History of Saint Louis City and County, from the earliest periods to the present day: including biographical sketches of representative men, Part 97

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Philadelphia : L.H. Everts
Number of Pages: 1358

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"R. EASTON, P.M."

The irregularities, delays, and uncertainties of the mails about this time are set forth in the following from the Missouri Gazette of Aug. 10, 1808 :

"The failure of the mail from Ste. Genevieve to Cahokia, and fromn Vincennes to the same place, has long since been a fact of serious complaint, and more so to the inhabitants of this Territory since the establishment of a Gazette at the town of St. Louis, it being impossible for the printer to give to his pa- trons early and correct accounts, either of foreign or domestic news. The fault is certainly not to be imputed to the contrac- tors, yet there is a radical defect in the law which does not en- able the postmaster-general to remedy the evil, the contrac- tor only being liable to the forfeiture of five dollars for the loss of a trip, and the postmaster-general cannot annul the contract until there have been five failures. The carrier will make a speculation. Say, for instance, it costs fifteen dollars to make a trip between Vincennes and Cahokia; the carrier, by his failure, saves ten dollars on the loss of each trip, from the tenor of his contract ; and after five forfeiturcs, and before the information can reach the proper department, the tenor of the contract will have nearly expired, and even in fact so before a new contractor could be had and he enter upon his duties."

The mails were transported in 1808 from Vincennes and Ste. Genevieve to Cahokia, from which place another rider brought them to St. Louis and St. Charles. These were then the only mail routes west of Indiana and Kentucky.

The list of letters remaining in the post-office at St. Louis for the quarter ending Dec. 21, 1808, was :

Richard Bibb, Jr., John Brown, James Byrnside, John Car- son, John Calaway, Vincent Calico, Isaac Darnielle, William Danis, care of M. Butcher, Peter Detchler, Robert Finfey, Jacob Faill, John Finley, John Gribum, William C. Greenup, Garrot Di Grinelimour, care of A. Chouteau, Jacob Harry, Ben- jamin Johnson, James Leonard, care of A. McNair, Mr. Mc- Kinsey, William Miller, James McFarlane, Uriah Musick, James Mackay, Hezekiah O'Neil, John Patterson, William Patterson, James Reid, Moses Riddle, Mr. F. Regnier, Esek · Sterry, Paskell Sary, Abram Teter, Peyton Thomas, Robert Westcott, Thomas Welsh, Jacob Wagner, White Warner.

During the winter of 1809 there was another vex- atious interruption of the mails, none being received for over nine weeks, and Mr. Charless did not fail to call attention to the fact and denounce it in his Ga- zette.

" We are compelled," he said, on the 4th of January, "to complain of the wretched state of the post-office department in this quarter ; by especial grace we sometimes receive one mail in two or three weeks, and then perhaps receive only one or two papers. Where this pillage of papers exists we cannot learn ; we sincerely wish that all the postmasters on the line from Washington to this place would only do their duty and send on such papers as are committed to their charge."

Again, on the 11th of January, he stated that there had been no mail from the East for more than two months. "Excessively cold weather, and no ther- mometer in the place to record the degree," he added.

On the 31st of May, 1809, an advertisement ap- peared inviting proposals for carrying the mails (the proposals to be received " at the general post-office in Washington City"), as follows :

"194. From Louisville, Ky., by Jeffersonville and Clarks- ville, to Vincennes, once a week. Leave Louisville every Sun- day at 6 A.M., and arrive at Vincennes the next Wednesday by 10 A.M. Lcave Vincennes every Wednesday at 2 P.M., and ar- rive at Louisville the next Saturday by 6 P.M.

" 195. From Vincennes to Kaskaskia, once a week. Leave Vincennes every Wednesday at 2 P.M., and arrive at Kaskaskia on Saturday by 6 P.M. Leave Kaskaskia every Sunday at 6 A.M., and arrive at Vincennes the next Wednesday by 10 A.M.

" 196. From Kaskaskia, by St. Philip, Prairie du Rocher, and St. Louis to St. Charles, once a week. Leave St. Charles every Thursday at 2 r.M., and arrive at Kaskaskia on Saturday by 6 p.M. Leave Kaskaskia every Sunday at 6 A.M., and arrive at St. Charles on Tuesday by 10 A.M.

" 197. From Cape Girardeau to New Madrid, once in two weeks. Leave Cape Girardeau every other Tuesday at 6 A.M., and arrive at New Madrid on Friday by 10 A.M. Leave New Madrid same day at 2 P.M., and arrive at Cape Girardeau on Monday by 6 P.M.

" 198. Kaskaskia, by Geneva, Cape Girardeau, Tywappety, and Wilkinsonville, to Fort Massac, once a week. Leave Kas- kaskia every Sunday at 6 A.M., and arrive at Fort Massac on Wednesday by 10 A.M. Leave Fort Massac every Wednesday at 1 P.M., and arrive at Kaskaskia on Saturday by 6 P.M."

The mails announced on the 14th of November, 1810, were " from St. Louis to Cahokia east, once a week; to Herculaneum, Mine à Breton, and Ste. Genevieve, once in two weeks; to St. Charles, once a week."

The following extracts from the diary of Mr. Fred- erick L. Billon forcibly illustrate the vexatious delays which attended travel and the transportation of the mails in those early days :

"I came to St. Louis in the year 1818, and was just two months on my way from my native city, Philadelphia. I left that city Sunday morning early, August 30th, in the mail-stage for Pittsburgh, where I arrived at 4 p.M. on Friday, September 4th, the sixth day from Philadelphia. There being then no stages west of Pittsburgh, we remained there some four or five days, waiting for a keel-boat to descend the Ohio, keels and flat- boats (then called ' broad-horns') being the only conveyances by water west of that point. Meeting with a Capt. Fellows, then coming to the marine settlement in Illinois with his family in a keel-boat, we took passage with him, and left Pittsburgh on Wednesday, September 9th, and after several groundings on account of the low stage of water, reached Louisville on Mon- day, the 21st, being twelve days on our voyage to that point. We remained there four days while the boat was discharging her cargo, to be drayed around the Falls of the Ohio to Shipping- port below. The boat was then taken over the falls and reloaded, and we left again on Friday, September 25th. After six or seven days' run from the falls, we grounded on a bar at the head of Green River Island, and the water falling rapidly, soon left us

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high and dry on the bar. We lay here seven or eight days, dis- charged the freight on the bar, cut skids on the island to slide the boat to the water, reloaded her, and started again on Thurs- day, October 8th, and in three days morc reached Shawneetown. Here we left the boat, being persuaded that she would never reach St. Louis until the following spring, having yet over one hundred miles to reach the Mississippi, and two hundred more up that stream against a strong current. We were here several days seeking a conveyance for ourselves and trunks to Kaskas- kia, one hundred and twenty miles from Shawnee, on the way to St. Louis. Finally we induced an old man who possessed the only wagon in the place, for the sum of fifty dollars (five dol- lars per day for ten days he would be in going and returning), to take our few trunks, and we to have the privilege of riding if we thought fit. There were then but some four or five houses between these two places. We left Shawnee on Thursday, Octo- ber 15th, and arrived at Kaskaskia on Tuesday, the 20th ; erossed the Mississippi to Ste. Genevieve in a large canoe on Wednesday, the 21st; remained here some five or six days ; left for St. Louis on Tuesday morning early, the 27th; recrossed the Mississippi, and came up in a French cart that night to Waterloo, and on the following morning, Wednesday, the 28th of October, eame through the heavy timber in sight of St. Louis at ten o'clock A.M. ; erossed in a flat that landed us on a large bar extending out several hundred yards from the main shore, reaching St. Louis in just two months from Philadelphia."

Mr. Billon descended the Ohio at the season of the year when the water was lowest, and his journey was lengthened on that account some twelve or fifteen days.

The perils encountered by the mail-carriers of that early period are only suggested by the announcement made on the 6th of September, 1810, that the post- master-general had offered a reward of five thousand dollars " for the apprehension and securing of the robber or robbers who murdercd the post-rider be- tween Vincennes and Kaskaskia and carried away the mail portmanteau with its contents; to be paid upon the conviction of the offender."

Such was the alleged mismanagement of the mail department, or that portion of it in which St. Louis was interested, that on the 28th of November, 1812, it was announced that the grand jury of the district had presented it as a nuisance. The postmaster at St. Louis at this time was Col. Rufus Easton, a cap- able officer and gentleman of high standing, and the fault lay not with him, but with the mail contractors or " post-riders," who, as we have already seen, were often lax and negligent in the discharge of their duties. Col. Easton was succeeded in the postmastership by his brother-in-law, Dr. Robert Simpson, who was ap- pointed by President Madison Jan. 1, 1815, the va- cancy having been created by Col. Easton's election to Congress. Dr. Simpson retained the position nearly four years, and in the autumn of 1818 was succeeded by Capt. A. T. Crane, of the United States army. After a brief and popular administration of less than twelve months Capt. Crane died, on the 26th of September,

1819. The next postmaster was Col. Elias Rector, who retained the office until his death in 1822. During Col. Easton's incumbency the post-office was located at his residence and law-office, on the south- west corner of Third and Elm Streets. Dr. Simpson established it at various points from time to time, first on the east side of Main Street above Elm, then on the east side of Main below Elm, then on the west side of Main Street, at the southwest corner of Elm Strect. Under Capt. Crane it was situated in the back part of the old stone building occupied by the Bank of St. Louis, and under Col. Rector was re- moved to the old stone mansion of Mrs. Chouteau, at the southwest corner of Main and Chestnut Streets, and subsequently to the frame building on the south side of Chestnut Street below Second.

Proposals were invited Aug. 10, 1816, for carrying United States mails in Missouri, from St. Louis, by Potosi and Lawrence Court-House, to Arkansas, once in four weeks; to leave St. Louis every fourth Satur- day, commencing on the first Saturday in November, and arrive at Arkansas in ten days, on Monday at six P.M. ; leave Arkansas the next Wednesday at six A.M., and arrive at St. Louis in ten days, on Friday at six P.M.

Nathaniel Simonds made the following announce- ment to the public Nov. 20, 1818 :

" The subscriber intends running a stage-coach between St. Louis and St. Charles three times in each week, to commence on the first Monday in December, in the following order, viz. :

"Leave the ferry-house opposite St. Charles at ten o'clock A.M. on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

"Leave Pitzer's brick livery-stable in St. Louis at ten A.M. on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, and pass the boarding- houses of Mr. Pitzer, Mr. Paddock, and Mrs. Snow."

"We understand," said the Missouri Gazette of March 17, 1819, "that it is contemplated to establish a regular line of · stages between this town and Franklin, Howard Co. A stage runs regularly once a week to and from St. Louis to Kaskaskia, another runs three times a week to St. Charles, another twice a weck to Edwardsville, to which will, we hope, shortly be added the stage to Franklin. We have also understood that it has been in contemplation to establish a line from Edwardsville to . Vincennes. It will only remain to have it continued from Vin- ecnnes to Louisville ; a direct communication by stage will then be opened from the Atlantic States to Boon's Lick, on the Mis- souri. It is one of the most advantageous investments of money in the Eastern States, where the price of conveyanee is much cheaper than it is west of the Allegheny. Seven cents to the mile is the usual price in the former, while ten cents, and sometimes 12}, are charged in the latter."

R. Smith announced, Dec. 15, 1819, that " the great Western stages start every morning from the door, and on the premises is one of the best livery- stables in the city, conducted by Mr. John Tomlinson, where travelers' horses will be faithfully attended to."

The following advertisement, under date of Dec.

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27, 1827, shows the arrangements for transporting passengers and mails at that time :

" United States mail stage from St. Louis, Mo., to Louis- ville, Ky., passing through the States of Illinois and Indiana, via Vincennes. Through in five days ; no night driving; twice a week each way. Arrangements: Leaves St. Louis every Tuesday and Saturday at four o'clock A.M., and arrives at Vin- cennes every Monday and Thursday at four o'clock p.M. ; leaves Vincennes at four o'eloek A.M. next morning, and arrives at Louisville by way of New Albany in two days; leaves Louis- ville every Sunday and Wednesday at four o'eloek A.M., and in returning the same time is occupied ; arrives at St. Louis every Sunday and Thursday at six o'clock P.M. All baggage at the risk of the owner. Fare, from St. Louis to Vincennes, one hundred and sixty miles, ten dollars ; from Vineennes to Louis- ville, one hundred and twelve miles, seven dollars."

As late as 1835 the arrangements for distributing the mails were still of a primitive character, and our present carrier system was then of course unknown. Among the expedients resorted to the following (de- scribed in a local journal) is rather unique :

" In 1835, Mr. R. D. Watson was a merchant on Main Street, near Olive, and lived on his farm, about seven miles from the court-house. He generally came into town on Monday morning, bringing in with him a little black pony, and this pony was his letter- carrier. Any correspondence that might have ar- rived for Mrs. Watson or any member of the family was fastened to the pony's mane, and he was then turned loose on Olive Street, and would make straight tracks for home, where a servant would be waiting for him. In those days there werc but few houses be- tween St. Louis University and Mrs. Watson's resi- dence, on the western part of Watson's Fruit Hill sub-division."

The question of expediting the mails between St. Louis and Baltimore, in accordance with the suggestion of the Baltimore Board of Trade, was the subject of a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce on the 17th of April, 1851. It was thought at the time that there was no reason why the mail should not be re- ceived in St. Louis in five days from Baltimore, and that it could be done if the merchants of the city would set themselves about it in earnest.

The first overland mail from California arrived in St. Louis Oct. 10, 1858, and the occasion was cele- brated by a demonstration in honor of Mr. Butterfield, who had been mainly instrumental in putting it into successful operation. A procession was formed in front of the Planters' House about eight o'clock in the evening, and, lieaded by the St. Louis Silver Band in Arnot's band-wagon drawn by six horses, marched to the Pacific Railroad depot. Mr. Butter- field was received with an address on behalf of the

citizens and of the reception committee by Hon. John F. Darby, to which he responded.

Upon leaving the depot tlic carriages proceeded to their starting-point on Fourth Street, preceded by the band-chariot, and passing around Pine, did not draw up until they reached the post-office, when the mail was turned over to the proper officials. Some extra bags, containing the San Francisco Evening Bulletin, the special edition of the Alta California, and other papers, were retained and put out at the hotel. Here they were opened, and the papers handed around to the assembled spectators, who read them with great apparent interest. The Alta California was most in demand, as it displayed a fine special head of " By the Overland Mail," and an imposing picture of a mail- coach with four horses in full gallop. A journal, showing the route taken by the overland mail on its first trip from San Francisco to St. Louis, and also the distances between the different points and the time required for the performance of the trip, states that at least four days' time was lost on this trip. The record is as follows :

" Memorandum of distances between the stations on the over- land route from San Franeiseo to St. Louis via Arizona, and of the time made on the first trip : San Franeiseo to Clark's, 12; Sun Water, 9; Redwood City, 9; Mountain View, 12; San José, 11; Seventeen-Mile House, 17; Gilroy, 13; Pacheco Pass, 18; St. Louis Raneh, 17; Lone Willow, 18; Temple's Ranch, 13; Firebaugh's Ferry, 15; Fresno City, 19; Elk Horn Spring, 22; Whitmote's Ferry, 17; Cross Creek, 12; Visalia, 12; Packwood, 12; Tule River, 14; Fountain Spring, 14; Mountain House, 12; Posey Creek, 15; Gordon's Ferry, 10; Kern River Slough, 12; Sink of Tejon, 14; Fort Tejon, 15; Reed's, 8; French John's, 14; Widow Smith's, 24; King's, 10 ; Hart's, 12; San Fernando Mission, 8; Canuengo, 12; Los An- geles, 12. Total, 462 miles. Time, 80 hours.

"Los Angeles to Monte, 13; San José, 12; Rancho del Chino, 12; Tymascal, 20; Laguna Grande, 10; Temecula, 21 ; Tejungo, 14; Oak Grove, 12; Warner's Raneh, 10; San Felipe, 16; Valleeito, 18; Palm Springs, 9; Carisso Creek, 9; Indian Wells (without water), 32; Alamo Mucho (without water), Cook's Wells (without water), 22; Pilot Knob, 18 ; Fort Yuma, 10. Total, 282 miles. Time, 72 hours and 20 minutes.

"Fort Yuma to Swiveler's, 20; Filibuster Camp, 18; Peter- man's, 19; Griswell's, 12; Flap-Jack Ranch, 15; Catman Flat, 20; Murderer's Grave, 20; Gila Raneh, 17; Maricopa Wells, 40; Socatoon, 22; Peeacho, 37 ; Pointer Mountain, 22; Tucson, 18. Total, 280 miles. Time, 71 hours and 45 minutes.

"Tucson to Seneca Springs (without water), 35; San Pedro (without water), 24; Dragoon Springs (without water), 23; Apache Pass (without water), 40; Stein's Peak (without water), 35; Soldier's Farewell (without water), 42; Ojo de Vaea, 14; Miemhre's River, 16; Cook's Springs, 18; Pecacho (without water), 52; Fort Fillmore, 14; Cottonwoods, 25; Franklin, 22. Total, 360 miles. Time, 82 hours.

" Franklin to Waco Tanks, 30; Canodrus, 36; Pinery (with- out water), 56; Delaware Springs, 24; Pope's Camp, 40; Emi- grant Crossing, 65; Horse-Head Crossing, 55; Head of Concho (without water), 70; Grape Creek, 22; Fort Chadbourne, 30. Total, 428 miles. Time, 126 hours and 30 minutes.

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" Fort Chadbourne to Station No. 1, 12; Mountain Pass, 16; Phantom Hill, 30; Smith's, 12; Clear Fork, 26; Francis', 13; Fort Belknap, 22; Murphy's, 16; Jackboro', 19; Earhart's, 16; Connolly's, 16; Davidson's, 24; Gainesville, 17; Diamond's, 15; Sherman, 15; Colbert's Ferry (Red River), 13}. Total, 282}. Time, 65 hours and 25 minutes.

"Colbert's to Fisher's, 13; Wail's, 14; Boggy Depot, 17; Gary's, 17; Waddell's, 15; Blackburn's, 16; Pusley's, 17; Rid- dell's, 17; Holloway's, 17; Trayon's, 17; Walker's, 17; Fort Smith, 15. Total, 192 miles. Time, 38 hours.

"Fort Smith to Woosley's, 16; Brodie's, 12; Park's, 20; Fayetteville, 15; - 's Station, 12; Callaghan's, 22; Har- burn's, 19; Conch's, 16; Smith's, 15 ;. Ashmore, 20; Spring- field, 13; Evan's, 9; Smith's, 11; Bolivar, 11}; Yost's, 16; Quincy, 16; Bailey's, 10; Warsaw, 11; Burns', 15; Mulholland, 20; Shackelford's, 13; Tipton, 7. Total, 318}. Time, 48 hours and 55 minutes. Tipton to St. Louis, 160 miles. Time, 11 hours and 40 minutes.

" Recapitulation.

Miles.

Hours.

San Francisco to Los Angeles.

462

Los Angeles to Fort Ynma

282

72.20

Fort Yuma to Tucson

280

71.45

Tucson to Franklin

360

Franklin to Fort Chadbourne ...

428

126.30

Fort Chadbourne to Red River.

282}

65.25

Red River to Fort Smith

192

Fort Smith to Tipton

3184

48.55

Tipton to St. Louis ..

160

11.40

Total.

2765

569.35

"24 days, 20 hours, and 35 minutes ; 2 hours and 9 minntes allowed for difference in longitude, leaves 24 days, 18 hours, and 26 minutes."

The first effort to secure the erection of a building for a post-office, custom-house, land-office, etc., was made in 1838, a meeting being held at the court-house November 12th of that year, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of memorializing Congress on the subject. The meeting was organized by calling William Renshaw to the chair, and appoint- ing John H. Watson secretary, after which, Gen. N. Ranney having explained its object, the following resolutions were submitted by the secretary :

" Resolved, As the sense of this meeting, that a building for a custom-house and other public offices is highly necessary for the convenient transaction of the publio business in this city, and that such measures as may be deemed essential to the fur- therance of this object should be prosecuted without delay.

" Resolved, That a committee, to consist of five members, be appointed by the chair, for the purpose of drafting a memorial, to be addressed to Congress in behalf of the object contemplated in the foregoing resolution, and that an additional committee, to consist of ten members, be appointed in like manner, whose duty it shall be to present said memorial to the citizens for their signatures."

The resolutions were unanimously adopted, and the chairman, pursuant to their provisions, announced the appointment of the following committees : Committee to prepare a memorial, Messrs. N. Ranney, William Milburn, J. B. Bowlin, A. Wetmore, and A. J. Davis ; committee to obtain signatures, Messrs. N. Ranney,

John B. Sarpy, James Clemens, Augustus Kerr, Ab- ner Hood, H. L. Hoffman, S. S. Rayburn, Edward Walsh, William Glasgow, C. Garvey, Robert Rankin, and Edward Tracy.

The latter committee was increased to twelve mem- bers, on motion of Maj. Wetmore that the chairman and secretary be added to the last-named committee.

In 1851 it was proposed to locate the post-office temporarily in the court-house buildings, and a local journal, under date of May 6th, referring to the pro- ject, said,-

"In the course of the present year the construction of the eastern wing of the court-house will be commenced and prob- ably finished. We stated some time since that it was contem- plated to erect two other buildings separate from the court- house building, one of which is to stand on the northeast and the other on the southeast corner of the lot, and both of which are to be used as offices or court rooms, or by persons in the employ of the county. It was designed that these buildings should be thirty-two feet front by sixty feet on Chestnut, and the same dimensions on Market Street. A proposition is now before tbe county court which may cause a change of these plans. Mr. Gamble, the postmaster, proposes that these ad- ditional buildings shall be constructed of sufficient capacity to be employed temporarily for post-office and custom-house pur- poses. For the post-office alone Mr. Gamble asks that one apartment be set aside, forty feet front by one hundred in depth."

On the 9th of October, 1851, it was announced that

"an association of gentlemen of this city have leased from Mr. D. D. Page a portion of the ground at the corner of Second and Chestnut Streets, with the intention of erecting thereon a building suited to the wants of the St. Louis post-office. For this purpose a front of sixty-five feet on Second by ninety-six on Chestnut has been obtained. It is contemplated to erect a building three stories high, and to appropriate the whole of the first floor for the uses of the post-office; the interior will be arranged with direct reference to the accommodation of the office and of its customers."

In the following year the old St. Louis Theatre property, at the corner of Third and Olive Streets, was purchased by the government, and the erection of a custom-house and post-office building commenced, after plans prepared by George I. Barnett, architect.

In addition to the custom-house and post-office, Mr. Barnett has prepared the plans for many other public buildings, and occupies a deservedly high place among the architects of the country. He is an Eng- lishman by birth, and his father, who was a clergy- man and a writer of some note on questions of political economy, gave him careful home training, supple- mented by a course in the grammar school at Not- tingham. Leaving this institution at the age of six- teen, young Barnett spent three years with a practical builder, and then studied architecture in some of the · best schools in England and under the best preceptors

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until he was twenty-four, when he determined to emigrate to America. After spending a few months in New York, he removed to St. Louis in the latter part of 1839. Here he opened an office, and soon obtained a most lucrative business. For nearly twenty years he was the only educated architect in the city, and his genius and enterprise naturally secured for him an extensive clientage. He was employed in nearly every great work of that period. In later years St. Louis has had highly accomplished archi- tects, but Mr. Barnett still retains a leading position. It is a well-known fact that Mr. Barnett has erected a much larger number of buildings than any other architect in St. Louis, and to his skill and genius are due the architectural beau- ties of many of the pub- lic buildings, fine business houses, and elegant resi- dences of the city. It would be impossible to enu- merate all his achievements in this direction, but the following may be cited as prominent specimens of his work : The Southern and Lindell Hotels, the St. Louis Mutual Life Insur- ance building (Sixth and Locust Streets), the post- office (Third and Olive), the granite building Fourth and Market, Barr's build- ing (Sixth and Olive), and the old Merchants' Ex- change. In the competition with the most eminent ar- chitects of the country in designs for the new Mer- chants' Exchange, his draw- ing secured the first prize of fifteen hundred dollars. Mr. Barnett also enjoys a high reputation as a hotel architect, and in addition to the splendid fruits of his genius in this department in St. Louis, has built many famous structures throughout the West, notably the Maxwell House at Nashville, Tenn.

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History of Saint Louis City and County, from the earliest periods to the present day: including biographical sketches of representative men, Part 97

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898 Publication date: 1883 Publisher: Philadelphia : L.H. Everts Number of Pages: 1358

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Philadelphia : L.H. Everts
Number of Pages: 1358