East St. Louis, Illinois

Riots, U.S.A., 1765–1970.

Louis was founded in 1797 by Captain James Piggott, a Revolutionary War veteran.

When Piggott died in 1799, his widow sold the ferry business, moved to St.

This name was given after the United States acquired the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, and more European Americans began to settle in the area.

Louis was established on April 1, 1861.

Louis, which in 1870 was the fourth-largest city in the United States.

Many businessmen became overextended in credit, and a major economic collapse followed the Panic of 1873.

=== Great Railroad Strike of 1877 === Extensive industrial growth followed the American Civil War, helped by the city's proximity to coal mines in Illinois.

Louis Journal, was published in the city from 1888 to 1979.

Starting in 1894, St.

=== Great Cyclone of 1896 === On May 27, 1896, a tornado struck St.

From 1910 to 1917, the black population nearly doubled in East St.

In the summer of 1916, 2,500 white workers struck the nearby meat packing plants of National City.

Louis riots of 1917 === East St.

In 1929 Central Catholic High School for Boys was established with the name being changed to Assumption High School in 1953.

Louis was Illinois's fourth-largest city in 1950, when its population peaked at 82,366.

Elected in 1951, Mayor Alvin Fields tried funding measures that resulted in raising the city's bonded indebtedness and the property tax rate.

On July 14, 1954, the temperature in East St.

It was named an All-America City in 1959 by the National Civic League.

Louis celebrated its centennial in 1961.

Louis Monitor was a newspaper published from 1963 to 2024.

New York: The Seabury Press, 1970.

The school closed in 1974.

In 1979, Carl Officer was elected mayor (the youngest in the country at that time, at age 25).

In 1989 they consolidated at the St.

In 1990, the State of Illinois passed (65 ILCS 5/Art.

In 1991, Gordon Bush was elected mayor.

In 1994, the Gateway Geyser was added to the city's waterfront, facing the St.

Until 1998, East St.

The 1999 PBS series River of Song featured these musicians in its coverage of music from cities along the Mississippi River.

=== 21st century === Since 2000, the city has completed several redevelopment projects: in 2001 it opened a new library and built a new city hall.

=== Crime === A 2007 study in the journal Homicide Studies reported, "East St.

In 2010, the East St.

In 2012, archeological work prior to construction of the Stan Musial Bridge across the Mississippi discovered artifacts and evidence of a formerly unidentified 900-year-old subu...

Louis has consistently experienced a high violent crime rate and continues to report a substantial number of annual homicides." In 2013, East St.

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reports, in 2015 East St.

In 2016, NeighborhoodScout released rankings indicating that East St.

As of 2017, the district operates an early childhood learning center, 5 elementary schools, 2 middle schools, and one high school, East St.

== Demographics == === 2020 census === === 2000 census === As of the census of 2000, there were 31,542 people, 11,178 households, and 7,668 families residing in the city.

The geyser was closed in 2023 due to costs of refurbishment and to prepare the park for being handed over to the National Park Service as an extension of the Gateway memorial.