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[vc_row equal_height="yes"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_custom_heading text="Herman Luyties 1871–1921 Drug Store Owner" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1632835832085{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-right: 35px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1632835861915{padding-right: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"]During a trip to Italy in the early 1900s, Herman Luyties, owner of the first proprietary drug store in St. Louis, met a voluptuous…...

[vc_row equal_height="yes"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_custom_heading text="George G. Vest 1830–1904 Senator" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1632752975060{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-right: 35px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1632753002687{padding-right: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"]The red granite boulder marking the grave of George Vest is most fitting for the man who was known for his fight to maintain Yellowstone…...

[vc_row equal_height="yes"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_custom_heading text="Samuel Cupples 1831–1912 Businessman" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1632491602434{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-right: 35px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1632491625571{padding-right: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"]Samuel Cupples (1831-1912) arrived in St. Louis in 1851 and established himself in the woodenware business. Along with his partner, Robert S. Brookings, Cupples later saw…...