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Patrick Murphy’s new book, “Candy Men: The Story of Switzer’s Licorice," tells the story of a homegrown candy company, which his great-grandfather co-founded in 1881 St. Louis. Murphy discussed the book on Monday’s St. Louis on the Air.
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A small community of enthusiasts has been racing pigeons in St. Louis since the 1920s. Though membership has dwindled in recent years, the Mount Pleasant Homing Pigeon Club is trying its best to keep the sport alive and pass it along to the next generation.
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Walter Johnson’s new book reframes American history so that St. Louis sits at the center. No more looking at the nation as if it’s that New Yorker cartoon…
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In determining the best guidelines for government action during the COVID-19 outbreak, city leaders and officials are looking at how different metros…
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The year 1920 was a pivotal one for the Lemp family in St. Louis, and not just because of the enforcement of Prohibition. One hundred years ago this week,…
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About four years ago, Carol Shepley was busy putting the final touches on her visually oriented history of St. Louis as the city celebrated 250 years. But…
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When NiNi Harris isn’t busy writing, she’s most likely reading – old documents such as city directories, that is.“It sounds like I have a pretty boring…
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Gwen Moore can rattle off the names of all sorts of characters who once walked the streets of Mill Creek Valley, a historic St. Louis neighborhood…
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When George Edick Jr. was in elementary school, he received a present he’ll never forget: a guitar from Ike Turner.Edick grew up in the 1950s around…
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Updated Jan. 23 — A building that was the site of an historic St. Louis music venue will remain standing, at least for the time being.The St. Louis…