Tim O'Neil is a journalist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, specializing in local history and events in the St. Louis area. His articles often delve into the city's past, exploring significant moments, people, and cultural phenomena that have shaped the community.
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Tim O'Neil focuses on local St. Louis history, events, and cultural aspects with a significant emphasis on historical moments. He covers topics related to crime in St. Louis as well as landmarks and entertainment news.
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By: Tim O'Neil
Ralph Clayton's first turn of dirt on April 19, 1878, began construction of a St. Louis County Courthouse in the future city that would bear his name
By: Tim O'Neil
Under a screaming headline, "Dr. Kelley Released to Post-Dispatch Man," the scoop ran for almost four pages in April, 1931.
By: Tim O'Neil
Overseeing the work was Thurlow B. Weed, an undertaker from Texas who claimed to be on official business.
By: Tim O'Neil
Dramatic attempt by masked men at Southwest Bank fails, but it leads to a movie starring Steve McQueen.
By: Tim O'Neil
Just when Americans needed something to smile about, along came shy, grinning Edward H. "Butch" O'Hare, south St. Louis boy and Navy flying ace
If the estimates were correct, 197,000 people paid the 50-cent admission at the main gate, Lindell and DeBaliviere Avenue, on opening day.
By: Tim O’Neil
St. Louis' biggest party ran for seven months and was such a success it even made money. But, no, the ice cream cone wasn't invented there.
By: Tim O’Neil
Kate Chopin's first novel, "The Awakening," was panned by many reviewers in 1899 as too racy but has regained status as a fine work in American literature.
By: Tim O'Neil
On May 8, 1900, streetcar workers voted to strike against the St. Louis Transit Co. When the strike ended four months later, 14 people had been killed.
By: Tim O'Neil
The veterans of World War I who created the American Legion first met on American soil in a theater downtown on May 8, 1919.
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