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The Murder of Martin Twillman
There is a certain nostalgia that conditions us to view the past as somehow more peaceful, and to think of rural areas as idyllic and unspoiled by crime. So when…
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The Education of St. Ferdinand
Most of North St. Louis County is part of what is formally designated as St. Ferdinand Township - and this fact alone is evidence of how the names of places…
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This Old Road House
For you and I, living in modern America, it is perhaps hard to imagine what a pub can contribute to our lives (besides the social benefits). But the value of…
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Who Are All These People?
Identifying the folks in old photographs can be challenging, and I'm sure we're not alone in having boxes of photos of unknown people and places. For genealogists everywhere, it's an…
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A Tale of Two Homesteads
In 1838, our ancestor Friedrich Wilhelm Twellman was 40 years old when he took his then-pregnant wife, Henrietta, and their young family and boarded a ship near Bremen, Germany, for…