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A brightly lit neon sign reading "The Grove" arches over a street at night, with blurred car lights and buildings lining both sides of the road. Trees and streetlights are visible along the sidewalk.

The Grove is more than a St. Louis hot spot; it’s a neighborhood with a tangled history and a future that could set an example for the rest of the nation.

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A man in a white shirt and brown pants leans over the arm of a blue sofa, looking at a woman in a red dress lying down with her head resting on a floral pillow. A potted plant is in the background.

“You have brought more freshness, charm, and vitality to illustration than any other living illustrator.” Norman Rockwell wrote these words in a letter to graphic illustrator Al Parker in 1948.

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Jefferson Barracks St. Louis

The historic military facility at Jefferson Barracks was given its present name.  Previously, it was known as Camp Adams. 

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Steamboat Constitution

The second steamboat to ever be in St. Louis arrived on this date. It was the steamboat Constitution. 

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A black and white illustration shows striking railway workers confronting a moving freight train guarded by armed men. Some people are climbing onto the train while others gather along the tracks.

Days after the conclusion of the St. Louis general strike by the St. Louis Workingman’s Party, the first general strike in the United States, the St. Louis County Council required all able-bodied males between the ages of twenty-one and fifty to work on the roads for six days each year. That day they also made another change; they raised the drinking age from sixteen to eighteen. 

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A basket with French fries and a chili dog topped with chopped onions and mustard, served on red and white checkered paper. A yellow squeeze bottle is visible in the background.

Undoubtedly, 1904 was a big year for the hot dog. Its most famous topping, French’s yellow mustard, and the hot dog itself were both exposed to the masses at the World’s Fair in St. Louis. New York can claim French’s as its own, but the biggest hot dog purveyor at the fair was a Missourian.

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They say that life is what happens while you’re busy making plans. We’re pretty sure you’d get no argument from Sandra Zak.

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Mardis Gras

There’s no need to head all the way down the Mississippi River to New Orleans when you can hit one of the nation’s largest Mardi Gras celebrations right here in the Show-Me State.

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Gooey Butter Cake

Legends abound about the true origins of gooey butter cake, with one common denominator—like toasted ravioli, it is purported to be a mistake of glorious proportions.

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Mardi Gras Soulard St. Louis

Police arrested several dozen people and maced many more when Fat Tuesday crowds got out of hand in St. Louis’s Soulard Neighborhood.

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A woman in a blue dress and a man in a blue shirt and brown shoes sit side by side on stone steps in front of a metal and glass door with bars. The woman looks left; the man looks straight ahead.

Sleepy Kitty has already achieved the near impossible. In an age when funny feline videos rule the internet, the St. Louis indie rock duo, made up of drummer Evan Sult and guitarist and singer Paige Brubeck, has become the first Google result and the first YouTube result when you search for “sleepy kitty.”