St. Louis

Miss Day, a fourteen-year-old girl from St. Louis, became St. Louis's first girl to ascend in a balloon. Mr. S. Hobart took her on a ten-mile trip.

The Polyhymnia Society was established in St. Louis and performed its first orchestra concert.

Geh und erforschel (go and explore) Missouri's German Heritage with a new book by W. Arthur Mehrhoff and published by Missouri Life Inc.

On this day all schools, theaters, and public places in St. Louis were closed because of the deadly Spanish Flu.

St. Louis man designs bespoke leather boots for the discerning customer.

The first passenger train ran between St. Louis and Kansas City.

Mob leader, Anthony Giordono, (Tony G.) had just died and on this day a car bomb exploded on I-55 in St. Louis setting off the last big crime family war in St. Louis.

Captain Thomas Scott Baldwin made St. Louis's first extensive flight in an airplane with his plane, the Red Devil. In his flight, Captain Baldwin flew under the Eads Bridge and the McKinley Bridge, much to the delight of spectators.

Going with the Flow. With the help of the current, Lewis and Clark were speeding down the river toward St. Louis. On this night they stopped and camped again in what is today, Missouri. They were just south of the Missouri-Iowa border.

Reports were printed in St. Louis about the Lexington Band. This mid-Missouri band was returning home from a week of playing at a fair and had their pay with them. The band feared a holdup so they armed themselves. The James gang stopped the train but, seeing so many armed men, decided to leave.