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The founder of tennis' Davis Cup, Dwight Davis was born in St. Louis. He was one of his era's best players and won several titles while at Harvard. In 1900, he founded the international competition that came to bear his name and captained the firs…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C75_clark-terry_University-City-MO.html
Born in St. Louis, Clark Terry made his first trumpet out of garden hose, attended Vashon High School, and played in local clubs before joining a Navy Band during World War II. His years with County Basie and Duke Ellington in the late 1940s and 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C6L_marianne-moore_University-City-MO.html
Born in Kirkwood, Poet Marianne Moore was profoundly influenced by her early upbringing in the St. Louis area before her family moved to Pennsylvania. One of the most influential Modernists and an inspiration to generations of women poets, Moore i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C6J_david-merrick_St.-Louis-MO.html
Born and raised in St. Louis, David Margulois graduated from Central High in 1930 and received a law degree from St. Louis University in 1937. With his sights on Broadway, he moved to New York in 1940 and changed his name to David Merrick. Buildin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AUU_a-slave-plantation_St.-Louis-MO.html
In 1843, Ulysses S. Grant first visited White Haven as a young second lieutenant. In the decades after that first visit, Grant, White Haven, and the country underwent vast changes in response to the turbulent issues that divided the nation.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AUS_a-community-within-a-community-150-years-ago-contraband_St.-Louis-MO.html
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A Community within a Community
Surrounding this slave plantation in the 1850s were other large properties that were also dependent on slave labor. Interwoven with these were smaller tracts of land where family members accomplished…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AUP_a-key-from-the-past_Eureka-MO.html
This neon sign once helped bring weary travelers in for a bite to eat and some coffee at the Keys Café, formerly located in Franklin County, MO, on Historic Route 66 by the Twin Bridges.
The sign has a distinctive "key" shape, playing on …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AUO_changes-at-white-haven-150-years-ago-grants-horses_St.-Louis-MO.html
Changes at White Haven (left panel)
The end of the war brought many changes to the White Haven estate. The previously enslaved African Americans were free and appear to have left the area. Labor was now provided by German and French immigrants. U…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AUN_a-place-called-home-150-years-ago-petersburg_St.-Louis-MO.html
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A Place Called Home
The Dent and Grant families spent many enjoyable years on this plantation while their children were growing up. While a few of the enslaved people lived in the house, most were housed in log cabins behind the h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AUL_working-plantation-150-years-ago-emancipation_St.-Louis-MO.html
Working Plantation (left panel)
White Haven was typical of slave plantations in the area during the mid-1800s. As times changed, so did the operation of the farm in terms of labor, equipment and methods. Prior to the Civil War, Colonel Dent's in…