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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CF8_fairfax-house_St.-Louis-MO.html
[Plaque to the left of the door]
Faifax House
This house, built circa 1841, by James Collier Marshall an early resident of the Rock Hill area, is one of the oldest homes along Manchester Road, in St. Louis County, Missouri
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CEV_vincent-price_University-City-MO.html
Called "The King of Horror," Vincent Price is best known for his villainous roles in more than 100 films, as well as many stage and the television productions, but his accomplishments cover a much broader range. He is a connoisseur of fine art and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CEU_the-rockettes_University-City-MO.html
In 1925 Russell Markert formed the "Missouri Rockets," a 16-member dance line that performed before feature films at the Missouri Theater on Grand Avenue. Seven years late the group's performance at the opening night of Radio City Music Hall led t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CET_buddy-ebsen_University-City-MO.html
Buddy Ebsen gained worldwide fame in the 1960s as Jed Clampett, the central character on "The Beverly Hillbillies," one of the most popular series in television history. He was born Christian Ludolpf Ebsen Jr. in Belleville, Illinois, where his fa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CES_jack-buck_University-City-MO.html
John Francis Buck joined Harry Caray in 1954 to announce St. Louis Cardinals baseball games. Their fourteen-year partnership has been called the greatest broadcast team in baseball history. Buck went on to become the anchor of the Cardinals broadc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CER_eugene-field_St.-Louis-MO.html
Eugene Field, born at 634 South Broadway in St. Louis, became a reporter for the St. Louis Evening Journal in 1873. Over the next decade he developed the charming and witty style that would make him America's foremost columnist. The Chicago Mornin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CEQ_shelley-winters_University-City-MO.html
Born Shirley Schrift in an apartment on Newstead Ave. in St. Louis, she was in the Veiled Prophet Pageant at age four. She left high school to become a model, studying acting at night. A gifted performer who fought Hollywood's stereotypes, Shelley…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CEP_arthur-holly-compton_University-City-MO.html
Arthur Holly Compton, a science prodigy, built and flew a glider at age 18. In 1920 he became a professor and head of the Physics Department at Washington University. There he deduced that x-rays, known to be waves, also act like particles. He pro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CEO_redd-foxx_University-City-MO.html
Redd Foxx starred in "Sanford and Son," one of television's most popular comedy series in the 1970s. Born John Elroy Sanford in St. Louis, he left home at age 16 to join a New York street band. Called red for his complexion, he adopted a baseball …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CEN_maya-angelou_St.-Louis-MO.html
Maya Angelou, born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, was raised in segregated rural Arkansas. Her bestselling account of that upbringing, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," won critical acclaim in 1970. A leading literary voice of the African-Ameri…