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 ...

The idea of a national or international exposition, what has become known as a “world’s fair,” dates to the late 18th century ...

ST. LOUIS — Did you know St. Louis convinced Chicago to give up the 1904 Olympics? The Missouri Historical Society says it's true. "Chicago had been officially chosen to host the Olympics in 1904," ...

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, ...

ST. LOUIS – Organizers of the 1904 Olympic games wanted them in Chicago. Instead, they were in St. Louis with Francis Field at Washington University as the epicenter. So what happened? Did St. Louis ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS – At the beginning of the American ...

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 ...

Of the 20 million people who paid 50 cents each to visit the World’s Fair in Forest Park in 1904, it is likely that most departed with one of the thousands of souvenirs known to exist. Popular were a ...

The 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis were supposed to show off American pride. Instead, they turned into a messy sideshow. The ...

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 ...

BOSTON (AP) — A gold medal awarded at the first Olympics hosted on U.S. soil was sold at auction for over half a million dollars, part of hundreds of lots of memorabilia from the Games over the ...