ST. LOUIS – A rare and historic piece of St. Louis history is currently up for auction: A well-preserved gold medal from the 1904 Olympic Games. The gold medal was originally awarded to American ...

ST. LOUIS – Many historians believe the 1904 St. Louis Games were a dark period in Olympic history. Some say they were botched. What really happened? Are the 1904 Games something St. Louis should be ...

The 1904 St. Louis Olympics — the first Olympics held in America and just the third iteration of the modern Olympics — were originally awarded to the city of Chicago. It took St. Louis threatening to ...

ST. LOUIS — The most popular and long-standing myths of St. Louis stem from the 1904 World's Fair. The event was rife with new experiences for everyone who attended, including unfamiliar cultures, ...

Things you discover when trying to look up other things... This narrative begins in the middle of a horse-racing book - the meticulously-researched Making Tracks: the untold story of horse racing in ...

ST. LOUIS – Mere hours remain to bid on a piece of shared sports history: a gold medal from the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis awarded to the Games’ first amputee. The medal, awarded to St. Louisan ...

Rat poison, an open marathon course and flagrant cheating during the race just the tip of the weird 1904 Olympic iceberg in St. Louis. Every Olympic Games has its share of controversy and a unique ...

The red velvet dress worn by Judy Garland in the 1944 film "Meet Me in St. Louis" will be donated to the Missouri Historical ...

BOSTON -- A gold medal awarded to the winner of the 110-meter hurdles at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, the first Games hosted on U.S. soil, is being auctioned off as part of hundreds of lots of ...