St. Louis’s Cancelled Disney Park
In 1962, Walt Disney had plans to make a short film on St. Louis’s history and culture. This eventually culminated...
alcohol
How Anheuser-Busch Survived Prohibition
On April 6th, 1933, around 25,000 people stood outside the Anheuser-Busch factory waiting for midnight. At midnight, the President of...
How much did early Americans drink? A lot.
By 1830, American citizens drank 7 gallons of ethanol a year per capita. (Most of them drank whiskey.) That’s close to...