St. Louis Star-Times Newspaper Title Index to Special Article Series: Local History Articles
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| Subject | Date | Page | Microfilm # | Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50,000 Come to St Louis Before the Civil War | Thursday, June 15, 1933 | 22 | Roll 1933-4 | 104 |
| Aaron Burr Plot | Thursday, March 30, 1933 | 9 | Roll 1933-2 | 39 |
| Academy of Visitation | Saturday, April 29, 1933 | 6 | Roll 1933-3 | 65 |
| Aimable Guion | Thursday, April 27, 1933 | 7 | Roll 1933-3 | 63 |
| Antoine Francois Saugrain de Vigni | Friday, May 12, 1933 | 11 | Roll 1933-3 | 76 |
| Battle for Camp Jackson | Monday, June 19, 1933 | 11 | Roll 1933-4 | 107 |
| Beginnings of the Catholic Church in St Louis | Tuesday, February 21, 1933 | 13 | Roll 1933-1 | 7 |
| Beginnings of the Episcopal Church in St Louis | Wednesday, February 22, 1933 | 10 | Roll 1933-1 | 8 |
| Boisterous Group Breaks-Up Slave Auction | Friday, August 04, 1933 | 30 | Roll 1933-5 | 146 |
| Bonfires Celebrate Mexican War Victories | Wednesday, May 10, 1933 | 8 | Roll 1933-3 | 74 |
| Bryan Mullanphy | Monday, May 01, 1933 | 11 | Roll 1933-3 | 66 |
| Building Old Courthouse Pushes City West | Tuesday, June 27, 1933 | 16 | Roll 1933-4 | 114 |
| Building the Eads Bridge | Thursday, June 29, 1933 | 8 | Roll 1933-4 | 116 |
| Captain Nathaniel Lyon Spies on Camp Jackson | Tuesday, June 20, 1933 | 20 | Roll 1933-4 | 108 |
| Carl Wimar, Painter of Old Courthouse Dome | Monday, April 17, 1933 | 4 | Roll 1933-3 | 54 |
| Ceremony of Three Flags | Thursday, February 16, 1933 | 20 | Roll 1933-1 | 3 |
| Changing of Law & Government after the Louisiana Purschase | Thursday, May 25, 1933 | 7 | Roll 1933-4 | 87 |
| Charles Dickens Visit | Friday, March 17, 1933 | 5 | Roll 1933-2 | 28 |
| Chief Pontiac | Thursday, February 23, 1933 | 7 | Roll 1933-2 | 9 |
| Cholera Plague | Thursday, May 11, 1933 | 5 | Roll 1933-3 | 75 |
| D R Francis Travels to Europe to Make World's Fair a Success | Wednesday, July 12, 1933 | 4 | Roll 1933-5 | 126 |
| Daniel Boone Home | Tuesday, August 22, 1933 | 5 | Roll 1933-6 | 161 |
| Daniel Webster Visit | Tuesday, March 14, 1933 | Roll 1933-2 | 25 | |
| Daniel Webster Visit to St Louis University | Wednesday, March 15, 1933 | 5 | Roll 1933-2 | 26 |
| David Francis Held Back Mob of Bolshevists During Russian Revolution | Friday, July 14, 1933 | 14 | Roll 1933-5 | 128 |
| David R Francis Visits With Kings | Thursday, July 13, 1933 | 8 | Roll 1933-5 | 127 |
| Dealings with Native Americans | Tuesday, May 09, 1933 | 11 | Roll 1933-3 | 73 |
| Defense of St Louis in 1780 | Friday, April 07, 1933 | 36 | Roll 1933-2 | 47 |
| Don Lucien Maxwell | Saturday, July 01, 1933 | 5 | Roll 1933-5 | 118 |
| Dr William Beaumont | Saturday, March 18, 1933 | 4 | Roll 1933-2 | 29 |
| Dred Scott Case | Tuesday, March 07, 1933 | Roll 1933-2 | 19 | |
| Early Germans in Middle West | Wednesday, June 14, 1933 | 4 | Roll 1933-4 | 103 |
| Early Irish Leaders in Business and Law | Tuesday, July 11, 1933 | 20 | Roll 1933-5 | 125 |
| Early Newspaper Advertisements in St Louis | Thursday, August 24, 1933 | 4 | Roll 1933-6 | 163 |
| Early Theater in St Louis | Friday, June 02, 1933 | 15 | Roll 1933-4 | 93 |
| Early Trials in St Louis | Wednesday, July 19, 1933 | 11 | Roll 1933-5 | 132 |
| Establishment of Civil Government | Saturday, February 18, 1933 | 9 | Roll 1933-1 | 5 |
| Eugene Field | Saturday, February 25, 1933 | 8 | Roll 1933-2 | 11 |
| Father De Smet | Saturday, May 20, 1933 | 6 | Roll 1933-4 | 83 |
| Father De Smet | Monday, May 22, 1933 | 4 | Roll 1933-4 | 84 |
| Findings in Old City Directory | Tuesday, August 15, 1933 | 12 | Roll 1933-6 | 155 |
| First Bank in St Louis | Wednesday, April 19, 1933 | 15 | Roll 1933-3 | 56 |
| First Brick Building west of Mississippi | Saturday, March 25, 1933 | 6 | Roll 1933-2 | 35 |
| First City Directory in West Published in St Louis in1821 | Monday, August 14, 1933 | 6 | Roll 1933-5 | 154 |
| First Locomotive out of Mill Creek Valley | Monday, March 20, 1933 | 11 | Roll 1933-2 | 30 |
| First Marriage in St Louis | Wednesday, May 24, 1933 | 7 | Roll 1933-4 | 86 |
| First Newspaper in West | Saturday, April 15, 1933 | 10 | Roll 1933-3 | 53 |
| First Outdoor Theater in the West | Monday, July 31, 1933 | 10 | Roll 1933-5 | 142 |
| First Public High School West of Mississippi | Wednesday, August 16, 1933 | 4 | Roll 1933-6 | 156 |
| First Session of Legislature | Monday, February 27, 1933 | 4 | Roll 1933-2 | 12 |
| First St Louis Lyibrary | Saturday, August 19, 1933 | 8 | Roll 1933-6 | 159 |
| First St Louis Lynching | Friday, August 18, 1933 | 10 | Roll 1933-6 | 158 |
| First Water Works in St Louis | Tuesday, August 01, 1933 | 9 | Roll 1933-5 | 143 |
| Flatboats and Horses Bring Actors to St Louis | Wednesday, June 07, 1933 | 20 | Roll 1933-4 | 97 |
| Flood of 1785 and 1844 | Thursday, April 20, 1933 | 20 | Roll 1933-3 | 57 |
| Founding of St Louis | Monday, February 20, 1933 | 13 | Roll 1933-1 | 6 |
| Founding of Washington University | Thursday, August 17, 1933 | 24 | Roll 1933-6 | 157 |
| Fremont & German Settlers | Saturday, June 17, 1933 | 5 | Roll 1933-4 | 106 |
| French Royalists Involved in Tragedy | Thursday, March 16, 1933 | 12 | Roll 1933-2 | 27 |
| Fur Caravans Brought Riches to St Louis | Tuesday, August 08, 1933 | 13 | Roll 1933-5 | 149 |
| fur Trade Fortunes Built Under Hardship | Wednesday, August 09, 1933 | 7 | Roll 1933-5 | 150 |
| Fur Trader Bonneville | Thursday, August 10, 1933 | 22 | Roll 1933-5 | 151 |
| General Jo Selby & Emperor Maximilian | Saturday, May 27, 1933 | 2 | Roll 1933-4 | 88 |
| General Lafayette visits St Louis | Friday, March 03, 1933 | 19 | Roll 1933-2 | 16 |
| German Culture Replaces French | Monday, May 15, 1933 | 9 | Roll 1933-3 | 78 |
| German Settlers Became Mainstay of Middle West | Monday, June 12, 1933 | 20 | Roll 1933-4 | 101 |
| Godfried Duden & Friedrich Muench | Saturday, June 10, 1933 | 6 | Roll 1933-4 | 100 |
| Gold Standard Issue in 1896 Born in St Louis | Friday, July 21, 1933 | 4 | Roll 1933-5 | 134 |
| Grand Duke alexis of Russia Visits St Louis | Thursday, August 03, 1933 | 13 | Roll 1933-5 | 145 |
| Grand Opera at Old Music Hall in St Louis | Thursday, July 20, 1933 | 7 | Roll 1933-5 | 133 |
| Grant & Sherman Onlookers in St Louis at Start of Civil War | Wednesday, June 21, 1933 | 5 | Roll 1933-4 | 109 |
| Great Flood of 1844 | Wednesday, May 17, 1933 | 6 | Roll 1933-3 | 80 |
| Henry Clay tries to Sell his Real Estate | Tuesday, March 21, 1933 | 11 | Roll 1933-2 | 31 |
| Henry Shaw | Wednesday, April 05, 1933 | 6 | Roll 1933-2 | 44 |
| Herculaneum Shot Tower | Wednesday, March 29, 1933 | 18 | Roll 1933-2 | 38 |
| Indian Saved from Gallows | Friday, May 05, 1933 | 5 | Roll 1933-3 | 70 |
| Influx of German Settlers | Tuesday, June 13, 1933 | 20 | Roll 1933-4 | 102 |
| Iron Mountain Railroad | Monday, April 10, 1933 | 5 | Roll 1933-3 | 49 |
| James Addison Reavis & Fake Spanish Land Grant in Arizona | Tuesday, May 16, 1933 | 11 | Roll 1933-3 | 79 |
| James Buchanan Eads (and the Bridge) | Friday, March 31, 1933 | 4 | Roll 1933-2 | 40 |
| Jean Baptiste Charles Lucas | Monday, March 27, 1933 | 13 | Roll 1933-2 | 36 |
| Jessie Benton Fremont | Saturday, March 11, 1933 | 8 | Roll 1933-2 | 23 |
| John Coulter & Jim Bridger | Wednesday, May 31, 1933 | 18 | Roll 1933-4 | 91 |
| John F Darby, Mayor | Saturday, April 08, 1933 | 6 | Roll 1933-3 | 48 |
| John Fremont | Friday, March 10, 1933 | 5 | Roll 1933-2 | 22 |
| John Mullanphy | Monday, April 24, 1933 | 5 | Roll 1933-3 | 60 |
| John Sappington | Monday, August 07, 1933 | 9 | Roll 1933-5 | 148 |
| John Wilkes Booth in St Louis | Saturday, April 22, 1933 | 6 | Roll 1933-3 | 59 |
| King Otho of Greece Visits St Louis | Saturday, August 12, 1933 | 8 | Roll 1933-5 | 153 |
| Kinsman of President Roosevelt Ran First Mississippi Steamer | Tuesday, March 28, 1933 | 13 | Roll 1933-2 | 37 |
| Kit Carson | Thursday, May 18, 1933 | 8 | Roll 1933-3 | 81 |
| Kit Carson Saves Lives of Caravan | Saturday, July 15, 1933 | 8 | Roll 1933-5 | 129 |
| Lafayette Park Area | Thursday, April 13, 1933 | 22 | Roll 1933-3 | 51 |
| Lewis & Clark (probably) | Friday, February 17, 1933 | Roll 1933-1 | 4 | |
| Lincoln Duel | Thursday, June 08, 1933 | 13 | Roll 1933-4 | 98 |
| Louis A Benoist | Tuesday, May 30, 1933 | 9 | Roll 1933-4 | 90 |
| Louise Closser Hale Played Stock in St Louis | Friday, July 28, 1933 | 5 | Roll 1933-5 | 140 |
| Louisiana Purschase | Wednesday, February 15, 1933 | 3 | Roll 1933-1 | 2 |
| Low German Pioneers | Friday, June 16, 1933 | 22 | Roll 1933-4 | 105 |
| Lucas Land Investments | Friday, June 09, 1933 | 17 | Roll 1933-4 | 99 |
| Manuel Lisa | Friday, April 28, 1933 | 33 | Roll 1933-3 | 64 |
| Marine Insurance for Fur Trappers | Friday, July 07, 1933 | 12 | Roll 1933-5 | 122 |
| Mark Twain | Friday, February 24, 1933 | 23 | Roll 1933-2 | 10 |
| Mark Twain | Monday, March 06, 1933 | 10 | Roll 1933-2 | 18 |
| Missouri River as route of Fur Trade | Saturday, April 01, 1933 | 6 | Roll 1933-2 | 41 |
| Missouri's First Constitution | Thursday, March 02, 1933 | 11 | Roll 1933-2 | 15 |
| Mud in Water Supply Until World's Fair | Wednesday, August 02, 1933 | 11 | Roll 1933-5 | 144 |
| Mullanphy Family charities | Wednesday, May 03, 1933 | 5 | Roll 1933-3 | 68 |
| Music & Entertainment | Tuesday, May 23, 1933 | 11 | Roll 1933-4 | 85 |
| Native American Visitors to St Louis | Tuesday, April 18, 1933 | 20 | Roll 1933-3 | 55 |
| Old Curb Mart on Broadway | Friday, August 11, 1933 | 5 | Roll 1933-5 | 152 |
| Old Taverns in Early St Louis | Monday, July 17, 1933 | 5 | Roll 1933-5 | 130 |
| Olympic Theater Center of West's Best Drama | Saturday, July 22, 1933 | 6 | Roll 1933-5 | 135 |
| Overview of Serries | Tuesday, February 14, 1933 | 3 | Roll 1933-1 | 1 |
| Personal Anomosites in St Louis Over the Civil War | Friday, June 23, 1933 | 28 | Roll 1933-4 | 111 |
| Pioneer Signatures | Saturday, May 06, 1933 | 6 | Roll 1933-3 | 71 |
| Pre-Historic Indian Mounds | Thursday, March 23, 1933 | 20 | Roll 1933-2 | 33 |
| Prince of Wales (Edward VII) vvisit to St Louis | Friday, March 24, 1933 | 9 | Roll 1933-4 | 87a |
| Quicksand on Federal Building Site Baffled Engineers | Wednesday, June 28, 1933 | 6 | Roll 1933-4 | 115 |
| Railroad Development from St Louis | Tuesday, April 11, 1933 | 11 | Roll 1933-3 | 50 |
| Richard Mansfield Performs in St Louis | Monday, July 24, 1933 | 20 | Roll 1933-5 | 136 |
| River Pirates on the Mississippi | Friday, March 24, 1933 | 15 | Roll 1933-2 | 34 |
| Robert E Lee build dike to keep river in channel | Monday, March 13, 1933 | 9 | Roll 1933-2 | 24 |
| Russell Farnham Goes to London via Alaska and Siberia to Get furs | Monday, August 21, 1933 | 18 | Roll 1933-6 | 160 |
| Sacred Heart Convent Founded | Saturday, May 13, 1933 | 6 | Roll 1933-3 | 77 |
| Santa Fe Trail | Wednesday, March 08, 1933 | 9 | Roll 1933-2 | 20 |
| Sensational Divorce Case | Thursday, May 04, 1933 | 5 | Roll 1933-3 | 69 |
| Sherman Quits Street Car Job to Enter Army | Thursday, June 22, 1933 | 5 | Roll 1933-4 | 110 |
| Shorter Work Week (10 Hour Day) | Friday, April 21, 1933 | 8 | Roll 1933-3 | 58 |
| Shrewd Businesswomen in Early St Louis | Saturday, July 08, 1933 | 6 | Roll 1933-5 | 123 |
| Sioux Cross From the Mississippi to Missouri Rivers at Portage des Sioux | Wednesday, August 23, 1933 | 11 | Roll 1933-6 | 162 |
| Sol Smith Defends Theater | Monday, June 05, 1933 | 18 | Roll 1933-4 | 95 |
| Sol Smith First Presents Shakespeare | Saturday, June 03, 1933 | 6 | Roll 1933-4 | 94 |
| Sol Smith Real Estate | Tuesday, June 06, 1933 | 6 | Roll 1933-4 | 96 |
| Sons of Ireland in Leading Parts in Development of St Louis | Monday, July 10, 1933 | 13 | Roll 1933-5 | 124 |
| Southern Hotel | Wednesday, April 12, 1933 | 22 | Roll 1933-3 | 50a |
| St Louis Adventurers Killed in the Southwest | Friday, June 30, 1933 | 15 | Roll 1933-5 | 117 |
| St Louis as a Cultural Center to to European Schooling of Children | Wednesday, April 26, 1933 | 7 | Roll 1933-3 | 62 |
| St Louis Editors in Duel | Monday, May 29, 1933 | 6 | Roll 1933-4 | 89 |
| St Louis Mounds | Monday, April 03, 1933 | 15 | Roll 1933-2 | 42 |
| St Louis Street Names | Tuesday, April 25, 1933 | 13 | Roll 1933-3 | 61 |
| St Louis Traders treated badly by Mexico | Monday, May 08, 1933 | 13 | Roll 1933-3 | 72 |
| Stage Idol John McCullough | Wednesday, July 26, 1933 | 4 | Roll 1933-5 | 138 |
| Stage Stars Who Performed in St Louis | Tuesday, July 25, 1933 | 4 | Roll 1933-5 | 137 |
| Steamboat Race between Natchez and the Robert E Lee | Saturday, March 04, 1933 | 4 | Roll 1933-2 | 17 |
| Steamboat Tragedies | Wednesday, March 22, 1933 | 4 | Roll 1933-2 | 32 |
| Territorial Judges Made Laws | Tuesday, July 18, 1933 | 18 | Roll 1933-5 | 131 |
| The St Louis Movement (School of Philosophy) | Thursday, April 06, 1933 | 20 | Roll 1933-2 | 45 |
| Third Sreet Once "Up Town" | Monday, June 26, 1933 | 11 | Roll 1933-4 | 113 |
| Thomas Hart Benton | Thursday, March 09, 1933 | 11 | Roll 1933-2 | 21 |
| Thomas Riddick, Father of Public Schools | Tuesday, May 02, 1933 | 11 | Roll 1933-3 | 67 |
| Tom Allen Prize Fight Hero | Saturday, July 29, 1933 | 6 | Roll 1933-5 | 141 |
| Ulysses S Grant | Tuesday, February 28, 1933 | 8 | Roll 1933-2 | 13 |
| Ulysses S Grant & William T Sherman | Wednesday, March 01, 1933 | 11 | Roll 1933-2 | 14 |
| Union Army Turns Medical College into Prision | Saturday, August 05, 1933 | 8 | Roll 1933-5 | 147 |
| Union Forts in St Louis During the Civil War | Saturday, June 24, 1933 | 6 | Roll 1933-4 | 112 |
| Victor Herbert's St Louis Fans | Thursday, July 27, 1933 | 13 | Roll 1933-5 | 139 |
| Voulenteer Fire Department | Monday, July 03, 1933 | 9 | Roll 1933-5 | 119 |
| Voulenteer Fire Department New Equipment | Thursday, July 06, 1933 | 5 | Roll 1933-5 | 121 |
| Voulenteer Fire Department Water Sources | Wednesday, July 05, 1933 | 11 | Roll 1933-5 | 120 |
| Wall Around St Louis | Friday, April 14, 1933 | 5 | Roll 1933-3 | 52 |
| William Carr Lane, First Mayor of St Louis | Tuesday, April 04, 1933 | 15 | Roll 1933-2 | 43 |
| William Christy | Friday, May 19, 1933 | 5 | Roll 1933-4 | 82 |
| Yellowstone National Park | Thursday, June 01, 1933 | 5 | Roll 1933-4 | 92 |