Wonderful that you had a great time. Carole

AUTHOR TALK & BOOK SIGNING St. Louis Public Library is proud to present author Tom Jewett, of Spirit Lake, Iowa, who will give a talk on his book, "Failed Ambition: the Civil War Journals and Letters of Cavalryman Homer Harris Jewett," at Central Library on Saturday, August 20, 2005. Mr. Jewett has compiled the journals and letters of his ancestor, Private Homer Jewett, a member of the 7th Missouri Cavalry Regiment (the Black Hawk Cavalry), Company D, into a thrilling account of the exploits of Pvt. Jewett and other regiment members as they roam across Missouri and Arkansas in search of pro-Confederate guerrillas during the Civil War, including the notorious William Clarke Quantrill. The 7th Missouri Cavalry certainly saw plenty of action, losing 4 officers and 55 enlisted men who were either killed in action or mortally wounded, while another 4 officers and 228 enlisted men died of disease during the war. We also get glimpses of Pvt. Jewett's life back at home in Iowa, including his devoted Christian mother and risk-taking, daredevil father, and his on-again, off-again pursuit of the girl he left behind, Bell. The title refers to Pvt. Jewett's ambitious streak, and his occasional failure to live up to his own high standards. After his talk, Mr. Jewett will be available to sign copies of his book for interested persons. Don't miss this thrilling look at conditions in wartime Missouri, which is sure to appeal to historians, genealogists, Civil War buffs, and people who just like a good story well-told! Jewett, Tom. Failed Ambition: the Civil War Journals and Letters of Cavalryman Homer Harris Jewett. Virtualbookworm.com, 2004. ISBN 1589396251. Available from Amazon.com or Barnes&Noble.com. Date: Saturday, August 20, 2005 Time: 10 AM- 11:30 AM Place: St. Louis Public Library, 1301 Olive Street, St. Louis, MO 63103 3rd Floor, Meeting Room 1 Programs at St. Louis Public Library are always free and open to the public; parking at meters in our area is free on Saturdays. Registration is recommended but not required. For more information, contact Tom Pearson at 314-539-0381 or [email protected]

This is wonderful. My mother will be thrilled. She was one of the first women to graduate of Washington University of Architecture and also loves seeing the artistic parts of old buildings. (She gave up her career to raise my brothers and I.) And bricks too! I hope they do follow through with the "make your own decorative brick" idea. Scott K. Williams, History's Time Portal to Old St. Louis http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/ St. Louis City/County USGenNet History Messageboard http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/webbbs/queries/index.cgi

All this talk of travel and descendants... My daughter and I shortened our trip to the Northwest to five weeks when we learned that my great-granddaughter from San Diego was to visit here on the 10th. Had not met her before. Bob Doerr in the beautiful Missouri Ozarks ----- Original Message ----- From: "JAMES O BRASHER" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 12:33 AM Subject: Re: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] Army Pay--WW-1 > Hi Carole: > > Already been there and am back. Spent a week in St Louis and surrounding area, had a great time too with my 22 year old grandson. The old man showed him how to fish and I don't believe he enjoyed the lesson. I out fished him 12 to two.----Jim > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 8:53 PM > Subject: Re: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] Army Pay--WW-1 > > > Are you planning a trip?? I couldn't resist. > Carole > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > If you haven't visited Dave Lossos' "Genealogy in St. Louis" website (http://genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com/<http://genealogyinstlouisacc essgenealogy.com/>) you might want to take a look. > > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List, send only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to [email protected] or if you are on the Digest List [email protected] > > >

Hi Carole: Already been there and am back. Spent a week in St Louis and surrounding area, had a great time too with my 22 year old grandson. The old man showed him how to fish and I don't believe he enjoyed the lesson. I out fished him 12 to two.----Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 8:53 PM Subject: Re: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] Army Pay--WW-1 Are you planning a trip?? I couldn't resist. Carole ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== If you haven't visited Dave Lossos' "Genealogy in St. Louis" website (http://genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com/<http://genealogyinstlouisaccessgenealogy.com/>) you might want to take a look.

Greetings, Everyone! On KSDK, Channel 5 (NBC affiliate) News tonight there was a segment about a guy named Larry Giles who has collected many examples of buildings' facades and other building materials from demolished buildings in St. Louis and a few other cities. He and a man named Trampe (I think) are planning to build a 5-acre museum to house his collection plus. If you go to www.KSDK.com, there is a link to this project. It is called National Museum of Architectural Arts. Mr. Giles has several tons of old bricks too. Should be a very interesting museum with interactive things that people can actually make on site. Gloria

Are you planning a trip?? I couldn't resist. Carole

James: Sorry, couldn't find WWI, but a sergeant's pay in 1940 was $60 mo. Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: "JAMES O BRASHER" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 10:14 PM Subject: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] Army Pay--WW-1 > Does anyone on the list have a copy of the pay grades for enlisted > personnel for the world war one soldiers. Am in desperate need of what a > sergeant made in 1917.----Jim > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List, send > only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to [email protected] or if > you are on the Digest List [email protected] > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.9.1/51 - Release Date: 7/18/2005 > >

Yes, Bob Corbett is drawing information from the same map as I have. Bob's a great historian and his website is excellent but one thing people need to know is St. Louis is much BIGGER than Dogtown!! And Dogtown is located INSIDE St. Louis. ---I won't duplicate Bob's scanned area of the map, but I will show the vast area of south St. Louis that is covered by the other mines. (There are many mines outside of Dogtown) Scott K. Williams, History's Time Portal to Old St. Louis http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/ St. Louis City/County History Messageboard: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/webbbs/queries/index.cgi

Does anyone on the list have a copy of the pay grades for enlisted personnel for the world war one soldiers. Am in desperate need of what a sergeant made in 1917.----Jim

Gosh yes.....cooler weather will have to do it....I am melting.....cannot imagine taking pics or doing much of anything else outside right now. And however you get them on your site is fine - as long as they can be out there somewhere. Scott - tell Traci Marjorie has a Breakaway planned for right after Christmas to Thailand for 13 days. 15 students and two instructors. And she found herself an Albanian boyfriend at college - LOL - she will get a kick out of that. Linda

Thank you, Gloria. Carole

Thanks, Scott for more of your good work on the history of St. Louis. I thought you might like to know that Bob Corbett who is an historian for the the city of Dogtown is a great resource for information about mines in St. Louis. http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/dogtown/history/mines.html Diane Shaw Hot, Hot, Hot in Hillsboro, MO Subject: Forgotten Towns and Brick Mines From: "ShowMeMule" <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 16:21:49 -0500 To: [email protected] Hi, I just updated the Forgotten Towns of St. Louis page. I have one request. Does anyone know where Kenwood Springs was located in St. Louis County ? I have a circa 1910 postcard of a home located there. It is on the webpage if anyone is curious. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/towns.htm I have also added some illustrations for the Underground Mines of St. Louis page. If you have some old bricks laying around with inscriptions naming St. Louis brickproducers and you would like to share, let me know. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/underground_stl.htm I hope everyone is enjoying the summer. Best wishes. --Scott Williams

National Scouting Museum www.bsamuseum.org/ Hi, Above is a link to the National Scouting Museum in Irving, TX. They have their address and other info and a place to share your story. Maybe they can offer assistance. Gloria

Yes, always start with your own family history, their old street, then their old neighborhood. I will be happy to put it online--thanks to USGenNet I have free unlimited space and NO Advertisement pop-ups. USGenNet will not support individual family history webpages but since I run the St. Louis City/County American Local History Network pages, I can umbrella any family history page on my webspace as long as it focuses on a St. Louis connection. So it will cost nothing for sharing. This offer is for everyone--all I ask is it must include photographs of old buildings, street scenes. My only limitations is my time and as long as everyone is patient that's no problem. It keeps me out of trouble. Just let me have a few hours a week on one of my pet projects (right now old clay mines-bricks) and I will be happy. But then again I have my boss--not at work--but my real box--the wife, and she can toss everything out of kilter (many times for good reason, I should add) But don't go out and photograph now. Its way too hot. Wait a month or so till it cools down and please be careful. Some of those neighborhoods are not as safe as long ago. (Linda, I'll tell Traci you said hello. You know Traci and I just returned from taking nineteen Hazelwood Central high school students to Italy, Greece and Turkey this year (plus our own two sons). We saw Florence, Rome, Naples, Isle of Capri, Pompei, Delphi, Athens, Mykonos, Rhodes, Patmos, Kusadasi, Ephesus. And we brought everyone back home safe and sound. Last year we did the same in Spain and Morrocco. We had problems but no one was left behind like that Aruba stuff. That girl should never have been left behind in the bar alone--her companions and chaperones were not looking out for her. There are criminals everywhere.--OK, I am off the soapbox--sorry) Scott K. Williams, History's Time Portal to Old St. Louis http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 7:54 AM Subject: Re: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] What I Found In STL Last Week Hi Scott - tell ur wife I said hello and that Marjorie is doing great. She is interning on the newspaper in her college town, writing a front page feature story every week. As to photographing buildings....it would indeed take a small army. But a good starting place would be for me to photograph all the buildings still standing that I am connected to. I have done some in years past, but before digital came along. So I have now resolved to go back and redo what is still around with digital. I also have a bunch of photos I took some 30-33 years ago in Calvary and Bellefontaine Cemeteries, a lot of those stones have deteriorated drastically since then. I will dig them out and scan them in and send them to you. Maybe if we can begin one family at a time we can make some headway. Linda Nehring ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== If you haven't visited Dave Lossos' "Genealogy in St. Louis" website (http://genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com/) you might want to take a look.

Good to hear from another scouting family. My two boys are sweltering right now at S-F Camp (Knob Lick, Mo.). [Here is some St. louis trivia: What does "S-F" stand for ? --Stix Barr Fuller, which donated their former corporate resort to the Boy Scouts] The St. Louis Council of the Boy Scouts (MacArthur Center) would be able to tell you where you can donate it. 4568 West Pine Blvd. St. Louis, Mo. 63108-2179 Phone: (314) 361-0600 or (800) 392-0895 Hours: Monday through Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. OR The National Scouting Museum (official Boy Scout Museum) has reopened in Irving, Texas (moved from Murray, Kentucky) http://www.bsamuseum.org/ Telephone: (972) 580-2100 Toll Free: (800) 303-3047 E-Mail: [email protected] Hope this helps! From the proud father of an Eagle Scout Scott K. Williams, History's Time Portal to Old St. Louis http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/

Do any of you know if there is a Boy Scout Museum in the St. Louis area and if so, where it is located? I have my husband's memorabilia which I would like to donate. He was in Scouting for many years. Thank you so much.:) Carole in St. Joseph, Mo.

Hi Scott - tell ur wife I said hello and that Marjorie is doing great. She is interning on the newspaper in her college town, writing a front page feature story every week. As to photographing buildings....it would indeed take a small army. But a good starting place would be for me to photograph all the buildings still standing that I am connected to. I have done some in years past, but before digital came along. So I have now resolved to go back and redo what is still around with digital. I also have a bunch of photos I took some 30-33 years ago in Calvary and Bellefontaine Cemeteries, a lot of those stones have deteriorated drastically since then. I will dig them out and scan them in and send them to you. Maybe if we can begin one family at a time we can make some headway. Linda Nehring

Please search for the following. James Ira Childers, b. 4 Feb 1890, d. 19 Apr 1967 in St. Louis, MO William Verner Childers, b. 25 July 1893, d. 16 June 1953 in St. Louis, MO Thank you. Paul A. Childers ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Davis" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 6:30 PM Subject: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] My CD Collection > I figured I would take a second out to offer up to everyone my FTM CD collection. If any would like a lookup from one just let me know. Also anyone else who has CD's like these who wished to share their info as well should feel free to. > > Birth Records: United States/Europe 900-1880 > Selected U.S./International Marriage Records 1340-1980 > Social Security Death Index: United States, 1937-1997 > Mortality Index: United States, 1850-1880 > Family History: Southern Biographies and Genealogies, 1500s to 1940s > Marriage Index: Selected Counties of Maryland, North Carolina, and Virginia, 1624-1915 > Family History: Mid-Atlantic Genealogies, 1340-1940 > Genealogical Records: New York, 1675-1920 > Genealogical Records: Land, Marriage, and Probate Records 1639-1850 > The Genealogist's All-in-One Address Book > Land Records: AL, AR, FL, LA, MI, MN, OH, WI, 1790-1907 > New Jersey, 1680-1900 Marriage Index > Marriage Index: Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, 1850-1951 > World Family Tree European Origins, Volume E1 > Marriage Index: District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, & Virginia 1740-1920 > Passenger and Immigrant Lists: Irish Immigrants to North America, 1803-1871 > Marriage Index: New York City 1600s-1800s > > Non-FTM Genealogy CD's > New York Film Library Volume 1 (early motion pictures of the city) > Missouri Panoramic Maps (St. Louis) > 1790 State of Maryland Federal Census Records > > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List, send only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to [email protected] or if you are on the Digest List [email protected] > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 267.3.3 - Release Date: 5/31/05 > >

The cock roaches are still alive and well in the sewers. Down under Anheuser Busch they feed off all the hops and beer suds. They grow to an enormous size. I have seen them three inches long--not counting the antenna length. They come up the drain pipes in the surrounding businesses at night. I see them when I work night shift at the old arsenal next to the brewery. Unfortunately for St. Louis entire blocks of homes are disappearing either due to decades of decay or by arson. New homes are going up in many places--such as the burned out area north of the Hill, on the opposite side of the interstate. In north St. Louis, the clearance of decayed buildings offers a chance to run out the drug gangs. Perhaps offer vacant land for new businesses. Thank God Crown Candy Co. has stood its time. If anyone has a gumption to photograph old neighborhoods and what is left of them. (especially with a digital camera), I'll be happy to host the photos on the USGenNet site I manage. It's part of their Legacy Site program so it is time protected from any disappearance of the webmaster or if he fails to make a payment. (but I don't plan to disappear anytime soon). Individually I just can't keep up with the rate of disappearing buildings (even those in north county where I live--south county, west county--forget it I can't keep up with the development). It would be nice to get photos of the old vanishing homes before they are gone (how precious that would be to descendants of those that lived there) but it will take a small army of people armed with cameras to catch it all before it is history. But I am taking volunteers if anyone is inclined. Scott K. Williams, History's Time Portal to Old St. Louis http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/