User : Grey Wanderer/Missouri/Did you know/2
... that, during a period of widespread family ownership in the industry, the Falstaff Brewing Corporation (brewery pictured) was one of the few publicly traded breweries in the United States?
... that the Forest Park Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri , was once owned by Harold Butler , founder of the restaurant chain Denny's ?
... that former Governor of American Samoa Gatewood Lincoln was the first cousin once removed of Abraham Lincoln ?
... that, at the turn of the 20th century, the third largest winery in the world was Stone Hill Winery from the Hermann wine region of Missouri ?
... that bones of Hypsibema missouriensis , the state dinosaur of Missouri , have only been found in Bollinger County, Missouri ?
... that news director Brad Boyer of Missouri radio station KIRK received a Distinguished Service Award from the MSHSAA in 2008 for his "lifelong contributions to the ideals of interscholastic activities "?