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[vc_row equal_height="yes"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_custom_heading text="Spink Family Mausoleum" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1632485896924{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-right: 35px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1632485919149{padding-right: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"]Charles C. Spink joined his brother, Al, in St. Louis to help publish the Sporting News. His son, J.G. Taylor Spink took over as publisher when his…...

[vc_row equal_height="yes"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_custom_heading text="George R. Taylor 1819–1880 Businessman" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1632410984797{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-right: 35px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1632411011380{padding-right: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"]George Taylor was a prominent St. Louis businessman before the Civil War. He served as the president of the Pacific Railroad beginning in 1860. His…...

[vc_row equal_height="yes"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_custom_heading text="Sara Teasdale 1884–1933 Poet" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1632409818185{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-right: 35px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1632409843312{padding-right: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"]Sara Teasdale was brought up to think of herself as sickly and spent long hours in her room writing sensitive poems about unrequited love. This family…...

[vc_row equal_height="yes"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_custom_heading text="Chris von der Ahe 1851–1913 Baseball Team Owner" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1632409427369{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-right: 35px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1632409455786{padding-right: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"]The St. Louis Browns, St. Louis’ first baseball team, was once owned by Chris Von der Ahe, who also was proprietor of…...