Adolphus Busch
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_wp_text] Adolphus Busch 1839–1913 Brewer [/vc_wp_text][vc_single_image image="804" alignment="center" style="vc_box_rounded"][vc_wp_text]Forty breweries existed in St. Louis when Eberhardt Anheuser bought, before the Civil War, the Bavarian Brewery. His daughter, Lilly, married Adolphus Busch who sold supplies to the brewery. After the Civil War, Busch joined his father-in-law in the brewing business.…...
William Seward Burroughs II
[vc_row equal_height="yes"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_custom_heading text="William Seward Burroughs II 1914–1997 Author" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1632750218869{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-right: 35px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1632750246484{padding-right: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"]William Seward Burroughs II was an American novelist, essayist, social critic, painter and spoken word performer. Much of his work is semi-autobiographical, drawn from…...
Adolphus Busch
[vc_row equal_height="yes"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_custom_heading text="Adolphus Busch 1839–1913 Brewer" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1629809894073{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-right: 35px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1629810067024{padding-right: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"]Forty breweries existed in St. Louis when Eberhardt Anheuser bought, before the Civil War, the Bavarian Brewery. His daughter, Lilly, married Adolphus Busch who sold supplies…...
Captain Henry M. Shreve
[vc_row equal_height="yes"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_custom_heading text="Captain Henry M. Shreve 1785–1851 Captain" font_container="tag:h3|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1632487996535{margin-bottom: 15px !important;padding-top: 35px !important;padding-right: 35px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1632488021475{padding-right: 35px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 35px !important;}"]Captain Shreve built the first practical boat for use on the Mississippi, riding on the water instead of plowing through it. Later, under contract…...