<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[St. Louis Histories]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dr. Frederick A. Hodes’s multi-volume St. Louis histories are the definitive chronicle of the city's earliest years.]]></description><link>https://www.stlhistories.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 05:35:41 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.stlhistories.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[St. Louis's First Bishop]]></title><description><![CDATA[Because the Louisiana Territory came under American political control, the papacy gave the fledgling American church charge of...]]></description><link>https://www.stlhistories.com/post/st-louis-s-first-bishop</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f454151d0f424001719faf8</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2020 17:56:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/31d1fe_0ff9729c513a440dbd083815380cca1d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_940,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fred Hodes</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Founding of St. Louis]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Founding of St. Louis Many decades after the event, Auguste Chouteau wrote about the founding of the city.  He thought that he and...]]></description><link>https://www.stlhistories.com/post/the-founding-of-st-louis</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f68d0a3cfa3ba0017f91afa</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2014 18:08:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/37f58d_d3c1e150d82e49f1bb18f715e2a03d28~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fred Hodes</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thoughts on the History of the City of St. Louis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction The purpose of this blog is to present short essays on the history of the city of St. Louis.   These are comments and...]]></description><link>https://www.stlhistories.com/post/thoughts-on-the-history-of-the-city-of-st-louis</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f68d0a31548f000172d3787</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2014 17:38:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/37f58d_36190c4e204744c298069e5a5f313c99~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_584,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Fred Hodes</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>