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Halloween Reflections STL
Pixie, kobold, elf, and sprite, All are on their rounds tonight; In the wan moon’s silver ray, Thrives their helter-skelter play. ~Joel Benton This was one of the most beautiful Halloween weekends in my memory. It began with a great … Continue reading
Haunting St. Louis II
There are hauntings and there are hauntings. A harsh word spoken to a loved one in childhood can come back to haunt one in old age for it can never be taken back. Who hasn’t such memories? When Sam Clemens … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Architecture, Commentary and Criticism, Happenings, Hauntings, History, Neighborhoods, St. Louis
Tagged Bellefontaine Cemetery, Captain Isaiah Sellers, Charlotte Wainwright, Chas Adams, De Menil Place, Dr. Franz Arzt, Eliza Mullanphy Clemens, Ellis Wainwright, Famille Chouteau Gravesite, Great Cyclone of 1896, Haunting St. Louis, James Clemens, Joseph Motard, Lafayette Park, Louis Sullivan, Marie Bourgeois Chouteau, Mark Twain, Max Feuerbacher, Pierre Laclede, Prospect Hill, Sam Clemens, Soulard, The Fulton Brewry, The Green Tree Brewery, The Lemp Mansion, The Lemp Mausoleum, The Lions House, The Wainwright Tomb, Thomas Danisi
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Haunting St. Louis I
As autumn wends its way thru October, chill winds from the west and north turn the leaves to gold and flame. The old year, approaching the eleventh of its twelve calendrical months, is dying; going out in a last blaze … Continue reading
Posted in Happenings, Hauntings, History, Irish, St. Louis
Tagged #13 Hortense Place, Angel Without Wings, Arsenal Hill, Bellefontaine Cemetery, Benton Park, Cafe Louie, Celtic Festival of the Dead, Cherokee Cave, De Menil Place, Halloween, Hauntings, Herman Luyties, Indian Cave, Isaiah Sellers, Laclede's Landing, Leo Lentelli, November's Eve, Sam Clemen's Premonition in St. Louis, Samhain, St. Louis, St. Louis University, The Campbell House Museum, The Exorcism of 1949, The Lemp Mansion, The Morgan Street Brewery, The Old Post Office St. Louis, The Roberts' Orpheum Theater, The Staircase at Fort Belle Fontaine
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Calvary Cemetery – Treasure Trove of The Lou’s History
With the exception of Thomas Danisi’s home on Mackay Place and a portion of Manuel Lisa’s fur warehouse in the Old Courthouse downtown, the last vestiges of Colonial St. Louis are to be found in a Catholic cemetery, the city’s … Continue reading →