Happy Missouri Day, Stagger Lee! at the Amoeblog

Stagger Lee is one of Missouri's most notable characters in song. Loads of people have sung about the seemingly amoral anti-hero, but here are the facts, ma'am.

Lee "Stag" Shelton was born on March 16, 1865. As a new man he drove a carriage cab and pimped. He also operated a "sporting club," the Modern Horseshoe Club in St. Louis's "Bloody Third" ward, in an area known as Chestnut Valley.

Happy Missouri Day, Stagger Lee! at the Amoeblog

Stagger Lee is one of Missouri's most famous characters in song. Loads of mass have sung about the seemingly amoral anti-hero, but here are the facts, ma'am.

Lee "Stag" Shelton was natural on March 16, 1865. As a new man he drove a carriage cab and pimped. He also operated a "sporting club," the Modern Horseshoe Club in St. Louis's "Bloody Third" ward, in an area known as Chestnut Valley.