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[vc_row equal_height="yes"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_custom_heading text="Frederick Dozier Gardner 1869–1933 Governor of Missouri" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1632834905339{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-right: 35px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1632834928049{padding-right: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"]At the age of seventeen, Frederick Gardner came to St. Louis from his native Kentucky to work as a casket maker, later becoming…...

[vc_row equal_height="yes"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_custom_heading text="Samuel Gaty 1811–1887 Steamboat Machinery Manufacturer" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1632834250862{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-right: 35px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1632834273629{padding-right: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"]Mr. Gaty was the first manufacturer of steamboat machinery in the West. This large circular lot was conceived by him and is enclosed with…...

[vc_row equal_height="yes"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_custom_heading text="Samuel Hawken 1792–1884 Gunsmith" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1632836090286{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-right: 35px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1632836120815{padding-right: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"]The “Hawken Rifle” made by gunsmith Samuel Hawken was famous from the Alleghenies to the Rocky Mountains. It was the weapon chiefly used by hunters of…...

[vc_row equal_height="yes"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_custom_heading text="Hills Obelisk" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1632751008023{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-right: 35px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1632751023404{padding-right: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"]This granite obelisk is the tallest in St. Louis, and one of the tallest in America, at 51 feet in height. The total weight of the memorial is…...