A lightning bolt hit a pine tree about 130 feet away from the tent of four O’Fallon Boy Scouts on this day in 2000. The electricity apparently went through the tree’s roots and into the tent, blowing four holes in its bottom. One Scout was knocked unconscious and was not breathing. He likely would have …
Philanthropist John O’Fallon was born on this day. He established the O’Fallon Institute which is now Washington University.
O’Fallon was incorporated as a city. At the time, there were 107 householders. It now has tens of thousands of residents and the 2010 census showed it to be Missouri’s fastest growing city.
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