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Drinking St. Louis Neighborhoods

The Fanciulli & More Tower Grove

Posted on by Cameron Collins

Recently, a few readers have hinted to me that Distilled History has been a bit heavy on the History. I’ve been told the Distilled side of things needs a bit more love. Looking back at my latest posts, I think my readers have a point. It’s time I get back to drinking. With that in…

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Compton & Dry’s View of St. Louis

Posted on by Cameron Collins

Back in the early 1870’s, a man named Richard J. Compton came up with a pretty big idea.  Compton wanted to design and publish a new perspective map of St. Louis on a scale that had not been attempted before. The result would become the most important and significant map of any American city to…