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St. Louis

St. Louis, the gateway to the west, is the second largest city of the independent city and state of Missouri. The city is the largest urban area in Missouri and 15th-largest in the United States.

Magicians

Several notable St. Louis magicians that are either from or have lived in the area include: Brother John Hamman, Forrest Hendricks, Louis Vizard, Don Lawton, Robert Parrish, Paul Le Paul, David Livingston Price, Jr., James Barton, Jim Buffaloe, Bud Dietrich, Frank Everhart, Devo, John Randall Brown, Jack Lippincott, Andrew Buel, Charlton F. Chute, Bev Taylor, Harry Monti, John Mendoza, Jonathan Levitt, Chris Kenner, Justin Willman, Chris Rayman, Ernie Heldman, Joe Scott, Roger Linden, Harold D. Russell, and Don Rataj.

Dealers

Magic shops in st. Louis area include: The Devoe's Magic Den run by Gene Devoe which was located downtown and then was later relocated to Maplewood area and operated by John Mendoza. Don Lawton had a little magic shop in the back of his St. Louis home at one time but also worked at 4 different magic shops (including Will Lindhorst magic den), Bev Taylor operated the Towne House Magic, Will Lindhorst operated Lindhorst magic den in downtown. Mike O'Dowd was the mfg. of magic and John Fabjance magic was located across the river from St. Louis. Magic n Things was a shop operated by Rev. Fred Kruse, who aquired part of the Thurston collection from Heaney.

Organizations

The first International Brotherhood of Magicians local chapter, IBM Ring 1 was started in St. Louis after the members wanted a change in the club. Society of American Magicians' assembly 8 is also located in St. Louis and is shared by many of the St. Louis magicians.

TheMidwest Magic Jubilee, convention is held annually in St. Louis, and was one of Dai Vernon's favorite magic conventions.

Events

The Sphinx magazine, started in Chicago by William Hilliar, moved to St. Louis in 1904 when Kansas City physician, Dr. A. M. Wilson, took over as editor (Vol. 3 No. 8).
Harry Houdini introduced his Milk Can Escape trick in 1908 in St. Louis and is believed to have invented the trunk change trick while in St. Louis while breaking up a box for fire wood.
Paul Rosini performed at the Park Plaza Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. (See Genii 1937 November, Chicago Notes by George Troseth)
Harry Blackstone publicly named Bill Chaudet as his successor while in St. Louis in 1946.

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-==[[Internet|History of Online Magic]]==
+== St. Louis==
+[[St. Louis]], the gateway to the west, is the second largest city of the independent city and state of Missouri. The city is the largest urban area in Missouri and 15th-largest in the United States.
-Not long after Electronic Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) connect people by computers in the late 1970s, magicians started using it in the 1980s to discuss magic.
+== Magicians==
-=== MicroMagicon  (MMC) ===
+Several notable St. Louis magicians that are either from or have lived in the area include: [[Brother John Hamman]], [[Forrest Hendricks]], [[Louis Vizard]], Don Lawton, [[Robert Parrish]], [[Paul Le Paul]], [[David Livingston Price, Jr.]], [[James Barton]], [[Jim Buffaloe]], [[Bud Dietrich]], [[Frank Everhart]], [[Devo]], [[John Randall Brown]], [[Jack Lippincott]], [[Andrew Buel]], [[Charlton F. Chute]], Bev Taylor, Harry Monti, [[John Mendoza]], Jonathan Levitt, [[Chris Kenner]], Justin Willman, Chris Rayman, Ernie Heldman, Joe Scott, Roger Linden, Harold D. Russell, and [[Don Rataj]].
-[[Steve Burton]] and [[Martin Lewis]] created MicroMagicon, possibly the first on-line computer conference of magicians.  It was a weekly "magic convention" on CompuServe.  Burton hosted the conference  under the name of "Daedalus", which happened every Tuesday night at 11:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. Membership was up to 120 by 1987 and their official online journal, started in 1988, was called Abracadata. It has attracted the likes of [[Eugene Burger]], [[Peter Samelson]], and [[Penn & Teller]]. Items you could find in the online library were an article on Erdnase by Burton; an after dinner speech for the magician by Gary Ouellet; a concise interpretation of the Tarot cards by Wayne Keyser; lists of dealers, magic magazines, and magicians; and an online version of [[Thaumaturgist]] by [[Jeff Busby]] (which contained stuff he couldn't fit into the print version.)
-=== Alt.magic ===
+== Dealers ==
-Magic enthusiasts started  posting on the newsgroup "alt.magic". Web-based archiving of Usenet posts began in 1985 at Deja News with a very large, searchable database. In 2001, this database was acquired by Google.
+Magic shops in st. Louis area include:  The Devoe's Magic Den run by Gene Devoe which was located downtown and then was later relocated to Maplewood area and operated by John Mendoza. [[Don Lawton]] had a little magic shop in the back of his St. Louis home at one time but also worked at 4 different magic shops (including Will Lindhorst magic den), Bev Taylor operated the Towne House Magic, [[Will Lindhorst]] operated Lindhorst magic den in downtown. Mike O'Dowd was the mfg. of magic and John Fabjance magic was located across the river from St. Louis. Magic n Things was a shop operated by Rev. Fred Kruse, who aquired part of the Thurston collection from Heaney.
-=== Penn and Teller's Mofo BBS ===
+== Organizations ==
-[[Penn and Teller]] had a  dial-up computer running in New York City called Mofo around 1986, with all kinds of magic related stuff.
+The first [[International Brotherhood of Magicians]] local chapter, [[IBM Ring 1]] was started in St. Louis after the members wanted a change in the club. [[Society of American Magicians]]' assembly 8 is also located in St. Louis and is shared by many of the St. Louis magicians.
-=== MAGIC! - The Global Magicians Network  ===
-[[Magic!]] was a private Bulletin Board System (BBS) strictly for magicians  to engage in both private and double private chats. It brought hundreds of conjuring related aficionados together via the modem.  Ran by the System Operator (Sysop)  Dave Lichtman. participants grew to be around 1,000 and included [[Max Maven]], [[T.A. Waters]], [[Max Abrams]], [[Pete Biro]], [[Tommy Wonder]], Tabby Crabb aka Tabman, Paul Kozak, David Williamson, Charlie Randall, Bill Wells, Frank Zak, Paul Cummins, Steve Bryant, Mac King,  Wittus Witt, Jamy Ian Swiss, Ron Wilson,  Gary Plants,  Jim Sisti, Michael Ammar, Jeff Busby,   [[Harry Blackstone, Jr.]], Geno Munari and Dante Larsen.
-MAGIC! ran from 1990 - 1997. [[Tabby Crabb]] put up an archive of the messages on the web at: http://www.questx.com/magic!/
+The[[Midwest Magic Jubilee]], convention is held annually in St. Louis, and was one of [[Dai Vernon]]'s favorite magic conventions.
+== Events ==
+* The [[Sphinx]] magazine, started in Chicago by [[William Hilliar]], moved to St. Louis in 1904 when Kansas City physician, [[Dr. A. M. Wilson]], took over as editor (Vol. 3 No. 8).
+* [[Harry Houdini]] introduced his [[Milk Can Escape]] trick in 1908 in St. Louis and is believed to have invented the trunk change trick while in St. Louis while breaking up a box for fire wood.
+* [[Paul Rosini]] performed at the Park Plaza Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. (See [[Genii 1937 November]], Chicago Notes by George Troseth)
+* [[Harry Blackstone]] publicly named [[Bill Chaudet]] as his successor while in St. Louis in 1946.
-[[Internet|Read more about the history of magic on the internet...]]
+[[Saint Louis|Read more about magic and Saint Louis...]]