St. Louis

A St. Louis timeline

Two lanes. The city, from the records I trust. My St. Louis, from my own photos and posts. Every number has a year.

The city

1764
St. Louis is founded on Feb. 15. The birthday is traditionally kept on Feb. 14.
1874
Eads Bridge is dedicated on July 4. It's City Landmark #1.
1876
Forest Park opens.
1876
The city votes itself out of St. Louis County in the Scheme of Separation, the Great Divorce.
1904
The World's Fair, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, opens in Forest Park on April 30 and runs to Dec. 1.
1904
The Olympic Games are held in St. Louis from July 1 to Nov. 23, alongside the Fair. The first Games outside Europe.
1904
The Palace of Fine Arts, today's Art Museum, is built for the Fair.
1939
The Meeting of the Waters fountain by Carl Milles is completed in Aloe Plaza.
1977–2024
The Riverfront Times runs as a St. Louis alt-weekly from 1977 until its newsroom is laid off in May 2024.
2013
The municipal courts of the City and County collect about $61.2 million in fines and fees, though the two held only about 22% of the state's residents.
2013
The St. Louis Beacon merges into St. Louis Public Radio.
2024
About 630 city cameras and 379 plate readers.
2025
Workhouse demolition begins on March 18 and finishes in May.
2026
Workhouse settlement: preliminary approval in February, final approval on Aug. 18. The case is closed. The City denied wrongdoing and liability.

March 2024
The Forest Park entrance, from the driver's seat, and the Amoco sign.
2025
St. Louis Summer: the portrait, the dogs, the music wall.
19 July 2026
Silent No More 314 starts on Substack.
Jul–Sep 2026
Seventeen posts go out on Substack. Sixteen of them have audio.
19 Oct 2026
The Walk Season is set as one file of twelve letters.
Fall 2026
This site is rebuilt around the story, the city, and the library.

The longer park story is on the Fair page. The pictures are on their own page.

Not findings of fact. Not legal advice.