole culture which provided settings for many of her w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CC9_josephine-baker_University-City-MO.html
As a child in St. Louis, Josephine Baker rummaged for coal behind Union Station and for food behind Soulard Market. At age 13, she waitressed at the Chauffeurs' Club on Pine Street and danced with a minstrel band. In 1925 she went to Paris with th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CC7_harry-caray_University-City-MO.html
Born Harry Christopher Carabina, he grew up at 1909 LaSalle St. in St. Louis and attended Dewey School and Webster Groves High School. He played two local semi-pro baseball teams before starting his radio career. After announcing both Cardinals an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CC6_126-130-north-main_Saint-Charles-MO.html
This was the site of one of three flourishing mills on North Main during the second half of the 19th century. St. Charles County produced over a million bushels of wheat in 1879. The old mill was closed in 1896, and the building was rebuilt as a f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CC4_147-north-main_Saint-Charles-MO.html
Emil Weil bought two brick buildings on this site that were joined with a common wall that separated a tailor shop from a meat market. When Weil raised the old buildings to rebuild, he kept the functionality of the common wall, which separated his…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CC2_201-203-north-main_Saint-Charles-MO.html
Francis Oberkoetter, a prosperous shoe manufacturer from Hanover, Germany, built this Italianate "Oberkoetter Business House" building in 1867. His son-in-law operated the Mackenzie Hotel and Dining Room on the second floor. After becoming owner o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CC0_142-north-main_Saint-Charles-MO.html
A river ferry operated from the east bank of this block in the early 19th century. In order for a man to claim the lost whiskey in an 1820 advertisement, he had to prove ownership and pay the ferryman for the ad, "Found: Barrel of Whiskey, Chauvin…