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Various ethnic groups existed in the area in the mid-19th century. Italians, mainly from the north and especially from the northern Italian region of Lombardy, immigrated and settled in the area starting in the late 19th century, attracted by jobs in nearby plants established to exploit deposits of clay discovered by Irish immigrants in the 1830s.
St. Louis Colored Orphans Home is a historic orphanage for Black orphans and building in The Ville neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.. It has been known as the Annie Malone Children and Family Service Center since 1946. It serves as a shelter for children who need a temporary home and a counseling center for families in crisis.
Frank Maguire (1929–1981), Northern Ireland politician and MP; Gavin Maguire (born 1967), Welsh footballer; George Maguire (born 1990), Olivier Award-winning English actor; George Maguire (1796–1882), Irish-American mayor of St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Gerard Maguire (born 1945), Australian actor; Gregory Maguire (born 1954), American author
Pages in category "Ethnic groups in St. Louis" ... History of the Jews in St. Louis This page was last edited on 10 October 2016, at 14:24 (UTC). ...
They worked to construct towns where there had been none previously. Kansas City was one such town, and eventually became an important cattle town and railroad center. [128] William Scully (1821-1906), from a wealthy landowning Catholic family in West Tipperary, Ireland, immigrated to Chicago in 1851. He bought up hundreds of thousands of acres ...
In 2011 St. Louis was named by U.S. News & World Report as the most dangerous city in the United States, using Uniform Crime Reports data published by the U.S. Department of Justice. [266] In addition, St. Louis was named as the city with the highest crime rate in the United States by CQ Press in 2010, using data reported to the FBI in 2009. [267]
Bellefontaine Neighbors city, Missouri – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000 [8] Pop 2010 [9] Pop 2020 ...
St. Louis is home to the Fox Theatre, located in Grand Center, which presents Broadway shows and concert or speaking events. Other theaters include The Muny, a summer musical theatre located in Forest Park and founded in 1919; the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, the city's major regional theatre, founded in 1966; Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, an annual summer opera festival co-founded by ...