Historical Storyline Presentations

Lucas and Garrison Presentation Titles and Blurbs

Bill Wichman - presenter
Research website - lucasandgarrison.com
Live Keynote Presentations
Currently Converting Presentations to Video
Presentation Rationale - Value and Interest
45 to 55 minutes

Lucas and Garrison 1875 Series:
An intersection of St. Louis Lives, Times, and Places.

  1. Lucas and Garrison Prologue - The Beginnings of a Historic Quest

A study of early St. Louis maps and how it led to a prolific and ongoing research study of a remarkable St. Louis neighborhood in 1875. An intersection of St. Louis lives, times and places.

  1. The Garrison Twelve

This presentation of Lucas and Garrison tells the stories of the twelve remarkable luminaries living in a four block stretch of Garrison Avenue on Compton and Dry’s Plate 71 in 1875. It is currently being rendered as a video documentary.

Dr. George Engelmann, Robert Barnes, Wayman Crow, John P. Capelle, George H. Plant, Samuel M. Kennard, Captain Silas Bent, John Perry, William Ballentine, J. Philip Krieger, Isaac L. Garrison, William Tecumseh Sherman

  1. Five St. Louis Mayors in 1875

Profiles of five St. Louis mayors living on Compton and Dry’s Plate 71 in 1875.

Luther Kennett, Daniel Taylor, Arthur Barret, David Francis, Rolla Wells

  1. Two St. Louis Gentlemen and their Garden

Profile of Dr. George J. Engelmann, his relationship to Henry Shaw and the conception and creation of the Missouri Botanical Garden.

  1. 1875 St. Louis Remnants of the Civil War

Profiles of both Union and Confederate combatants in the Civil War who lived on Plate 71 in 1875 and their contributions to St. Louis after the war.

Presentations in Development:

  1. Lucas and Garrison 1875 Churches and Clergy

Five notable theologians and eight churches made their homes on Plate 71 and the Lucas and Garrison neighborhood in 1875.

  1. Lucas and Garrison Titans and Industries

The neighborhood of Lucas and Garrison was the home of many titans of industry who not only ran important enterprises, but orchestrated the direction of St. Louis and national commerce.

  1. The Golden Age of St. Louis Hotels 

In the late 19th Century, St. Louis was truly the Gateway to the West housing and equipping tens of thousands of travelers as they ventured into new lands and lives. A vibrant hotel community arose to host them.

  1. Late 18th Century St. Louis Architecture

A thriving, successful, visionary city built some magnificent buildings during its Golden Age, some, but few still surviving today.