Tag Archives: Bellefontaine Cemetery

Washington, D.C. 150 Years After the Civil War

Posted on July 17, 2015 by stltourguide

If Abraham Lincoln does indeed walk at midnight, the byways of Springfield, Illinois as the poet Vachel Lindsay suggested in 1914, he surely walks the streets of the nation’s capitol where he knew such troubled dreams. For Lincoln, one of … Continue reading →

Posted in DC 150 Years After the Civil War | Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Bellefontaine Cemetery, Blair House, Edward Bates, Montgomery Blair, The Civil War in Washington, The Gettysburg Address, The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC 2015 | Leave a comment

Calvary Cemetery – Treasure Trove of The Lou’s History

Posted on October 22, 2011 by stltourguide

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, almost the last vestiges of Colonial St. Louis are to be found in a Catholic cemetery, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Calvary Cemetery, Colonial St. Louis, Commentary and Criticism, History, Icons, St. Louis, St. Louis Walking Tours | Tagged Ann Lucas Hunt, Antoine Soulard, Archbishop Peter Kenrick, Auguste Chouteau, Bellefontaine Cemetery, Black Eagle, Bryan Mullanphy, Calvary Cemetery St. Louis, Calvary Prairie, Dred Scott, Eliza Mullanphy Clemens, Elizabeth Brown Mullanphy, James Clemens, John Mullanphy, John O'Fallon, Julia Cerre Soulard, Marie Bourgeois Chouteau, Old Orchard Fram, Pierre Chouteau Jr., Pierre Laclede, Senator Henry Clay, Speaking Eagle, Susan Clay, William Clark, William Tecumseh Sherman, Willie Sherman | 14 Comments

Halloween Reflections STL

Posted on November 3, 2010 by stltourguide

This was one of the most beautiful Halloween weekends in my memory. It began with a great class of junior high students from St. Clare School in St. Clare, Illinois joining me for a Haunting St. Louis History Tour – … Continue reading →

Posted in Art & Architecture, Halloween, Happenings, Hauntings, History, Neighborhoods, Recollections, School Tours, St. Louis | Tagged Bellefontaine Cemetery, Halloween, Louis Sullivan, St. Louis, The Lemp Mansion, The Lemp Mausoleum, The Wainwright Tomb | Leave a comment

Haunting St. Louis II

Posted on October 25, 2010 by stltourguide

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 | 1 Comment

Haunting St. Louis I

Posted on October 19, 2010 by stltourguide

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 | 10 Comments