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Louis (1816-1833). The papers dated 1861 to 1864 relate mainly to correspondence about
Missouri's part in the Civil War and the political activities of Gamble as provisional governor of
Missouri. Correspondents of these years include Abraham Lincoln, Edward Bates, John C.
Fremont, and Charles Gibson.
Finding aid available.
Cite as: Hamilton Rowan Gamble Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2746
Gamble, Theodore Robert (1924- ).
Biographical Data Sheet, 1956 Dec 11. 1 item [formerly Alphabetical File]
Biographical data sheet for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by Theodore Robert
Gamble, 9 Lindworth Drive, Ladue, St. Louis County, Missouri. Includes genealogical data on
his family.
Cite as: Theodore Robert Gamble Biographical Data Sheet, Missouri History Museum Archives,
St. Louis.
A2316
Ganss, Anthony (Tony) (1900-1989).
Papers, 1919-1998. 5 items
Papers include the following three accounts of cycling trips of Tony Ganss and his friends in
1919: (1) Eleven-page typescript account titled “A Ride Through God’s Country, the Ozarks,”
written by “Joe,” recounts a cycling trip of four young men—the author, Joe [Ganley?]; Joe
Braun; Tony Ganss; and Ray Faveere—from south St. Louis to House Springs, Jefferson County,
and the return to St. Louis on May 17-18, 1919. They traveled out Lemay Ferry Road through
Mattese and Mehlville, crossed the Meramec River, and continued on to Kimmswick, Bulltown
(or Antonia), and House Springs. In House Springs the group was met by Joe’s brother, Jack (or
John) [Ganley?]. They stayed over night at Siever’s Hotel, and the following morning rode back
to St. Louis via Byrnesville or Burns’ Mill [Byrnes Mill], High Ridge, Fenton, and Bulltown. (2)
Seven-page account titled “The Dedication of Frisco Hill. The Moonlight Riders Minus the
Moonlight.” Recounts a recent cycling trip of four young men—an unidentified author; the
author’s brother, Jack; Ray [Faveere]; and Tony Ganss—from south St. Louis to Jefferson
County and the return to St. Louis on October 18-19, 1919. The occasion of the trip was to
participate in the St. Louis Cycling Club’s dedication of Frisco Hill (also known as Seckman
Hill) on Lemay Ferry Road in Jefferson County, in honor of the first rider who had made the trip
via bicycle from St. Louis to Desoto over Lemay Ferry Road. The group departed from south St.
Louis, rode out Lemay Ferry Road, crossed the Meramec River, and continued on through
Maxville to Frisco Hill, and returned to St. Louis. Mentions Al (Skinny) Schreiner (pages 1 and
4), Joe Braun (pages 1 and 7), Johnnie Wagner (page 2), Mrs. Havlik (page 2), Jansky (page 4),
Peg Martin (page 4), Fred Hunicke (page 4), Old Man Butler (page 4), Old Man Wolzendorf
(known as Dorfey) (page 4), Roth (page 4), Brady (page 4), Rodgers (page 4), Pappa Barr (page
4), and Rotty (pages 4 and 5). (3) Five-page typescript account recounts a recent cycling trip of
four young men—the author, J.M. (Jack) Ganley; Tony Ganss; Ray Faveere; and J.J. (Jim)
Ganley—from south St. Louis to Frisco Hill in Jefferson County on October 18-19, 1919.
Includes brief biographical notes of the four riders. Papers also contain three articles from the
Southside Journal, January 9, 1994: “Historic ‘Digger’: Research Reveals Impulsive Side of
Family Patriarch,” “Ganss Among Adventurers to Conquer the ‘Frisco Hill,’” and “St. Louis
Cycling Club Is Oldest in Country”; and an article from St. Louis Senior Circuit, March 1998,
titled “The Tony Ganss Bicycle Club.”