History

The desire to feel connected to one’s city can leave individuals searching for something that they felt they missed in their early education. St. Louisan Erica Threnn turned a pandemic pastime into a mission to share the city’s history through social media.

Lisa Jeanine Findley of Missouri is is charged with trying to defraud Elvis Presley’s estate of millions of dollars and steal ownership of the iconic Graceland property in Memphis.

Dr. Suzanne Saueressig was Missouri’s first practicing female veterinarian. Her work changed the landscape of veterinary medicine in the St. Louis region.

More than 400 Scouts from the Greater St. Louis Area Council and their loved ones planted flags at the headstones of thousands of fallen U.S. troops at the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.

Counterpublic, a St. Louis nonprofit organization that produces public art projects, is placing “erased history markers” at city intersections where streets named for Native American peoples meet streets named for the places from which white settlers removed them.

Throughout most of human history, lunar and solar eclipses were considered to be bad omens, and the fates of many have been determined by the celestial phenomenon.

“The whole purpose of racism from the beginning was to divide poor black and poor whites (so they could not) unite and create inclusive prosperity,” said former NAACP President Benjamin Jealous.

The Admiral, floating McDonald’s, Goody Goody Diner and Casa Gallardo are among the 415 places featured in the new edition of “Lost Treasures of St. Louis.”

There's a wave of state and city flag redesigns sweeping the country. New designs could be recommended to the Illinois General Assembly by December 2024.

“Almost every social movement of the 20th century has a bathroom story to it,” says historian Bryant Simon.