St. Louis

Mark your calendars for the Life Outside Festival held September 21, 2019 in St. Vincent County Park in St. Louis County.

We know how overwhelming it can be to plan your day out when you visit a new city, so we did it for you. Here are the best places to grab a meal, see artwork, shop, and enjoy the Gateway City.

Minnie Walden, a "pretty blonde of 18," became the first woman to win a bicycle race in the United States. The one mile race through North St. Louis garnered two prizes, a sweater and a diamond ring. 

Civil Rights activist, Roy Wilkins was born. He lived and worked in St. Louis and Kansas City.

On this date St. Louis City and County separated and became politically independent from each other.

Plans were announced on this day for a lavish new theater in St. Louis. The Fox Theatre would be the second largest in the world.

R. Buckminster Fuller designed something he called a geodesic dome and placed one in the Missouri Botanical Garden. Calling this one a "Climatron" he explained that it would last for a while but was not a permanent structure. It has been there now for over 50 years and seems able to stand for many more.

George Eyser had a good day at the Olympic Games in St. Louis. He won gold in the parallel bars and rope climb and tied for gold in the vault. He won silver on the pommel horse and the all-around. He took the bronze medal on the horizontal bars.

Hannah Rainey, songwriter and guitarist in Shady Bug, helps the indie band create its sound.

The St. Louis police department became the first in the nation to use fingerprints for identification.