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“Barbarous Custom Of Dueling”: Death And Honor On St. Louis’ Bloody Island, Mark Alan Neels
“Barbarous Custom Of Dueling”: Death And Honor On St. Louis’ Bloody Island, Mark Alan Neels
The Confluence (2009-2020)
Neels argues that the Army Corps of Engineers inadvertently dealt the final death blow to dueling in the region when it eliminated “Bloody Island,” a sandbar in the Mississippi River which became a favorite venue for duels.
Black Resistance To School Desegregation In St. Louis During The Brown Era, Jessica Mcculley
Black Resistance To School Desegregation In St. Louis During The Brown Era, Jessica Mcculley
The Confluence (2009-2020)
McCulley discusses opposition to school integration by African American educators in St. Louis at the time of the Brown v. Board of Education Decision.
From The Editor, Jeffrey Smith
George Champlain Sibley: Shady Dealings On The Early Frontier, Tomas C. Danisi
George Champlain Sibley: Shady Dealings On The Early Frontier, Tomas C. Danisi
The Confluence (2009-2020)
Danisi offers an analysis of Sibley’s time as assistant factor at Fort Bellefontaine under factor Rodolphe Tillier, a man of strong political connections and elastic ethics. Tillier fired Sibley, Danisi argues, because he discovered and revealed Tillier’s shady business dealings while a government official; ultimately, Sibley was exonerated and even promoted to factor of the newly formed Fort Osage.
The Illinois & St. Louis Bridge: An Engineering Marvel, Scribner's Magazine
The Illinois & St. Louis Bridge: An Engineering Marvel, Scribner's Magazine
The Confluence (2009-2020)
This reprint of an 1871 article from Scribner’s Magazine extols the new Illinois and St. Louis Bridge (Eads Bridge today) as an engineering marvel—which, incidentally, it was.
The Strange Case Of The Courts, A Car, And The 1910 Batting Title, Steven Gietschier
The Strange Case Of The Courts, A Car, And The 1910 Batting Title, Steven Gietschier
The Confluence (2009-2020)
Ty Cobb and Napoleon Lajoie were fighting for the 1910 American League batting title right down to the end of the season. Who won was under dispute, and it landed the St. Louis Browns in court. Gietschier looks at the case files involving the Browns manager who was fired over accusations that he tried to let Lajoie win the title—and a new car.
The Journey Of The Sisters Of Charity To St. Louis, 1828, Carole Prietto
The Journey Of The Sisters Of Charity To St. Louis, 1828, Carole Prietto
The Confluence (2009-2020)
In 1828, four Sisters of Charity left Maryland to establish a new mission in the frontier city of St. Louis. For the first time, herein is the diary of one of the travelers in this remarkable and dangerous journey.
Cash For Clunkers: Did It Work Or Not?, Anthony Clark, Annette Najjar, Ralph Wiedner
Cash For Clunkers: Did It Work Or Not?, Anthony Clark, Annette Najjar, Ralph Wiedner
The Confluence (2009-2020)
The Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act of 2009 (CARS) was supposed to stimulate the American economy with incentives to trade in old gas-guzzling cars for new, more efficient ones. Three economists examine the impact of this program that came to be called “Cash for Clunkers” on the St. Charles County, Missouri, economy.
From The Editor, Jeffrey Smith
America’S First Interstate—The National Road And Its Reach Toward St. Clair County, Illinois, Andrew Theising
America’S First Interstate—The National Road And Its Reach Toward St. Clair County, Illinois, Andrew Theising
The Confluence (2009-2020)
The National Road was to span from Maryland to the Mississippi River, but never made it—in part due to a political battle over the location of the new Illinois state capital in the 1830s.
Spring/Summer 2010, Full Issue
St. Louis: Air Mail Pioneer, David Straight
St. Louis: Air Mail Pioneer, David Straight
The Confluence (2009-2020)
In the decades after the Wright Brothers launched their first plane at Kitty Hawk, St. Louis was an aviation hub. Within a decade after that flight, the first airmail left Kinloch Field in St. Louis, with people sending what they knew were historic letters.
How Natural Is Nature? The Effect Of Burning On Presettlement Vegetation In West-Central Illinois, Paul Kilburn, Richard C. Brugam
How Natural Is Nature? The Effect Of Burning On Presettlement Vegetation In West-Central Illinois, Paul Kilburn, Richard C. Brugam
The Confluence (2009-2020)
When the first Euroamericans arrived in North America, they thought they were seeing a “wilderness,” unaltered by human hands. However, they were actually seeing highly managed environments. Kilburn and Brugam examine the impact of the burning of forests and prairies by Native Americans on the plant species in west-central Illinois.
Slave And Soldier, William Glankler
Slave And Soldier, William Glankler
The Confluence (2009-2020)
New court records shed light on the complex relationships of slavery when a slave enlists in the Union Army during the Civil War.
The Seeds Of St. Louis Regionalism, Mark Abbott
The Seeds Of St. Louis Regionalism, Mark Abbott
The Confluence (2009-2020)
Harland Bartholomew’s 1948 regional plan was not a radical departure, but heir to almost a century of regional thinking and planning—including more than three dozen airports.
Worker Number 74530, Kate L. Gregg
Worker Number 74530, Kate L. Gregg
The Confluence (2009-2020)
In 1943, Lindenwood English professor and historian Kate Gregg became a Rosie the Riveter at the St. Louis Ordinance Plant. This is her story.
Against Pain, David L. Straight
Against Pain, David L. Straight
The Confluence (2009-2020)
Talk about junk mail! Makers of Antikamnia tablets, a pain reliever in turn-of-the-century St. Louis, used the mail to sell this patent medicine that was investigated by the new Food and Drug Administration in the Theodore Roosevelt administration.
From The Editor, Jeffrey Smith
Where Rivers And Ideas Meet, James D. Evans
Where Rivers And Ideas Meet, James D. Evans
The Confluence (2009-2020)
The St. Louis region is situated right at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, which has been constantly changing over the centuries—just like the rest of the region.
“We Shall Be Literally ‘Sold To The Dutch’”, Mark Alan Neels
“We Shall Be Literally ‘Sold To The Dutch’”, Mark Alan Neels
The Confluence (2009-2020)
The politicization of immigrant groups is nothing new, as this study of German immigrants and anti-German sentiment suggests.
The History Of The Illinois River And The Decline Of A Native Species, Paige Mettler-Cherry, Marian Smith
The History Of The Illinois River And The Decline Of A Native Species, Paige Mettler-Cherry, Marian Smith
The Confluence (2009-2020)
Floodplains as connectors to rivers are essential parts of the ecosystem; endangered plants chart progress or decline on the the Illinois River.