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Jun 19, 2020 · So, how did St. Louis get its name anyways? You may have heard about the group trying to change the City of St. Louis' name. But do you know why St. Louis has its name in the first...
- Corey Miller
Jun 6, 2016 · “Dogtown? How did it get its name?" That was the query our Curious Louis series from attorney Nathan Goldberg, who wondered about the colorful name of the historic St. Louis neighborhood located just south of Forest Park.
Feb 20, 2015 · Thus the area became known as Dogtown. The only problem with this tale (aside from its racist undertones) is that it’s “absolutely and totally false,” says Bob Corbett, founder of the Dogtown Historical Society. Like all good lies, this one has some basis in truth.
- St. Louis Magazine
Mar 14, 2024 · According to an article by Bob Corbett, webmaster for the Dogtown Historical Society’s homepage, the origins of Dogtown’s name are harder to identify. “Several theories of how the area in St. Louis known as ‘Dogtown’ received its name have floated around for generations,” Corbett writes.
Sep 21, 2022 · Did you ever wonder how St. Louis roads got their names? Some of the names around St. Louis are based on historical figures or buildings in the area.
Plus, DHS archives indicate that the name Dogtown existed before the Igorots ever arrived in St. Louis. According to the DHS Web site, Dogtown picked-up its name in the mid-1800s, which was predominately the early, small-time mining era. . .
Jun 22, 2022 · Founded as a fur-trading post by Pierre Laclède Liguest of New Orleans in 1764, St. Louis was named in honor of Louis IX of France. Then Spanish territory, it was retroceded to France in 1800 but acquired by the newly-United States in the 1803 Louisiana Purchase as the seat of Louisiana and Missouri's governments.
