Head north of downtown St. Louis and you may bump into a peculiar monument. A big rock, raised up on four levels of brickwork, sits near the intersection of Broadway and Mound Street in the Old North St. Louis neighborhood. Inconspicuous, this rock actually marks a significant site in St. Louis area history. This is…
Note: This is one of the original “Facebook posts” from December 2011. This was the second of my “history finds” that were posted on Facebook and eventually led to this creation of this blog. Falstaff has quite a story behind it, so I hope to someday give it my full attention with a detailed blog post….
Note: This is one of the original “Facebook posts” from November 2011. This was one of the early “history finds” that were posted on Facebook. These posts eventually led to this creation of this blog. I hope to expand on these posts in the near future with more information, more pictures, and of course… a drink….
Note: This is one of the original “Facebook posts” from November, 2011. This was the first of my “history finds” that were posted on Facebook and eventually led to this creation of this blog. Back then, I went on a long bike ride in north St. Louis. I rode through Fairground Park and saw this structure. I…
