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Thomas E. Zych was born on January 24, 1940. [1] He was educated at St. Mary's High School in St. Louis and attended Southeast Missouri State University. He graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a degree in secondary education. In 1974, he was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives from District 100. [1]
Mike Shannon (1939-2023), affiliated with St. Louis Cardinals for over 50 years, as a player (1962–1970), in front office, and, since 1972, radio and TV announcer; Scott Shannon (born 1947), a radio disk jockey hosting WCBS-FM in New York City. Augustus Shapleigh (1810–1902), president of Shapleigh Hardware Company and early pioneer of St ...
He was admitted to the bar in 1926 and commenced practice in St. Louis, and served as assistant circuit attorney for that city from 1929 to 1934. He served as a colonel on the Governor's staff from 1932 to 1936 and was a lecturer on criminal jurisprudence at the Benton College of Law in St. Louis from 1934 to 1938.
With the passage of Prohibition in 1920, control of St. Louis's illegal bootlegging operations became a major power struggle between the seven different ethnic gangs: the Green Ones, the Pillow Gang, the Russo Gang, the Egan's Rats, the Hogan Gang, the Shelton Gang and the Cuckoos all fighting to control illegal rackets in the St. Louis area. [1]
The New Evening Whirl is a newspaper published in St. Louis, Missouri. [1] It was started by Benjamin Thomas in 1938. It is known for its focus on local crime in the St. Louis area and its non-traditional headlines. [2] Anthony Sanders is the editor, and it claims a readership of 100,000. [1] [3]
The St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company (reporting mark SSW), known by its nickname of "The Cotton Belt Route" or simply "Cotton Belt", was a Class I railroad that operated between St. Louis, Missouri, and various points in the U.S. states of Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Texas from 1891 to 1980, when the system added the Rock Island's Golden State Route and operations in Kansas ...
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The Iron Mountain was initially established to deliver iron ore from Iron Mountain to St. Louis, Missouri. Once owned by Henry Gudon Marquand and his brother, Frederick Marquand. They were forced out through Jay Gould's railroad monopoly. [1] [2] In 1883 the railway was acquired by Jay Gould, becoming part of a 9,547-mile (15,364 km) system.