When my parents moved to St. Peters, Missouri from El Paso, Texas in 1981 due to my dad getting a job in St. Louis, they encountered some unusual names they had never heard before. Perhaps one that my mom found the most humorous from a phonological standpoint is the name “Dingledine.” The local family ofContinue reading “Dingledine Cemetery”
Tag Archives: St. Charles County History
Barbershop Harmony (1890-1963)
The earliest reference to a barbershop quartet appears to have been in 1892. The Decatur (IN) Daily Democrat comments, “Foreman’s barber shop quartette is getting to the front very rapidly. On Tuesday and Friday evenings they will entertain those who can stand it to listen.”[1] Decatur (IN) Daily Democrat, p. 1, 8 April 1892Continue reading “Barbershop Harmony (1890-1963)”
Historical Projects of Justin Watkins 