Sixth Street. Missouri Botanical Garden founded. 1860s–1890s 1860 – Population: 160,773. 1861 – Western Sanitary Commission and Ladies Union Aid Society established. 1862 – Hoelke and Benecke photo studio in business. 1865 Sokol sport club, and Germania Association established. St. Louis Public Library established. Southern Hotel and Meyer & Brother drug store in business. 1866 Cholera epidemic. Missouri Historical Society headquartered in city. Olympic Theatre opens. 1867 – City Board of Health and Compton Hill Reservoir Park established. 1869 – Congregation Shaare Emeth founded. 1870 Carondelet becomes part of St. Louis. Area of city: 17.98 square miles. Population: 310,864. 1871 1871 St. Louis tornado. Puck German-language magazine begins publication. 1872 Maryville College of the Sacred Heart and University Club founded. Catholic Amerika begins publication. Smallpox outbreak. 1873 – Laclede Gas Light Company in business. 1874 – Eads Bridge opened. 1875 Merchants Exchange opens. Brownell and Wight Car Company in business. 1876 June: City hosts 1876 Democratic National Convention. Forest Park opens. Busch's Budweiser beer introduced. Area of city: 61.37 square miles. 1877 City secedes from St. Louis County. July: 1877 St. Louis general strike. 1878 – St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper begins publication. 1879 Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association and J.C. Strauss photo studio in business. St. Louis Children's Hospital opened. St. Louis School of Fine Arts opened. Pope's Theatre opens. 1880 St. Stanislaus Kostka Church built. Population: 350,518. 1882 – Mallinckrodt Chemical Works incorporated. 1883 – St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall opens. 1884 – St. Louis Maroons baseball team active. 1886 May 1: Labour strike. St. Louis Watchmaking School and Congregation Temple Israel founded. 1888 – City hosts 1888 Democratic National Convention. 1889 Missouri Botanical Garden established. Tower Grove Park established. Merchants Bridge opened. 1890 Portland and Westmoreland Places begin to develop. Population: 451,770. 1891 Rubicam Business School established. Wainwright Building constructed. Washington University School of Medicine opened. American Car Company in business. Air conditioning installed in the Ice Palace beerhall. 1892 St. Louis Browns baseball team active. St. Louis Country Club established. Stix Baer & Fuller (shop) in business. National People's Party founded in St. Louis. 1894 – Union Station opens. 1896 May: 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado. June: Flood. City hosts 1896 Republican National Convention. Busch's Michelob beer introduced. 1898 – Compton Hill Water Tower erected. 20th-century 1900s–1970s 1900 St. Louis Streetcar Strike of 1900. Monsanto Chemical Works in business. Population: 575,238. 1902 – Sportsman's Park opens. 1903