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...might say the fate of St. Louis was sealed when railroads replaced steamboats, but enterprise and good order kept the city chugging along through World War II. In 1950, it had a peak population of about 850,000 people and was home to such corporations as Ralston-Purina, May Department Stores and McDonnell Douglas...
...Hemmed in by the often rivalrous St. Louis County, however, the city had no room to sprawl when Americans began their great migration to the suburbs. Within a couple of generations, St. Louis had lost more than half its residents, while the population of the surrounding county nearly tripled to more than 1 million residents. Meanwhile, most of the corporate giants had been gobbled...
...conglomerate Emerson Electric. But it is certainly the most famous, an iconic American brand backed by one of the largest advertising budgets on earth. Nearly half of all American beer is brewed by A-B. Every time a radio ad for Bud or Bud Light ends with the words "St. Louis, Missouri," it's a shot in the arm for the hometown, which is why more than 45,000 people, including the mayor of St. Louis and the governor of Missouri, have already signed an electronic petition at SaveAB.com. "Like baseball, apple pie and ice-cold beer (wrapped...
...story in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch put it succinctly: A-B is "a symbol of the city on par with the Gateway Arch...
...Descendants of the patriarch have run the company ever since - while giving St. Louis its version of a lordly, extravagant and occasionally scandalous royal family. The company and the Busch family have spread their wealth across the community - from the United Way to St. Louis and Washington universities; from the orchestra to the zoo - a reported $10 million of local charity last year alone. Tours of the brewery are among the city's most popular tourist attractions, and every year hundreds of thousands of visitors enjoy the grounds of the family's estate, Grant's Farm, where children ogle...