This is not a shoutout. I'm new to the website and don't know how to email Cornbread. I'm pretty miffed by that Duffus McCracken. I was born and raised in St. Louis. I am so proud to live here and work here. Just recently at my job our monthly newsletter featured an article on all the cool "firsts" from St. Louis. I have copied and pasted them in so you can share these with the cornbread world. Thanks for reading my email. Jama Rendell
Did you know that…
• the first ironclad boat was built by James
Buchanan Eads in the Port of St. Louis?
Eads also invented the diving bell to salvage
wrecked steamboats from the Mississippi
River and, in 1874, built the Eads Bridge,
the first bridge containing steel trestles?
• the first public kindergarten in the
United States was founded in St. Louis
by Susan Blow?
• in 1904, St. Louis was the first American
city to host the Olympic Games?
• at 630 feet, the Gateway Arch is the nation’s
tallest manmade monument?
• St. Louis’ Central High School was the first
high school established west of the
Mississippi River?
• St. Louis’ Jefferson Barracks is the second
largest military cemetery in the United
States?
• in the late 50s and early 60s, the Mercury
and Gemini space capsules were built in
St. Louis by McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
(merged with Douglas Aircraft Corporation
in 1967 to form McDonnell Douglas
Corporation—which merged with Boeing
in 1997)?
• the Missouri Botanical Garden is one of the
top three botanical gardens in the world?
• the world’s largest collection
of mosaic art adorns the
walls and ceilings of the
Cathedral Basilica of
Saint Louis?
• the ice cream cone was
developed at the 1904
World’s Fair held in
St. Louis?
• Dr. Ambrose Straub of
St. Louis patented a peanut
butter-making machine
in 1903?
• the National Road, built in
1815 between St. Louis and Maryland, was
the forerunner of the United States’ national
1972William Margenau system of interstate highways?
that's just a few. I would like to get that McCracken a Smacken