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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CF5_secretary-of-state-william-grymes-pettus_Saint-Charles-MO.html
Secretary of State William Grymes Pettus occupied this building during the period of Missouri's first General Assembly.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CF4_farmers-home_Saint-Charles-MO.html
Named Farmer's Tavern by innkeeper John Frazier on premises originally owned by Alexander McNair, first Governor of Missouri who had a 27 vat tannery at rear of property. Popular hostelry favored by early legislators and officials when St. Charles…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CF3_the-trail-to-fort-osage_Saint-Charles-MO.html
The overland route linking St. Charles with the future sight of Fort Osage in present-day Jackson County was likely the earliest trail used by American settlers heading west. On its eastern end the trail passed in the vicinity of the later towns o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CF1_glenday-zeisler-home_Saint-Charles-MO.html
This building was erected by Peter Glenday from Scotland. Jacob Zeisler, a German immigrant, made this his residence in 1867. Jacob was the proprietor of a successful soda water factory which occupied the two buildings directly behind this one. Ja…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CF0_missouri_Saint-Charles-MO.html
"Nor North, nor South, nor East, nor West But part of each, of each the best" Upon this block number twenty was located the headquarters of the two Spanish commandants for thee District of St. Charles. Louis Blanchette Charles Tayon This …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CDF_302-306-north-main_Saint-Charles-MO.html
"Mr. Murry, the melodious and congenial proprietor of the Electric, has spared no time or money to make the Electric a place of entertainment and amusement to all who would kill time and troubles in a most enjoyable manner." One popular movie of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CDE_308-north-main_Saint-Charles-MO.html
Longtime tobacco man, North Carolinian Silas Wright, owned the St. Charles Tobacco Company. By 1900, tobacco manufacturing had become a science. Wright flavored his company's plug and twist tobacco with licorice and other spices. Built in 1898 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CDD_311-north-main_Saint-Charles-MO.html
The railroad brought touring companies including vaudeville shows, to the opera houses of America. The 1902 production of Uncle Tom's Cabin required two sixty-five foot special cars for the lavish sets and costumes. Tickets were twenty-five, thirt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CDC_319-north-main_Saint-Charles-MO.html
Henry Brocker was a house decorator, sign painter, and artist from Prussia. He specialized not only in wallpapering, but also graining, a technique that imitated expensive wood, and calcimining, a special whitewash for plastered ceilings. Brocker …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CDB_323-329-north-main_Saint-Charles-MO.html
In 1909, the St. Charles Coal & Ice Company made and delivered "artificial ice" for twenty-five to forty cents per hundredweight. If the customer "desired heat instead of cold," they delivered coal for three dollars a ton. Residents of St. Charles…
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